Moutere Learning habitat

This term our Year 4s that didn't swim in Term 2 have swimming on Wednesday mornings. We are divided into two groups. The first group swims at 10am and the second group (along with 10 learners from Maunga) swim at 10.30am. Every morning, a community bus comes to pick us up and take us to the Otara Leisure Centre where the swimming pools are. All learners are placed into three groups according to their swimming capabilities. Each group has a swimming instructor that helps to teach us skills in the pool. Some things we have learned so far are: blowing bubbles, floating on our front and back, kicking with a board and lots of other things.  It is heaps of fun and we are so lucky to have these free swimming lessons every week. We can't wait to go swimming again next week. Yay!!

This term the students in Moutere have been showing a lot of curiosity around space.  So today we had a special visit from Mr Subash Chand. Mr Chand is a Maths teacher at Ormiston Senior College who recently attended Space Camp. Mr Chand is here with us today to share some of his experiences at Space Camp. Everybody was engaged with his stories, had plentiful questions for him at the end of the presentation, and are keen to try out some of the experiments shown. PTS 5

On Thursday we had a lockdown practice so that all learners and staff are aware of the procedures in case of emergency. We practiced staying calm, being quiet and lying on the floor away from danger. We also practiced evacuating to the carpark and waited until we had the all clear. Now we know what to do in case of emergency!

Sports Mufti day at OrmPS to support our Year 6 learners fundraise for Camp. Moutere learners looked fantastic in their sports gear to support their friends.