Monday, 27 February 2023
Whānau Day - Tāne and the Baskets of Knowledge
Sunday, 26 February 2023
Place Value - Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
Using Place Value Charts
We have been using Place Value charts to help us to divide by 10, 100 and 1000. This helps us to see how the digits change in value.
A trick to help us to remember how many places the digits need to move is by looking at the zeros in 10, 100 and 1000.
For example, there are 3 zeros in 1000, so we need to move the digits 3 places to the right to divide by 1000.
x100 - 2 zeros move 2 places
x1000 - 3 zeros move 3 places
Friday, 24 February 2023
City and Te Aro School Visit.
We also noticed all the words and poems which are scattered across the waterfront. We found a poem by Denis Glover whose poem Drift we used as a writing model this week.
Wellington Harbour is a Laundry
The harbour is an ironing board:flat iron tugs dash smoothing toward
any shirt of a ship any pillowslip
of a freighter they decree
It was so much fun being mixed up with the students from Worser Bay. I caught up with some of my old friends from gymnastics. If we caught up again with them I’d like us all to learn a new game together. John, one of their teachers, said we might visit them and maybe play in the rock pools at Worser Bay and possibly sail. – Izzy
I enjoyed that we had lots of visitors and that the girls won on the tug of war three times. There were so many of us up on the turf. I made three new friends. It is so much fun having another school visit us. – Kala
I got to meet so many new people on Wednesday. I decided to go for it and ask people their names. I think that maybe a longer session together would have helped me to meet more new people. – Jay
I liked that both groups of children got to meet new people. We began as strangers and then we became friends. They said quite a different karakia from us. – Bentley
I liked making new friends. I wish they had arrived earlier in the morning. I would have so liked hanging out for longer. - Dezon
Thursday, 23 February 2023
Learning to Think and Observe Like Scientists
We have been learning about what a metre looks like, making good estimations or, as we call them, GUESTIMATIONS! This connects to our work on place value, looking at the units (centimetres) which make up a metre. Next, what does a metre squared look like and; what can it be used for?
Junior scientists are seen here using the metre squared to collect data about all of the living things that they can find within that area. This is an introduction to collecting data for the Marine Metre Squared project as part of our big Inquiry this year. It was amazing what we found when looking for flora and fauna.
We found all kinds of interesting creatures. Can you name all of the above?
Thursday, 16 February 2023
Week 3 Term 1 - Up and Running on all Cylinders
Kia ora koutou Māhutonga e Matariki whānau,
Another week is done and dusted and we’ve had our first full five dayer. It’s been packed with fun learning and loads of focused mahi/work.
Importantly, our students went about their goal setting meetings and it's been wonderful to see them reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses and building their growth mindset in relation to their school life and beyond. Thank you for your support in making these so successful.
In Inquiry this week, we focused in on the concept of environment: What it is? How humans have impacted on it? How it is intertwined with Te Ao Māori? Here are some of the students working in teams to understand what the world's various Biomes are and their key features.
Additionally to this, we have been unpacking the concept of Manaakitanga. What it so
unds like. What it feels like. What it looks like. We are in the process of creating a graffiti wall with words that reflect its meaning using a graffiti style of font. Here are a few samples of their work.
He aroha whakatō, he aroha puta mai.If kindness is sown then kindness you shall receive.
In our Literacy rotation we’ve been focusing on various forms of poetry and how they can express ideas in an artistic way. Here are a few examples:
In Maths, we’ve continued to concentrate our learning on place value concepts and integrating this to learning around length of a meter and a square meter. This will remain a focus for us in the coming weeks as we use this knowledge to carry out scientific observations.
We are looking forward to what next week holds, including our Te Aro Trip!
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Human Impact on our natural Environments: Positives and Negatives.
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Positive Purpose - Moana Mana
Saturday, 4 February 2023
Welcome to 2023!
Alongside this will be an Arts project whose purpose is to mark our school site as the former Whetūkairangi Pā. We will be working with artist in residence, Kimi Moana Whiting up until June, by which time we will have some significant sculptural pieces completed. Again, we will be looking to the natural world for inspiration.