Marama 2021

 Once again we ventured off into Richmond for our intensive swimming lessons. What incredible progress you all made! Great to see smiling faces and lots of fun together!

 Today we were visited by our live models for some Visual Art exploration. We have been exploring texture and colour using crayons, pencil and pastel, and today we applied these skills to our live model drawings.

 We are using Science and Maths as we explore how to make a Vege Cake. We investigated the Science behind cake making - why cakes rise, how we can make a cake rise, and the Science behind each of the ingredients and what it brings to the cake. Once we have made our test cakes we will be investigating alternatives for the main ingredients in cakes. We are learning to substitute in vegetables to add taste, colour and texture. We are also exploring ways to lower the sugar content in cakes. 

 Tracy from Nelson Hearing Association was with us today to teach us about hearing loss and to give us some ideas on how to best support our hearing. Have a chat with your child about what they learnt today - some amazing facts were shared!

 We had a fun afternoon exploring and experimenting with clay and learning to make pinch pot creations. This was our first lesson with clay and from here we are going to plan our next learning steps together.

 Tracy from The Peace Foundation was back to train up our Peer Mediators.  We talked through conflict resolution - how conflict can be positive - and what it might look like to be a peer mediator at Upper Moutere School.  We talked about conflict being opportunities for change!