Showing posts with label Choose your attitude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Choose your attitude. Show all posts

Friday, 26 May 2017

Positive Relationships

"Co-operation is a team operation. Side by side we will not divide."

It was a bit awkward putting our arm around somebody else's shoulder, but we got over it.
We got in a circle, then had to hold the hand/arm of a person in the circle, but is not beside you. We then had to take somebody by the left hand. Finally, we had to untangle ourselves without letting go. We weren't listening properly... And we let go!
Second time around, we got there... But it was a real test of our respectful communication.

We talked about how we need to co-operate when we play sport. We can't do it on our own in a team sport. We need to work together to succeed.
Tuesday afternoons we split into kapahaka & STEM. Both of them require lots of co-operation. Positive communication goes really well with co-operation.

Our next activity... We needed to co-operate to to get our whole team on a piece of paper, without falling on the Lino. Once we did that, we could fold the paper in half to see if we could co-operate to solve the problem.

Collaboration... Working together to achieve a common goal.

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Stepping up with leadership

One of our new Whakarua class members is playing hockey for the very first time. 

Erika, from Ponui-o-toka, took the time to show Joanne how to hold her stick and hit the ball. 
It was fantastic to see her taking the initiative to be there for a new South Hornby Hero!

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Black sticks in action

Our first week of Winter Sport has kicked off.

We got stuck in and played hard.

Most of us had never played before, while the other team had some really good player So! 
Final score: 4 - 1 to Weedons.

Whakarua Heroes

Lucas and Reuben both received Hero awards in our celebration assembly today.

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Positive Communication

This term, in Kiwican, we are learning about positive relationships. Its a little like positive communication, but we're learning about how we can use that to get along better with others. We are going to be looking at how we can treat our friends nicely and get along better.

Our new catch phrase is i show that i am listening, I show friends that i care. I always say nice things cause I'm a friend thats always there.
Shore Ship Shark
PRAISE
What is praise?
We brainstormed examples of praise.
  • Amazing
  • Excellent
  • Good job
  • I'm proud of you.
  • Keep it up
  • You are cool
  • Brilliant
  • Good score
  • Best work
  • Perfect
  • Keep going
We are going to try really hard to give each other praise throughout the week. 

We got a sneak peak at what's coming...

Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Smile, wave and move on.

This morning, we talked about how we deal with situations when people might not treat us very well.

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Choosing a great attitude has its rewards!

We were rewarded this afternoon, for choosing a great attitude so far this year. 
Sometimes when others don't make good choices, it can be really easy to get yourself involved too...
Not in Whakarua!

We got to have hot chips at school!
They were so delicious that we ate every last crumb!