Kotare @ Umawera School

Last week we had awesome fun at Coopers Beach Camp. We got to travel through the Mangamuka Gorge to Coopers Beach now that the road is open. We stayed two nights at Cooper’s Beach Christian Camp. We got to go on the enormous water slide down the hill. Had adventures down the beach looking for crabs and shells. Played in the sea. We also played water hockey with foam. We really enjoyed our time at camp.

Umawera School at the Pa at Coopers Beach

Fishing at the Wharf

Swimming in the sea

Last week our school hosted a Weetbix triathlon with Horeke School and Mangamuka School.
The students had fun working in mix teams with all three schools together.
Each team had 6 members the students got to know their team by creating a flag, a logo and a chant to for their team. They started by doing 3 laps of the school field! It was such a long way for the new entrants. Next the students had to cycle down the road next to the school. The last part was to swim 3 lengths of the school pool. They had to do this twice!
Here are some photos of the day. The students finished with a sausage sizzle and an icey slice

We have had a few issues with our class blogs. Most of the students have commented into their blogs this week. They are learning arrays to understand multiplication. Each student has typed in their blog and added a photo. This was a little challenging as the photos were not all the right direction. Here are some of our images.

Isla’s understanding of arrays above.

This term we will be learning how to add into our class blog we have been playing with digital avatars.

Here are some images from the camp at Lonsdale park.
We had numerous adventures.