Google Expeditions

Our Amazing Google Expeditions

On Monday the Mighty Ducks and Rowandale School were very lucky to have the chance to try out Google Expeditions.  It was awesome!

First, every Mighty Duck got their very own Google Cardboard Viewer to use.  Inside the viewer is a special phone that shows amazing panoramic pictures of places all over the world...even the solar system!

Check us out trying the Cardboard Viewers...

Next we went on our first trip on a deep sea adventure.  We checked out amazing coral reefs with scuba divers.  It was neat to see the colourful coral, the swaying seaweed and lots of tiny fish. The colours were so bright!

It all seemed very real and we felt so close we wanted to reach out and touch the seaweed...

Then we took a trip to the moon!  We all thought that the Moon looked very white and rocky.  It was incredible to see planet Earth all the way from the Moon.  Earth seemed very blue and green, and it was glowing. 

After our time on the moon we headed to Egypt to check out the pyramids.  We could not believe how big they were.  Everything looked very orange and sandy!  We talked about how old the pyramids are...they are very very old.  We saw the special pyramids built for a father and son, Khufu and Khafre.  It was hard to imagine how long it would have taken to build the pyramids.

We felt really lucky to have the chance to check out Google Expeditions.  It was really exciting and an awesome way to journey to places very far away from us. 

Term 4

Term 4

The Mighty Ducks have been hard at work this term - we have got off to a flying start!

In Week 1 we participated in Niue Language Week.  We learned some of the beautiful language and worked on weaving.  Weaving is an important part of Niue culture.  Check out our class work below:

We have also been participating in Jelly Beans music classes. We have learned how to keep a beat and make different rhythms.  It has been interesting learning how to play new instruments, like the Glockenspiel. We created our own chants and had a chant-off, played drums and used rhythm sticks!

FMS Sport has also been taking place each week.  We love getting outside in the beautiful weather to work on our skipping, jumping, balancing and throwing skills.  We especially love learning the new games the coaches have been teaching us.