Water safety at Sandspit Beach

On Friday we went to the beach to learn about water safety with Rooms 3 and 7 and our PE teacher Miss R.

We learned lots of things to keep ourselves safe at the beach.

We learned to :

-make sure we are with a grown up

- swim between the flags at life guard beaches

-put your hand up to signal if you are in trouble in the water and need help.


We learned how to use a life jacket if you are on the water. You need to check it's the right size for you, then zip it and click it.



Then we had a lifejacket relay race. We had to put on a life jacket, zip it and click it, and race around our team.

Water Safety on PhotoPeach

Feeding the Ducks

Thursday 18th March

This week we collected lots of acorns from the old oak tree. We got them to feed to the ducks at the duck pond in town.

This morning Rooms 1, 3 and 7 walked down to the duck pond to feed the ducks. We wore our yellow safety vests. Parents and grandparents came to help us. We took a shortcut along the grassy track. It was a long walk but it was fun.

We fed the ducks acorns and bread. We stamped on some acorns to crack them open to make it easier for the ducks to eat them. Then we sat on the grassy bank and watched and watched and watched.

The ducks didn't want to come out of the pond but seagulls came to eat the bread. We only saw 3 ducks eat the acorns. Then they went back in the pond.

We think maybe they weren't hungry or were scared of us in our bright vests.

We left all the acorns in a pile by the pond for the ducks to eat later. Then we walked back to school along the grassy track.

It was a fun morning.

Feeding the Ducks on PhotoPeach

Welcome to our classroom Blog

Here is my first entry!

Hello and welcome to Room 1's blog . We are a lovely little group of Year 1 students at Waiuku Primary School. This is our first time on a blog. We hope that you enjoy looking at our work and seeing what we are learning and doing this year.