and this is not a trivial pursuit."(Alfred Adler) We've had a busy few weeks at school! We've spent lots of time exploring our new environment and finding lots of different ways to play with each other and different resources. Our teachers are very grateful to the community for their support with resources. We wanted to share what we've been up to so far... There's been lots of sandpit play - a big hit on hot days! We've been digging trenches, filling containers, making mud and driving our diggers and dump trucks along the tracks. We're learning to work together, be creative, share equipment and experiment with different textures. Most importantly, we're having lots of fun! We've had lots of creativity inside as well - there's been drawing, train tracks, dinosaurs and tea parties. We've been using our imaginations, lots of oral language skills, and lots of negotiation skills with others. There's been lots of construction inside (just when we thought all the construction at school had finished!) There's been some great teamwork and co-operative building, and lots of opportunity for creativity, fine motor skills, imaginative play and problem-solving. And there's been LOADS of construction outside! We've negotiated rules for our games, made our own equipment (weapons usually!), played variations of Minecraft in real life (lots of mining for diamonds!) and showed great self management. We've also shown persistence and perseverance to use hammers, nails and saws - this building stuff is hard work! Thanks to Cam for coming to give us a few pointers. What a busy start to the year! Our teachers can't wait to see what will be created next week!
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Kowhai team
11/2/2017 01:50:33 pm
That's brilliant! This was the work that Kathryn Meyers did with the children on Thursday during teacher release time. It sounds like it was a real hit - lots of children have shared comments.
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Jeanette
15/3/2017 08:29:26 pm
Looks like you kids had lots of fun
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Kowhai Team
17/3/2017 05:21:06 pm
And the teachers! And you should see what we've been up to since then (new post coming soon!)
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