Pap-West 7

On Friday the 23rd March our school opened the brand new WonderHub! This is our new library space which has been renovated over the last few months. We were all very excited to see our new space where we would be able to continue our love of books, but also try new things and expand our view of the world around us. Room 3 - Gangsta Granny's! To celebrate our new WonderHub we held a book parade where every single class dressed up as characters from books and paraded around our top court area. In Room 7 everyone spent the week either creating a comic book costume, or a costume related to a fairy tale. We had spent the last few days very busy crafting everything from hand! On Friday morning it was a crazy rush to get everyone ready - and our room was definitely the messiest it has ever been! Maui and the Sun! What a creative artwork. We lined up outside Room 1 and admired every class as they walked by. There was Maui, Slinky Malinki, Rainbow Fish, Harry Potters, Superhero...

Every week on a Monday we get to enjoy a KiwiCan session with some of our favourite people; Mr Matau and Miss Falanitama. They are always full of energy and give us a lesson that focuses on values like Respect, Resilience, Positive Relationships, Integrity. Yesterday we were focusing on leadership skills. Some of the things it takes to be a good leader are: Listening Leadership without being bossy Respect for others Integrity Encouraging Having a go at things Challenging ourselves In our discussion we talked about why it was important for us to have a go, and why it was important to encourage other people to have a go as well.  Our energiser was a really fun game called Super Duper. You can play it by starting off as an old man or woman and then playing paper, scissors, rock against other old men/women. If you win you become a rabbit and then have to compete against other rabbits. The level above rabbits is snakes, and then final level is super hero. There were ac...

Every Friday morning we go swimming at the local Papatoetoe Pools . The instructors there are awesome and teach us how to swim long distances. We work in small groups with our instructor while Mrs Lockhart and Mrs Farley try not to get splashed. Here are some photos from our latest swimming lesson! In our next swimming update we will share some tips that we have picked up in our lessons.