Year 5 E.O.T.C. Day 3

Year 5 E.O.T.C. Day 3

Day 3 of our EOTC activities consisted of four stations: jump rope, wheels, survivor, and orienteering.
Whaea Isabel was at the survivor station. Here, the children got to explore cooking over a fire by roasting marshmallows and making dampers. This was an awesome experience for the children to experience fire close up, and enjoy cooking their own food. 

Mankirat and Ilaisaane enjoying their marshmallows! 

The next station was orienteering with Graham, Lilly's Dad. He began the session with explaining what a compass is and how to use it. He designed a few different courses and taught the children how to use coordinates to navigate themselves from one area to another.
For our expert orienteering students, the next activity was to find different letters hidden around the courts using coordinates and their navigation skills, to find what the mystery word was. 

Students were very focussed and eager to get underway. 

Miley, Omayda and Amelia becoming expert navigators. 

The students worked in teams to try and navigate their way around the course. Lots of cooperation and collaborative work was being displayed. 

Graham was really helpful and the children thoroughly enjoyed their time at this station. 

Orienteering - Good experience for the kids to learn how to use a compass for navigation, and how to interpret coordinates. Thank you to Graham (our parent helper) for making our EOTC a memorable one for the kids.

Jump Rope - Students participated in activities which required them to work together as a team and problem solve.  These activities included knot tying and jump rope activities such as skipping races & double dutch. Overall, the students enjoyed learning knot tying skills as well working with their friends. 

Learning about all the different knots. 

Sophia and Shalom working together to tie their knots. 

Whaea Geneva helped all the groups tie their knots beautifully. 

Miss Leatigaga (our student teacher) was also at this station, and she did an amazing job of teaching us all about knots and skipping. 

The fourth and final station was wheels. Students were allowed to bring in their own bikes/scooters, or use the school's ones. Here, the students practiced riding their bike in an orderly and safe fashion. All children were wearing safety gear (helmets and high-visibility vests). 

Wheels - Children needed to listen to each other; share turns, safety of bike riding. They needed to follow instructions, work in a group of 2 and share their bike. Students participated in a few games focussing on balance and riding in small areas.

Mrs Kasi-Salote was in charge of this station, and ensured all children were riding their bikes and scooters in a really safe way.