Week Two of Tabloid Sports

Week two of Tabloid Sports saw Sanderson whanau and Woodcock whanau out on the field again, repeating the activities from last week. Having some experience under their belts, it was good to see the children more agile, and able (in both completion of the games and their ability to discuss them). It was also fantastic to see the children's confidence grow somewhat, enabling them to participate more fully this afternoon. 

There are many challenges within these games and this is an important opportunity to develop the children's resilience and ability to 'have a go' and grapple with tasks that are not easy (we call this being 'turtles'). Some children, especially, are learning to deal with apprehension and they are all learning that it is okay to make mistakes. Miss McKenna calls mistakes 'learning opportunities' and Sanderson whanau, especially, knows that she makes them too - everybody does! 

When others make mistakes we need to be supportive of them and Gus, Ruby and Samuel were three students who showed fantastic teamwork and cooperation this week when they helped others who were having some trouble or showing apprehension. They helped to guide younger children through the activities and offered them kind words of encouragement (great communication guys!).

Gus helping Damian by putting a coat the right-way-in during

the dress-up relay.

Ruby being on hand if Mikayla needed assistance with a 

tricky belt during the dress-up relay.

Ruby and Sienna tackling the water-relay course together.

Samuel and Gus walking alongside teammates Finley and 

Hayden, encouraging them and being on-hand to help 

if needed.

Miss McKenna's group did more problem-solving this week when they realised that no team members were on the course at one point! Why was this? Because no-one had told the next person that they needed to go/the last person had completed the course. This made the children aware again of just how important communication is. After some discussion Ruby and Samuel made an especially good effort at communication, taking a leadership role in their teams to make sure everything was running smoothly. Great job Ruby and Samuel!

A new learning point this week regarded the rules. Some students worked on modifying rules of the potato and spoon race to make it run faster. Miss McKenna's group had found that they were very slow in completing this game because Miss McKenna made them go back to the nearest cone each time they dropped the 'potato' (today we used a tennis ball instead of a potato). The children decided, through discussion, that next week if they drop it they do not have to go back to the beginning; they will just stop, place it again and carry on. They think that this will make the game run faster and more smoothly. We will put it to the test next week and let you know how it goes!