A gloomy Week 8

Well the weather has certainly not been kind to us lately! We have been spending a lot of time inside, but as soon as the rain stops we put on jackets and venture outside for some fresh air.

While inside, one of our most popular activities recently has been the dominoes.  Some students enjoy building big long tracks and then knocking them down and watching them fall. Other students have been investigating building towers. We also watched a youtube clip of a massive dominoes display that happened in Melbourne in 2016 (and Liz was lucky enough to see in person!) - it took 15mins for them all to fall down!




As I mentioned above, as soon as the rain stops we have been doing our best to get out of the classroom and enjoy the fresh air..... and the puddles! Today Savannah pulled up her trouser legs and sleeves, and then had a truly fabulous time splashing in puddles in the playground. It did mean a change of socks when she came back inside too though...





And finally this week, on Wednesday we were invited to join 2 classes from Mahuri (the middle syndicate in the classroom block that we are attached to) on their visit to the Waimakariri library. Some of us braved the cool weather and walked down (about 25mins - great effort!) while others enjoyed the comfort of a ride both ways in the van.  At the library we were shown around by two librarians called Donna and Sarah, and Donna read us two stories which were very funny!  Thanks Mahuri staff and students for letting us join you on the trip.



Let's hope we see more sunshine next week....



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