March 24th, 2016

The human caterpillar!

Buddy Class Challenge

Today we needed to work co-operatively within our tuakana-teina groups in order to complete our challenge!

Our challenge was to cross the top courts without letting any part of our body touch the ground - and all we had to help us was a long piece of brown paper.

Some of us thought this was IMPOSSIBLE!

First of all we had to come up with a strategy, and sometimes this strategy didn't work!  so we came up with another...

and another...

until we figured it out!

Then we reflected on our challenge and what we learnt.  

We talked about our learning, and made connections to the learning pit.

March 24, 2017

Friday's Assembly

Today was our first time to share at assembly. We each had a turn to say hello in our heritage language and proudly displayed the flags we had made using fabric markers on Calico. 

We were pretty nervous beforehand, but we rose to the challenge!

We did a fantastic job at assembly, and we all made a special effort to dress up in our countries national costumes!

We are proud of our heritage, and stand strong because Bayview School is our turangawaewae!

March 22, 2017

Fitness fun!

We have been enjoying the great weather and getting outside this week. 

We are becoming more confident and using a growth mindset to overcome our fears! The senior playground allows us to challenge our bodies and minds. 

We have to navigate up, down, under, through, behind, next to and along each part of the playground without falling into the lava or getting eaten by sharks!

March 20-21, 2017

Where in the world?

Race relations day is on Tuesday, so this week we have been learning about our heritage, where we come from and where we are now.




We took a trip around the world using google earth and found all of the different countries that we come from.

We explored the different signs around our school that celebrated all of the different cultures and languages of the world. This made us feel special and made us feel like we belong.

Bayview school is our Turangawaewae - the place where we stand, our foundation, our place in the world, our home.



We learnt that Turanga means standing place, and waewae means feet. Turangawaewae is often translated as "a place to stand"; a place to feel empowered and connected. 

March 17, 2017

We had loads of fun this St Patricks day!

We started our day with a powhiri welcoming visitors from Japan and Sunshine books.

Then after first break Habitats 8, 14 and 16 went on a treasure hunt!

The challenge was to work together as a group to find and solve clues hidden around the school. 

 The teams worked really well together, demonstrating icare values (citizenship, attitude, responsibility and empathy).

To find out more read Bayview School's Mission Statement here:

http://www.bayview.school.nz/mission-statement.html

Students worked together to solve each clue in order to find the leprechauns pot of gold and spell out the secret word!

(ask your child if they remember the secret word)

At times it was challenging to find and solve the clues, some found the heat challenging, and for some it was tempting to run ahead and abandon their group; but everyone stuck together and worked as a team!

Congratulations to all of the teams on successfully completing your challenge and finding the leprechauns pot of gold!

We even had a dance party afterwards to celebrate!