Last week at work!

It's been a great last week at work. I'm looking forward to having Christmas holidays. We swapped secret Santa presents and I got this awesome Santa mug. See you all next year!

Dolphin seafari

I enjoyed going out on the boat and looking out for the Dolphins. There were lots of posters around the boat to read about the different types of Dolphins we saw common Dolphins. It was a great day out.

Honey bee fact board

I’ve been helping to make this fact board about honey bees. I’ve been doing research on the iPad and helped to colour in a picture of a honey bee. It’s looking good so far! Did you know there are 3 types of honey bee? The Queen, drones and the workers.

Little creatures

We found these little creatures at the centre. We decided to do some research about them in learning through discovery and learn a little bit about seedlings,plants and forestry in the garden too.

Learning through discovery

I enjoyed the day out going to a kiwi fruit orchard and learning about how the bees help with the fruit. We learnt a lot of facts about bees and are going to make a fact board. We had a yummy bbq for lunch. 

Volunteering

I enjoyed going to the foodbank to help out as a volunteer. I got to sort out the coffee sachets into bags. 

Swimming

Today for sports group my friends and I went to the Greerton swimming pools. We had lots of fun and played water volley ball against Kaka street school who were also there.

Singalong

We had a singalong in music - songs from the movie Dirty Dancing! I sang - "Hungry Eyes" and another song too. I'd like to watch the movie one day. 

Life skills fun

This week we enjoyed a great walk from the elms to Matapihi bridge with my friends. 

Orchid show

I enjoyed seeing lots of different orchids from all over the world at the orchid show. I went with my learning through discovery group. 

Road safety and buying lunch

We went to Greerton to practice our road safety, looking for cars when we crossed the road we walked down to Pizza Hut to buy my lunch. I choose a meat lovers it was yummy!

Ten pin bowling

I went ten pin bowling with some friends and I came second place! Yay! It was a lot of fun! 

Te Puna Quarry

We went for a nice walk through Tepuna Quarry. We got to see tui's,butterfly's, sculptures, carvings, machinery, cactis and pine trees! There was a nice view of Mt Maunganui too! My favourite thing to see was all different types of sculptures. 

Communication book

I've helped look for pictures and stick them in our food communication book. It's looking good so far and it's going to help non verbal people to communicate in their cooking sessions.

Money course

I went to the CAP money course to learn about money, how to budget and some special skills. There was lots to learn. 

Going to the beach

I went to explore all the different shells at the mount beach. Their were lots of different ones to collect. I even found a closed shell with sea water in it!  It was nice to see the coast line and smell the sea air.

Circus tricks

I got to try some tricks with the circus in a flash. I was pretty good at the flower sticks and the juggling! It was lots of fun.

Splashing and relaxing

I went for a nice relaxing hot pool out at Oropi. It was fun playing with the balls and the water was nice and warm! I look forward to going back next time.

American Hotdogs

In cooking this week we made American Hot Dogs. We fried onions, cooked sausages and cut our bread then added some yummy sauce and mustard.

Wetlands and estuaries

I helped to do abit of research to help the team make this awesome fact board about Estuaries and wetlands in n.z! 

Highland Games

I had fun joining in 😃 the first Highland Games! 😁 I did the egg and spoon race and played on the volleyball and bowling teams. I even had a go at Highland Dancing! 😊