Junior Neighbourhood Support It is delightful to move into the summer months. Children are bouncing out into school life after our latest lockdown. Schools brighten up with flowering trees and happy birds are chirping. I am visiting up to seven schools a week, an enjoyable but busy time, carefully observing covid level restrictions and being prepared to change to working online at any time.
During the lockdown period, students were doing their school learning online, so I decided to send them a daily challenge that would get them off the computer and engage with their families. The first challenge was to calculate how much water their family would need for a three-day emergency. A bit of thinking to remember all the times we use water in a day (including pets) and then a bit of easy maths. One student from a busy
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2 1: Belinda from CCC graffiti team presenting to Linwood College students. 2: Gardening at Ngutuawa School. Page 11
