Mindful walk... wake up your brain

We are doing wake up the brain differently this term so everyone experiences a range or ways to wake up the brain. This week some of us did a mindful walk to wake up our brain. It was strange to walk really slowly and see how our bodies move. We noticed lots of sounds that we don't normally hear and found ourselves feeling calmer. It was a wonderful way to start the day.

Jessie (Year 6) wants to help!

Hospi’s Pyjamas for Winter Appeal

Please donate a pair of NEW flannelette pyjamas

Wellington Hospitals Foundation is calling for brand new pyjamas for sick children both in Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital, and out in our community.

Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital sees a significant increase in the number of children who are admitted to hospital over the winter months, and many of them come without a pair of pyjamas. For many Wellington families in need, the simple act of having warm pyjamas and heating their home is more than they can afford. A warm pair of pyjamas, to keep our children warm at night, can help prevent them from being admitted to hospital this winter.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Purchase a pair of flannelette pyjamas (Postie Plus, Farmers, KMart and The Warehouse have a great range and at great prices)

Drop them into school by FRIDAY 29 JUNE

All donated pyjamas MUST BE BRAND NEW. Size 2-10, flannelette 2 piece pyjama button shirt sets preferred. Unisex, Boys and Girls pyjamas needed.

Drop Off Pyjamas

Pyjamas can be dropped off at Worser Bay School in MĀHUTONGA classroom into the HOSPI PYJAMAS APPEAL BOX in the mornings before 8:30am and straight after school - Jessie and friends will collect them and bring them home so we can deliver them all to the Hospital Foundation on Friday 29 June after school.

*All pyjamas must meet NZ product safety standards for fire safety. Due to the risk of infection, only new pyjamas can be accepted.

THANK YOU

Anna's basegroup's goal - learning the Karakia translation in English!

We have a goal to say the Karakia in English, and to know what each Maori word we say means.

We brainstormed the different ways we could do this

• Say it in English after we say it in Maori every day
• Make a translation Movie where we translate each word as we say it. We could use this to help teach others too. 
• PALs could run workshops for other spaces.
• We could put up both translations onto the wall
• Alternate saying the English translation and the Maori version each day. 

There is the English translation on the school website. Check it out to practice at home. http://www.worserbay.school.nz/info#TOC-Karakia-and-Student-led-Assembly

Stay tuned to see our progress when achieving this goal!

We know we will have to use a Growth Mindset to be able to remember all of it, even when it gets hard!

Maths songs to help learn times tables!

These are different songs that help with learning times tables! Have a go at using them to practice.


This is a link to a google site that his different songs to practice skip counting your tables.


Different websites for times table games
topmark.co.uk
primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk

My Amazing Brain: Neuroplasticity.

We have been learning about the AMAZING BRAIN!  It is incredible how the brain can develop, grow and change when it is challenged in the right way.  We understand that when we are learning and things are hard, but not too hard; when we are 'in the flow', our brains are building new connections.  To a degree we can all shape our own brains.  This involves effort, perseverance, using the new connections and applying new knowledge.  Sadly, as they say, if you don't use it, you lose it.

We had a go at imagining how we would shape our brains and we put it in a frame so that it can hang in an Art Gallery.

Hey! I like your Brains!

Weekly Goal Setting

In Mahutonga Matariki, we set goals each week. This helps us to manage our learning by taking baby steps.

We set goals on a Monday and reflect on them on a Friday.  This week we have made goals around Aroha. We have also made goals around other parts of learning.
Here are some of our goals we made for this week!

My Aroha goal is to help people do two random acts of kindness and be inclusive.

My Aroha goal is to help at lest three people.

To play fair in football and include others.

I want to help friends in need and show them Aroha.

My aroha if kids are on the rainbow bench I will play with them.

 I am going to shows aroha and tidy the Matariki safe twice. 

If I see someone left out from a game, they could come and join me.   

I am going to say nice things (compliment) three people. Example of a compliment: That's a nice hat.
My goal from going from a fixed set to a growth mind set. Mine is for math I want to say I can’t do it yet from I can’t do it because in math I always say I don’t know how to do this or I can’t do this and I am going to say I can’t do it yet now I will keep trying and won’t give up.

My maths goal is to practice my place value more at home.

My literacy goal is to put more things on seesaw. My reading goal is to practice my big words.

My maths goal is to practice doing questions like: how many tens are there in the number 150?

My literacy goal is to finish my persuasive piece of writing by the end of the week. 

My literacy goal is to finish my persuasive writing and focus on my feedback and finish what I had to do before doing anything else.  

My Math's goal is to practice the things I got wrong in my Ikan test and the stuff that I highlighted, things I need to work on. 

My literacy goal is to practice my spelling words and do the right punctuation.

The Tale of the Inclusive Friends: Travelling Tales

We started this tale. It got sent on to other schools around the world and created a unique tale for a global audience.

The tale got passed onto:

Durham Academy, USA

Shekou International School, China

American International School of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

We had a lot of fun making this tale!