WELCOME TO WEEK 4!

What a WEEK! 

We have just completed our annual Leadership Week in Matawara and it has been a BLAST! We have had the most wonderful experiences and conversations regarding this topic, and you will see a reflection of the week come out in your child's kete on Hero, soon! On this reflection you will find the link to one of the Inspirational clips we viewed as a team. It is worth watching as a family and discussing too! 

Our Year 8's deserve recognition for their outstanding Leadership Speeches that they presented to our Team on Thursday. It is no small expectation from us that they write these in a short time, as it forces focus, and thoughts around the immediate learning they have been participating in. Each Year 8 has had their speech videoed and it is up in their 'Learning Kete' on Hero. 

Our Team are just blowing us away with how quickly they are settling into the routine of being in Matawara! We are celebrating each day, the development of their independence, and thinking skills, and we hope there are some wonderful conversations coming home - although let's face it, they are adolescents! 

TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES in LEADERSHIP - The Electric Fence! 

Planning and Strategising 

Putting a plan into ACTION! 

Enabling Others to Act

LEADERSHIP - Build and 'cook' on a Solar Oven - 

Our solar ovens FINALLY got off the ground on Wednesday, when the sun was able to poke out of the clouds for the afternoon. Amazingly some ovens got up to 60 degrees plus! We may not be cooking chicken in them, but we will experiment with some other foods in there over the next week or so! 

SWIMMING - Fun in our pool!

Our swimming pool is the most wonderful resource in our school! We have had some super swimming sessions, and although our school swimming sports will not be going ahead this year, we will be running our Matawara Swimming Sports in Week 5! Children will enter the usual championship / non championship level (depending on swimming ability) and we will run timed heats in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. That way, IF (and it is a big if) Zone Swimming Championships go ahead, we will be ready! 

WEEK 4 ACTIVITIES - 

Here's hoping the weather plays the game, and we can attend our two days of fun on Thursday and Friday! Here is a reminder of what we are doing, and what each child will need to bring each day. 

* Surf School - THURSDAY 24th FEBRUARY (Leave school at 11:30pm and return at home time) 

* Adrenalin Forest - FRIDAY 25th FEBRUARY (Leave school at 9:00am and return at 1:00pm)
 
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED in school bags - 
Surf School - note ALL equipment including wetsuits is provided. 
- Warm clothing
- Towels and togs 
- Sunscreen and sun hats
- Masks to wear in cars, and during classroom briefing 
- A snack and a drink bottle 

Adrenalin Forest - 
- Masks to wear in cars, and during briefing
- Clothing appropriate for physical activity 
- Jacket in case of a cold wind
- A snack and a drink bottle
- Footwear that encloses the whole foot (sneakers)
- ALL long hair MUST be tied back securely

Thank you to the following parents who will be transporting our team for the two days - Andrew Spencer, Marie Ambrosiussen, Chris Miller, Brent Long, Craig Pascoe, Hannah Leary, Phillip Kraal, Nick Dench, Jaz Hazeldine, Kim Parry, Maurice Payton, Maree Breen, and Steph Fletcher.

The cost of these activities is $52 inclusive. If you have already paid for camp, this cost will be deducted from this,  and you will be credited the balance, after the activities have taken place. 

Have a super weekend!

Kristie, Linda, Jenny and Helen. 

LOOKING FORWARD... 

WEEK 4 - 

* THURSDAY - Team Matawara are off to LEARN TO SURF! 

* FRIDAY - Team Matawara off to SWING FROM THE TREES! 

WEEK 5 - 

* TUESDAY - Matawara Swimming Sports

* FRIDAY - Tech - ALL DAY - Bus leaves at 9:15am SHARP!