Learning at Home

With the announcement from the government, we have been working on a plan to support learning at home.

Here is:

Learning, Week 8, Term 1, 2020

You will be receiving a unique Seesaw QR code so that you can add to the learning journal at home. Seesaw is one of the tools that will enable us to engage with student learning when students are working remotely.

When learning at home, students could:



- do a bit of reading every day (read to self, read with a sibling, read with a parent or via audiobook etc.)



- spend time outside in nature and fresh air. What can you find in your backyard?




- help with the gardening



- do something kind for someone else




- do some free writing now and then. A diary, a comic...





- do some practical hands on maths via cooking, cleaning, outside or some maths games, physical or digital (an example is Sumdog, Prototec, Practise one of our times tables songs or Online Maths)



- some fine motor work e.g. lego, cutting, playdough, tidying up small toys.



- physical exercise everyday



- yoga and meditation



- some art/music where possible through the week. Doesn't need to be guided.



- to independently work on a project. This is great for keeping brains ticking over. Students could be researching in a book or online and putting together something to present to you or your family.



-Tell jokes

Maths Buddies

We are Maths buddies. Today we  went to Autahi and did number bonds to ten with them. We taught them how to + and - to ten in different ways. Some examples are 8+2=10, 7+3 = 10, 4+6=10 or 2 +8=10

By Isabel, Megan, Charlotte and Lily S  

Thank you to our great Maths Buddies. Brain science tells us that teaching something to someone else helps the learning to stick. 

We are using Seesaw to make our learning visible. 

Seesaw Maths

We have been investigating ways to develop our formative assessment so that we know what our students can do and what they need to work on. This helps our students to set small achievable goals. You might have seen some of this on Seesaw. We love how teachers and parents can give immediate feedback to develop the learning.

Teaching an idea and explaining something is a really good way of helping the learning stick (See Jude's newsletter piece- week 8)

Here are some examples of students sharing their learning: 

Students can access online links that we use in class: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S-HLA0F8M9dzazx6HkxaRrz_lcpxeEqW7owghroQnZQ/edit

Student Council ICT Group: Teaching others how to use Seesaw

These students from the ICT group in the Student Council had a Skype meeting with some students at Auroa School in Taranaki. They taught them how to use Seesaw. 

Sharing Maths Strategies on Seesaw

We have been learning how to share Maths strategies on Seesaw. This is a great way for students to explain their thinking and show us what they have learnt. 

Making new friends across the school

Students in Matariki and Mahutonga have been reading with our New Entrant students. It has been a great way to meet new friends across the school. Our older students helped some of our younger students to add a reading response on Seesaw.