Our Cultural Celebration Day

Celebrating Culture

Learning Coach:      M Lennon                               Date:   27 September 2017

This term Learning Habitat 4 has been learning about other cultures.  To celebrate our learning, we had a Cultural Celebration day on 27 September 2017 where learners were invited to dress up in traditional clothing from their own culture or a culture that interests them. Our Cultural Celebration began with a walk down the catwalk, where all learners got to showcase their clothing choices.  Many learners showed their capabilities, walking the catwalk and striking poses before returning back to their seats.  The morning session also included performances by learners who chose to learn and sing songs from other cultures. After iBreak 1 families arrived to help with our celebrations.  Learners and families were able to participate in a range of activities from different cultures.   Some of the activities included Scandinavian gift baskets, Chinese writing and reading, Jeepney Colouring (Philippines), henna tattoos, multilingual songs and dances, and multilingual number matching. In the afternoon learners were able to share their learning with each other, having opportunities to teach someone something new about their own culture. It was fantastic to see the learners dressed up in their traditional clothing during Cultural Celebration Day!

Softball! Lets learn to play!

This week was our second time to have a softball session with two great softball coaches. Last week we did some awesome warm up activities and learned about handling the ball. 

Passing the ball between us - making sure we kept our eyes on the ball and our hands ready to catch!

 This week we played some great running games - practicing running from home base around all the bases and back.

We played 'Rob the Nest' where we had to run and bring back one ball at a time and try to get to three balls first.

Finally we played to race the ball around the bases. This was a fun game where we could practice our ball skills again - rolling the ball to the next base and using crocodile hands to catch the ball from the ground.

Blake Hapu really enjoyed their session and are looking forward to next time.  Lennon and Blake Hapu have softball on Wednesday mornings and Kareko Hapu have their session on Friday afternoons.