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!