Wow, what a week!! Tarawera for a walk, Whakatane heads for waka ama, Ōhope for fish and chips, wharf jumps and long lining, Redwoods for mountain biking, Opotiki on the dune trails and West End Ōhope for surf lessons. Creating memories of a lifetime with their friends and fantastic teachers, a great end to the year!

The Year 9 activity week for our Junior students has been fantastic! A flight simulation with an around the world trip including Mexico, Japan, Hawaii and Hungary has seen students learn and make little creations. Creating beaded Christmas decorations tested patience, a geography lesson with a twist was fun, delicious pizza bread and brownie making filled hungry puku, while the four different inflatable slides and activities have been a hit on the field!

Thank you to Ivy Bates from 'Let’s Roll Coaching' who ran 'give it a go' sessions as part of our Year 9 Activity Week. Students from SEC and some of the Year 10 camps also took part. Lot's of fun was had and today we have at least one teacher hobbling around after an unexpectedly hard workout!

Here we have Year 9 students and their mahi on their 'trip' to Scandinavia and South Africa. This week is proving a hit with the diverse set of experiences our fabulous teachers are creating for our students.

Our new Food Technology suite has been in action for a year now and as you can see it is a great learning space. Each of the kitchens has plenty of bench space to make delicious creations and with the kitchens facing each other, students work alongside each other nicely.

This is the last class to go through the Food Technology rotation for the year and they are busy finishing up their practical work.

All long term loan chromebooks must be returned to the office ASAP.

Description

This course is designed to give high school students the knowledge and skills to babysit children of all ages. It's written for first time babysitters; you don’t need to have previous experience to enroll. It’s ideal for students aged 14 and above.

Time commitment

This course will take approximately two (2) to three (3) hours to complete spread across three weeks.

Working your way through the course

The nine modules are designed for you to work through in sequence. At the end of each module, it will tell you that you are ready to start the next module. To do this, you will exit out of the module you have completed and then open the next module in order.

Topics

You will learn about:

• the role of the babysitter, including the expectations of the families you are working for
• ages and stages of children from birth to school age, their basic needs and their care
• professional behaviour, including your presentation
• how to engage with children of different ages, including activities for each age group and behavioural information
• safety, including emergency situations, keeping yourself and the children safe, and basic first aid
• how to get a babysitting job.

This course is presented using videos, quizzes and activities which are fun as well as informative.

Course Completion

Upon completion of the course and the final quiz, you will receive a certificate certified by Whānau Āwhina Plunket to show employers that you have completed this course and are ready to babysit. As well as the certificate, we will send you a Babysitter’s Manual that supports all the information you have learned in the online course.

Please follow link below for more details.