This is an optional event open to children in Years 5 to 8. Races are held for freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. For each stroke, there will be a 25m and 50m event. You may enter races in all strokes but may only enter one distance in each stroke. For example, you could enter 25m backstroke and 50m breaststroke but you can not enter 25m and 50m backstroke. Only competitors from the 50m events are eligible to be considered for Zones. You will race against your year group. Please click here to enter.<\/a>
To take part, you must be a confident and competent swimmer for the stroke and distance you have entered. If you are unsure of your ability, please ask a teacher for advice. Parents and\/or your swimming coach, (if you have one) are also great people to ask for advice.
Workshops<\/h3>All the teachers have now had the chance to teach every student in our team through a series of workshops. Our beginning of the year 'Workshops\/ Papamahi' covered Using Google Classroom, Active Listening, UDL (Universal Design for Learning), and Lunchtime Games and Activities. It would be great to discuss with your tamariki about these workshops, and what they have learned. It was a lot of information, so asking them to share what they remember is a good way to consolidate their learning. These Workshops aim to introduce important aspects of life in P\u014dhutukawa, which we will continue with next week with Cyber Safety, PB4L, Health and Wellbeing, and Diversity.
Learning at Home and Google Classroom<\/h3>All of the students have now signed up for the P\u014dhutukawa 2025 Google Classroom and their Home Group Google Classroom. Students can also access the P\u014dhutukawa Learning Site via their Google Classroom. The site serves as an online hub of resources should you wish for your tamariki to continue doing some school work at home. We will continue to add material and build the students' knowledge around using Google Classroom and Google Sites in the coming weeks. As always, we encourage you to actively participate in this area of your tamariki's learning. Ask them to show you what is available to them online and what they can see and do. He taonga te ako, the treasure is learning.
CCC<\/h3>You may have heard your child talking about our CCC \"cool curriculum classes\". This is how we start our day; they are a great way to ensure we are teaching all areas of our curriculum. We are planning to start the programme next week. Megan is teaching Midfulness, Rae is covering Digital Technology with Coding. Chris is teaching Visual Arts via visual Mihimihi and Pepehas, while Gayle is teaching PE and Games, Nick is teaching Digital Technology . There is such a lot of learning happening over the term in CCC, so we encourage you to keep chatting about what we are covering in these courses with your tamariki. He taonga te ako, the treasure is learning.
Staying Safe Online
As our tamariki spend more time online, it\u2019s important parents and wh\u0101nau help them stay safe. Now is a great time to talk to them about how we use the internet and digital technology.
Cyber Safety<\/h3>Netsafe has created an Online Safety Parent Toolkit<\/a> so parents, families and wh\u0101nau have all the information they need to talk about online safety.
If you or anyone in your wh\u0101nau needs support, you can contact Netsafe<\/a>.
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Have a great weekend everybody, kia pai ng\u0101 r\u0101 whakat\u0101!
The P\u014dhutukawa Team
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CCC<\/h3>You may have heard your child talking about our CCC \"cool curriculum classes\". This is how we start our day; they are a great way to ensure we are teaching all areas of our curriculum. We are planning to start the programme next week. Megan is teaching Midfulness, Rae is covering Digital Technology with Coding. Chris is teaching Visual Arts via visual Mihimihi and Pepehas, while Gayle is teaching PE and Games, Nick is teaching Digital Technology . There is such a lot of learning happening over the term in CCC, so we encourage you to keep chatting about what we are covering in these courses with your tamariki. He taonga te ako, the treasure is learning.
Staying Safe Online
As our tamariki spend more time online, it\u2019s important parents and wh\u0101nau help them stay safe. Now is a great time to talk to them about how we use the internet and digital technology.
Cyber Safety<\/h3>Netsafe has created an Online Safety Parent Toolkit<\/a> so parents, families and wh\u0101nau have all the information they need to talk about online safety.
If you or anyone in your wh\u0101nau needs support, you can contact Netsafe<\/a>.
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Have a great weekend everybody, kia pai ng\u0101 r\u0101 whakat\u0101!
The P\u014dhutukawa Team
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If you or anyone in your wh\u0101nau needs support, you can contact Netsafe<\/a>.
<\/div>Have a great weekend everybody, kia pai ng\u0101 r\u0101 whakat\u0101!
The P\u014dhutukawa Team
Chris, Nick, Rae, Megan and Gayle<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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