At Wanganui East School it's all about fun, students and whanau!
The doors to school were open, way past the finishing of the school day, for students and whanau to come back and participate in our focus evenings.
For the Juniors, it was an evening about Maths; the Seniors, in the BP challenge, the inquiry theme that has been running in these classes throughout the term.
There were cards a-plenty as you walked into the school library.
The Junior Staff were teaching card games that whanau could play, to help support Maths knowledge at home.
The games taught were not new, just an innovation/tweaking of old favourites like fish and memory, but with a twist such as making pairs to 5.
Or the fast favourite of "speed", which is fantastic for teaching before and after to 10.
Everyone went home with a pack of cards and a booklet so they could teach the whole whanau.
Across the other side of the school, the Senior students and whanau were being quite industrious and were in full swing with the BP technology challenge!
Students and whanau were given the mission to make a stretcher out of newspaper that would carry a small child (5kg of flour) over an obstacle to safety.
From the onset of the challenge, heads were down and brows were furrowed with a sense of urgency to complete the stretcher. Once time was up, there was a timed trial of their creation, which resulted in the Ramages 1st, Pedleys and Jacksons 2nd and the Wattys, a 3rd placing.
Fun and hilarity was had by all in both sessions and a big thank you to all whanau for joining us. It really was a fabulous night.
Wanganui East School has a parent focus evening each term, with next term's focus being Reading Together.
This is a reading workshop sharing ideas about supporting children and their reading at home.
Fun games make learning a breeze
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