Okains Bay Museum Blog

Click here to see the Okains Bay Museum Blog and the entry about our Year 6 visiting.

Typing Tutor

Learn how to touch type!
Click on the image below to go to the website and open your account

Get your username and password off Mr Lynch, change your password to your own in "preferences", then go to the first beginners lesson. 

A Taste of Life at Okains

Just a few pics of what went on at Okains over the last week. Keep tuned for more.

"Camp Wairakei"

Cooking time.

Flounder from the drag net.

Okains Bay School welcome us at a Powhiri.

Doing the washing with the mangle. 

Fun in the lagoon.

Stir fry for dinner. 

The Old School

Room 5ers Playing Cricket

Today the Wairakei Girls cricket team played Ilam at school. It is their third game and they are showing impressive skills.

Ella watches Ngariki bowl.

Ngariki runs a single.

Kayla makes another run for the team.

Ella hits a boundary.

Room 5 supports the team. 

We Communicate effectively

Jaden and William doing brilliant buddy reading.

Rose reading a great book to Kama

Room5 and Room 9 doing buddy reading.
Absolutely Brilliant work guys!!!!!
We communicate effectively by reading to others. This helps us learn to read together and share reading strategies.
By Alex and Isaac.

Working Hard and communicating effectively.

Tyler R, Sheeran and Kit who is not in the photo, made
a picture with mags. 

 We have been looking at ways to use our characteristics in our work. We've been absolutely brilliant workers and been communicating effectively.
We worked hard in groups to persevere and manage ourselves to finish our mosaics. We communicated effectively to create shapes from a class circle.

Melissa is communicating effectively
to make a shape.

Isaac, Griffyn and Rachel- We communicate effectively

Arthur, Ngariki and Tyler D- We think.

Melissa, Jennifer and Kayla- We make meaningful connections.

Kama, Jaden and Alex. Wairakei Learner Boy

Angus, Lucy, Laylah and Nat who
is not in the photo with Wairakei Learner Girl

Prabati, Erikah and Zaine- We care

Absolutely Brilliant Learners Displaying Effective Communication

Room 5 and Room 9 finding different ways to communicate effectively.
Great work guys.
Alex.