Mindful Award

Congratulations to Maddison Daniel-Webster for receiving the Mindful Award for DETERMINATION by working hard to complete tasks independently.

Our First Swimming Lesson

Kia ora koutou katoa.  While the weather this morning wasn't particularly warm, there was a stir of excitement as we got ready for our first swimming lesson.  The students eagerly positioned themselves on the edge of the pool with their feet in the water.  

Each student made their way across the pool and successfully submerged under water.  

Now it's time to practise blowing bubbles

 

Here we are learning to float on our tummy.

Wow!  Floating on our backs was a little tricky but we persevered and...

everyone worked together to help support one another. 

“Tau kē nei” 

Swimming is part of your child's education and an important life skill heading into summer.  Please ensure that your child has the correct swimwear and a plastic bag.  If your child is not swimming, they must bring a written note.  We look forward to sharing our next lesson with you.

Let's Learn to Swim

The Super Space Crafters start swimming this week.  Students will be learning to participate safely in a range of aquatic learning experiences which develop both their swimming and water safety skills.  

Our swimming days are: Monday 11.30-12.00 & Wednesday 12.00-12.30.

Please ensure that students bring a towel and correct swimwear.

Diwali

Last week, Rowandale School was  full of colour as staff and students dressed up to celebrate Diwali.     It was a fabulous celebration in which staff, students and their families came together to learn, about one the unique cultures of our school community.  

Durng the week, students were introduced to the story of Diwali.

Black Out Mufti Day

Today, we proudly came to school dressed in black to support the All Blacks making it to the finals of the world cup.  Thank you to everyone who brought a gold coin donation to school today.  Your contribution is greatly appreciated and will go towards supporting Ray Hammond & Louisa Wall to acquire incubators for premature babies.   Have a fantastic weekend and GO THE ALL BLACKS!!!

Our first class music lesson

This term for topic we are focussing on Music.  We have had specialist music teachers from Jelly Beans come in and take our class for music lessons.  Music is a popular topic in our class and we have all enjoyed learning how we can create our own music.  

 We are learning to create our own rhythms using different kinds of percussion instruments.  Can't wait for our next lesson.  Come back and check out what we get up to next.

Kia ora Fakaalofa lahi atu Malo e lelei Talofa

Welcome back to all our students! I have enjoyed hearing about how you spent your school holidays. Our first week back at school we immersed ourselves in the Niuean culture to celebrate Niuean Language Week.  Students learnt basic greetings, proverbs and the Niuean National Anthem.  

The whole school participated in a flag raising ceremony and listened to our senior students share interesting facts about the island of Niue.  We were also lucky to hear Mr Vasau and Miss Fuataga talk about their experiences and pride in their Niuean culture.  Did you know that Mr Vasau was the first Niuean principal in New Zealand?

Together we learnt the Niuean tradition of weaving using coloured paper.  Towards the end of the week we combined our individual work to create a whole class weaving display.