Help to keep those 'Winter bugs' away

On Friday we had a visit from Fiona - the Public Health Nurse and her assistant Harriet, a Nursing Student. We really enjoyed them coming into Weka and talking to us about ways we can help to keep the Winter Bugs away from making us sick.

Fiona and Harriet showed us how easy it was to spread germs. Fiona sneezed and as she did threw some polystrene loose fill where all the germs may have landed as she sneezed. They sure landed a long way away and some landed on our feet and some on our bodies. We learnt how to cough or sneeze into our elbow in order to trap any germs.

'Trap it'

Next we learnt how to blow our nose correctly. We all got a tissue and had a practise.

We learnt to............

Trap it, Bin it and Wash it

Then we learnt to wash our hands correctly.  Before we washed our hands we checked out where germs were on our hands. Can you see where the bright light is?

Can you spot the germs?

We used the torch to check out our hands too after we had washed them. Most of our germs on your hands are around our fingernails. Make sure you wash and dry your hands correctly.

Thanks Harriet and Fiona for coming to Weka and sharing all those great things we can do to help keep ourselves well.

Word Writing

This term in Weka we are trying really hard to increase the number of words we are able to write in 10 minutes. At the beginning of the term we created a 'Word Writing' wall and we each have a pencil peg that we use to show the range of words we are able to write.

Our Word Writing Wall

On a Friday we have 10 minutes to write as many words as we can. Mrs Scott and Mr Martin help us to prompt words we can write. The student in the class who writes the most words receives a trophy to take home for the week and the student in the class who makes the most progress from the previous week also receives a trophy. Some of us love the challenge of this. On 'Our Word Writing ' wall we also have trophies displayed to show who earnt them for the week.

Check out our trophy winners..........    

Term 2 Week 4   Congratulations to ..........

Tasman - 'Most Progress' and Lucas - 'Most Words'

Term 2 Week 3   Congratulations to ..........

Lucas - 'Most Progress' and Lucas and Zoe - 'Most Words' 1st equal

Term 2 Week 2   Congratulations to ..........

Isla - 'Most Progress' and Isla and Zoe - 'Most Words' 1st equal