Sketching in Wake up the Brain

Some students made a plan for our Sketching time in Wake Up the Brain. 

This week we have been sketching Locations. On Monday, we sketched a picture of Jabba's Palace from Star Wars. Our focus for the day, was to draw the cylindrical shapes how we SEE them, rather than what we think that they would look like. 

Check out our sketches!

We all wake up our brains differently and sketching is a place that is quiet and concentrated. Feel free to comment anything that you would like to see us sketch next!

Worser Bay Bush Builders Launch: Kaitiaki at the Zoo

On Friday we went to Wellington Zoo for the launch of our Bush Building programme.

We went to 3 different workshops:



We are all Connected:
We learnt that plants and animals play different roles in helping each other. We know that we have a role in this and kaitiakitanga is important.

Mindful Nature Trail: 
Students worked as a team to mindfully move through nature and discovered what makes New Zealand's bush unique. We also met a Weta and we had heaps of questions!



Positive Change at the Zoo:
We learnt what Wellington Zoo is doing for biodiversity. We make choices to create our ecosystem. We need to reduce human impact on our city. We went on a short walk outside of the zoo and were introduced to some native plant species. We also did some weed busting!



We met a kunekune called Parker. We were amazed that it almost became extinct and has made a come-back due to kaitiakitanga.

Workshop Day - Wednesday!!

These are some of the workshops we have done at school.
There is one on Google Drawings, one is a maths game, one is skip counting learning game and one is about area and perimeter.
We had a few more at the Learning in Action morning.

By Blaze, Stella and Anna

Google Drawings 

Skip counting game

Area and Perimeter 

Area and Perimeter

Nye's Multiplication Game

Area and perimeter

Worser Bay Powhiri 2018

On 23rd February we welcomed our new families and staff at our Powhiri. It was a magical event! Thank you to Olivier for taking these beautiful photos. 

Patterns in Multiplication

Many of our students have set themselves goals to learn their multiplication tables. We have been looking at patterns in the multiplication grid. 

By Orla

Ways to Practise

You can sing songs: https://sites.google.com/a/worserbay.school.nz/maths/times-tables

Number Knowledge Practise Links

https://www.timestables.co.nz/

and take the test: http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/quick-flash-ii

Kevin's Visit to Worser Bay

Meet Kevin. He comes all the way from the USA. He loves to travel and has been all over the world. He spent a week with us at Worser Bay School. Below are the entries from places that he has visited.

 We had lots of fun with Kevin.

 

Bonjour Brindas School!

Our friends at Brindas School sent us a game to play. We had to guess who the students were from their descriptions. We think that their English is very good. 

We asked them some questions about schools in France and they answered. You can read their responses on their blog. They asked us some questions too. Our students responded: