Long Beach

Room 5 had a terrific day at Long Beach doing various activities team building, cave exploration, treasure hunt  and rock climbing.
Tom absolutely was challenged as you most of the class but he rose to the challenge and had an amazing day.
We got to Long Beach and were greeted by windy but warm weather.
We had Tom in his off road wheelchair and got him to the rock climbing site.

Mr Brew lead an awesome Sasa and Haka. Everyone looked great in their costumes. The rest of the school enjoyed our R5 and 6 Assembly. 

Tom dressed in his Highlanders gear for the Waisaki Naholo song. 

Tom's group did a great job at Assembly with their song and dance. Well not really a dance , more of a scrum. Nice hat Tom.

Term 1 Week 3

Room 5

Lots of singing Practice this week in preparation for Fridays Mihi Whakatau. This is when the year 8s welcome the new year 7s into the school.
Depending where singing took place Tom had the option to sit on the floor with the rest of the year 7s or remain in his chair.

While Room 5 is at swimming Tom joins in with  Room 6 and seems to enjoy the change.
He is keen to meet new people and works well in different groups.
This week There was a team building challenge.
Each group was given 10 cups,1 rubber band and 4 pieces of string.the challenge was to stack the cups without touching them.

Example of cup stack

Toms group showed some great Team work.

Kiwi Golf

We also had Mel from Kiwi Golf teaching us some golf skills this week.