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Have a go!

One of the best moments on the job is witnessing how a slight decision to give it go can help boost your confidence and is great for your personal growth. Miss Laura was a big part of our Pt England Girls Rugby Team and showed dedication, determination and most importantly worked on her personal goals for the day making tackles, improving her ball skills and had a whole lot of fun being a part of a team. 

This is the first sports team that Laura has been a part of and at school assembly Laura was awarded “Player of the Day”,  goes to show what you can achieve if you just Have a go!

Ready to rescue!

What a week! Last week Wednesday, our child support staff and admin team attended a First Aid Workshop. Personally I loved this workshop because it brought our support team closer. It somewhat challenged me when it came to performing CPR, also with knowing the best possible way to treat a wound and knowing what to do with someone who's had an allergic reaction or seizure.

There is a process before you perform CPR on someone.
Best possible way to remember is using the DRSABCD abbreviation.
 Danger: Ensure safety of yourself, others and the patient.
 Response: Check response using voice and touch.
Send: If there is no response, call 111 and ask for Ambulance.
Airways: Tilt the head back and lift the chin.
 Breathing: Look for normal breathing.
Commence CPR: If not breathing normally: Place two hands in the centre of the chest. Push down HARD and FAST 30 times, then give 2 breaths.

Continue until the ambulance arrives. Defibrillation: Attach an AED (defib) if available and follow the instructions. It was awesome to see the team eager to learn new things and also open to doing things that were outside of their comfort zone. It made me realise that no matter how old you are, you never stop learning. Our child support team can now possibly save lives, maybe yours one day. Ramona :)

Lalaga le si'osi'omaga mo se lumana'i manuia

Lalaga le si'osi'omaga mo se lumana'i manuia. Weaving an environment for a successful/brighter/stronger future. Fa'afetai lava tamaiiti me lo outou faiaoga mo faafiafiaga! Ese le tāua o le tatou gagana. Malo lava! A special thanks to our child support team - Miss Timmi and Mr Wright for teaching our items. We really appreciate the time you put into preparing our children for this week. Malo lava - Fa'afetai.

“Safe Hands”

May 29th 2019 while our teachers were pounding the pavement on Queen St during the strike our Child Support and Admin Staff were pounding the chests of dummies in order to gain the the knowledge of how to try and save a life if need be.

Mr Humphris from St Johns was our tutor for the day and for most of our team it was the very first time we had ever done first aid.

Thank you for organising this workshop we found this to be very beneficial for us and our role within the school. Our team can confidently walk away from this knowing that our kids and our school are definitely….”In Safe Hands”

Mr Wright and Mr Hill to the rescue!!!

8-bit art and google slides

As part of the digital technology theme our children have been following, the class I am placed in was given a project to create and share online. They used a combination of 8-bit art and google slides to complete their animation. I decided to join our children's learning and give it a go.

Post by Miss Williams. Thank you!!

“On The Same Page”

WALT:  Manage my time wisely through a novel and tasks

Today I supported and worked alongside Izaiah in Room 5 with Mrs Ilaoa during reading time and Izaiah was given the task of reading the text : Lest we forget - by Jane Tolerton. This story is about Veterans and their experiences in the First World War.

 Izaiah started off quietly reading to himself and was looking more at the amount of words in the story rather than the actual story itself and seemed a little discouraged so I placed my device next to his to show him that we were pretty much in the same boat and that I had to read it too, he looked over to my screen and laughed and said “oh Miss you’re up to the same page as me”. It’s always a good feeling when someone is “on the same page” as you, that way you never feel like you’re doing it alone. By Miss Timmi

Nau mai haere mai!

Nau mai haere mai and welcome to our very own Child Support Blog!   We are looking forward to sharing weekly stories about the neat things we get up to at Pt England School. 
We'll be sharing celebrations and more around the learners we support as well as our own stories of success.

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Lots of aroha - our PES child support team!