Distance Learning Friday, August 28th

 Happy Daffodil Day!!

Today is our last day of Distance Learning. I am sooooo looking forward to seeing you face-to-face again! We are expecting everyone to return, however, if you are not returning, please ensure you have completed the Level 2 Return Form sent out by Ms Driver and let the school office know.

It is time to dust off your school uniform - shine those scuffed school shoes and dig out your knee-high socks, ready for a great start on Monday. Please charge your devices and have your SSR book ready, as well as your drink bottle, pencil case and yummy energetic food. 

We welcome Ms Li back with us for her final four-week practicum. It will be great to have her as part of our Room 15 team.

Have a fantastic day - your final Spoken Word performance is due TODAY - record your presentation on the Flipgrid link that you received last night (email and Google Classroom). The time limit is cut off at 3:30 seconds, as it must not be longer than that. Keep learning your poem for face-to-face presentations. We may share our memorised ones with the other classes!

Here is our Daffodil Day Sharing of Learning

Distance Learning Thursday, August 27th

 As we near the end of the week and our time in Distance Learning - take time to reflect on how you have used your GEMS in your learning and life in your Lockdown Bubble. What areas have you noticed you have grown in? What areas did you struggle the most with? What do you think your new goals will be for the rest of Term 3?

Take time to reflect, think carefully and write a reflection on a Slide to share with me - I won't post them on our Blog, however, I will print them for your publishing folder.

As an artist, I encourage you to try and draw your daffodils with a 3-D effect. Daffodils are magnificent flowers with the bright yellow or orange trumpet protruding like a megaphone wanting to announce Spring - the end of Winter! Give it a go and share your pictures. Let's make an extra special slide deck for tomorrow...Daffodil Day!

Today we have a Google Meet (optional) at 11:00 am - please email me by 10:30 am if you would like to join. I will send you an invitation via email at 10:59 am. Come with your imagination! I hope you will all join in.

All the best for finishing off your Spoken Word and our other challenges for this week.

Distance Learning Wednesday, August 26th

Welcome back to Wednesday - halfway through our last week of Distance Learning! Keep up the great work and communication with me about your Spoken Word Poems and your other learning activities. Continue to share those great things you are doing, they are inspiring us!

As we are working so hard on those final drafts to get them to the final finished product, I have extended the deadline from today until Friday, August 28th. There are many of you still working on your Poems and I know you are wanting to do a great job! If you CAN memorise it, we would love that. Like the examples we have seen on our slide decks - the poem presentation is a performance, using your voice AND your hands.

There is no video today as I have been busy supporting many of you in your learning. Thank you for keeping in contact.

Google Meets today at 10:00 and 11:00 am - check the slide deck below for your time. If you would like to join our THURSDAY Google Meet (optional) at 11:00 am - please email me and I will send you an invitation just before 11:00 am.

Have a fantastic day - keep our challenges going! (Check out Monday's blog post) Get outside for some time in the fresh air - what amazing Spring things do you see?

Distance Learning Tuesday, August 25th

 Hi, Room 15...today we continue our Google Meets Part II with the three groups listed below:

10:00 am Isabelle, Milana, Sophia, Bella, Olivia and Chloe

11:00 am Donnie, Ethan, Matt L, Ryan and Brandon

12:00 pm Natasha, Jessica, Samantha, Caleb, Liam and Isaac

Tomorrow: Wednesday, August 26th

10:00 am Shreya, Poppy, Cimone, Madison, Amelia, Jacob and Alex

11:00 am Max, Yi Fan, Jimmy, James, Matthew J and Aayush

Thursday 11:00 am - let me know if you want to join an extra catch-up (optional)

I looked forward to seeing you ready to go (make sure you are dressed and have your paper and pencil ready too).

We'll look at the picture of the 'old man' and see how we can re-craft our descriptive sentences as part of preparing for 'character descriptions'. Then we will move on to look at some really interesting 'settings' and see how they could be the backdrop for interesting narratives.

We welcome back Ms Li to Room 15 and hope that she can join us on Monday - IF we get to go back to school for face-to-face learning. She'll join us for as many Google Meets as she can.

Have you checked your emails for your feedback on your Spoken Word? They were sent out on Monday morning so that you had plenty of time to polish off your Version 2 by Wednesday (due date). Put in your very best high standard work. Good luck!

Our Sharing of Learning Slides for today...keep the creative work and challenges coming in! Remember to check Monday's blog post for this week's challenges.

Today we feature some lovely Daffodil Art and the first set of things we are grateful for in our Gratitude Corner, as well as showcase some amazing artistic sketching talent. Thank you, Milana, Bella and Natasha!

Distance Learning Monday, August 24th

Happy Monday and the start of Week 6!

Our Team 5 Distance Learning slide is designed to continue this week. Make sure you check it out and select something new to try. It can be found on our 'Learning At Home' page of this Blog. 

This week we have a chance to put the finishing touches on your Spoken Word Poems based on the feedback you will receive from me. The deadline for your final finished version is Wednesday, August 26th.

Before you start working on your final version, please make a copy of your Spoken Word Poem in your Writing Folder. Name it: Spoken Word V2 xxx (xxx = your name). Also, write a reflection on how you have found the learning journey - how you have used your GEMS on that learning pathway and what you will do next.

The Still Life challenge continues this week. Try grouping the objects you choose together and treat it like a piece of art posed for you to draw! This will be more challenging (but attractive) than just sketching individual items - use a nice cloth or plate mat to put the objects on as part of your sketch.

There are challenges this week:

1. Write a reflection about your Spoken Word feedback and what you need to do to finish it off. Include how you plan to work with that feedback.
2. Create and share a photo of your creative Daffodil for the Cancer Society 'Daffodil Day'. (Make one rather than 'colour in')
3. Send in a decorated slide listing THREE things you are grateful for. 
4. Send in a photo of your Still Life sketches - keep perfecting your observation skills and re-crafting to refine the detail of your drawing.

Here is the slide deck that featured on the video - check out the detail and Google Meet dates. Also, enjoy the Sharing Of Learning slides. We look forward to seeing more of your work coming through to be shared.

Thank you for your energy and engagement! You are amazing, Room 15!

Distance Learning Friday, August 21st

 Friday! We are nearly there, Room 15. 

I hope that you have enjoyed your week of engaging with your learning from home. Next week we will put the finishing touches on the Spoken Word Poems that you will submit for feedback today. 

Our final performance will be recorded on Flipgrid on Wednesday, August 26th. Keep practising and make sure that when you make your recordings in Flipgrid that you use great lighting (don't have a window behind you) and that you are dressed (not in your PJs!) after all - we are at school. Remember this for our Google Meets too!

Many of you have asked if you have to memorise this poem for your performance. It is one of the guidelines to memorise your poem and not use cues cards. See how you go with that. This project has lots of different skills you are developing and growing in. Believe you can do it!

Our Google Meets next week are on the schedule below. We'll recraft our 'old man' sentences (make sure you have sent your work in from the last Google Meet) and we'll also look at using visualising when we describe a setting. These Google Meets are workshops to help you now with your Spoken Word but also when we begin our next project of writing narratives, so it is important that you don't miss out.

Here is the video explaining our upcoming activities and expectations.

  

Here is the slide deck from the video so that you can see the work you have shared from yesterday. Have a fantastic weekend and see you on Monday!

Distance Learning Thursday, August 20th

 As we come to the end of the week, make sure you are engaged with the activities that have deadlines coming up. I would like all the polished and edited Drafts of your Spoken Word by 3:00 pm on Friday. This is so that I have the weekend to have a look and send you feedback on Monday. (These were originally due on Wednesday, August 19th) Check the slides below for the rest of the due dates.

Remember: your Spoken Word is your original and independently written poem that tells a story linking the theme of wisdom to your message. If you use quotes, you need to clearly cite (refer to) the source. I look forward to receiving them earlier if you are finished - send me a confirmation email so I know you are ready. Thank you!

Here is our Sharing of Learning slide deck with our Learning Focus at the beginning. We have less to share this week, as we have been focused on our Spoken Word poetry projects. Well done, everyone for putting so much effort into your poems and making sure you are doing your very best work. You can feel proud of how you have dug deep, been resourceful, and showed resilience through your frustrations. Especially in Lockdown. That is how we stretch our Growth and Self-belief GEMS, as well as Shine with Mana when we are successful!

Distance Learning Wednesday August 19th

 Good morning on this wet and blustery day! I hope you have a fabulous day working on your Spoken Word and getting those to a really high standard. Remember it MUST be your OWN work, not a copy of anything off the internet unless you are using a short quote. If you use a quote, you must tell us where it comes from. While you may read it to your family - your piece of writing must be an independently crafted piece. 

Today, think about trying some Still Life drawings. You can sketch in black and white or use colour - your choice. The purpose of drawing still life objects (a collection of fruit, flowers, vegetables, jars) is to be a disciplined observer. It is a drawing of study - you study the objects really carefully, looking at the shades and play of light, the textures, the colours and the hues of colour, the lines and proportions of what you are drawing. It may take several goes - a great artist draws, reflects on what can be done better, and adds more detail. I really look forward to what you will share with us. (Create the Term 3 Lockdown Learning Slide Deck in your Reflections folder to share your work)

Today I catch-up with two groups: 

Google Meet 10:00 am Shreya, Poppy, Cimone, Madison, Amelia, Jacob, Alex (and Sophia)

Google Meet 11:00 am Max, Yi Fan, Jimmy, James, Matthew, Aayush (and Matt, Brandon)

Have a great day!

 

Tuesday August 18 Distance Learning

 Happy Tuesday, Room 15! 

I am really looking forward to catching up with my Google Meet groups scheduled for today. The invitation will come by school email JUST BEFORE the Meet so that we can join at the same time.

We'll catch-up on how you are going with your Spoken Word poems. We'll do some activities to help with your reading and writing (visualising). If we have time, we'll do some maths fun too.

10:00 am Isabella, Milana, Sophia, Bella, Olivia and Chloe

11:00 am  Donnie, Ethan, Matt, Ryan and Brandon

12:00 pm Natasha, Jessica, Samantha, Caleb, Liam and Isaac

 

Re-posting: Intro to Distance Learning slide deck

 Sorry, Room 15! I accidentally deleted the 'Intro to Distance Learning' blog post so here it is again.

The video is a bit longer than usual so that you can see the different features of the slide deck. 

The focus this week in on polishing and recrafting your Spoken Word poem. It needs to be written in poetic style and have the layout of a poem - line by line. You are welcome to use rhyming as a language feature, however, it does not need to rhyme. We can talk more about how you are going in our Google Meets this week. While we would like the Spoken Word to be three minutes in length (you performing it), please don't feel this as pressure. I would rather listen to a really well crafted, engaging poem that is shorter than one that loses the audience.

Keep in touch by email if you need any help.

Google Meet Timetable for Week 5

Hi, Room 15!

We are kicking off our Google Meet catch-ups this week...starting tomorrow - Tuesday. Check out the schedule below and see when your catch-up is planned. Have your things ready for the meet so that we can start on time. I will send the invitation by school email JUST BEFORE the Google Meet. Please don't join early - wait for the correct time.

Bring your questions and wonderings from our slide deck learning. 

Looking forward to seeing you!

Sharing our Learning and Joy from Thursday

 Thank you for sharing your learning and the joy you have at being back in your safe bubble! Lovely to see some faces on Flipgrid!

Here as some of the things you connected with on Thursday.

Have a fantastic Friday - keep connecting and stay safe, Room 15!

Learning Slides for Week 4 Maths Week

 Hi Room 15!

We are continuing to work on our Spoken Word as a priority, however, here are some learning activities that you may like to explore as we finish off Week 4, Maths Week. We can roll these over to next week - either in class or at home - depending on the decision by the government on our Alert Level announcements.

Thank you for your energy and engagement in driving your learning since our new Level 3 Lockdown was announced!

Well done - you are superstars. 💖🌟

Term 3 Week 4 Thursday

Welcome to Thursday, August 13th!

Here are some things that you may like to get busy with. Our Spoken Word Poems are the most important...remember to do the writing and editing by yourself - it needs to be your independent work!

Email if you need help!

      

Distance Learning for the rest of Week 4

 Welcome back to our Level 3 Distance Learning.

This week we want you to focus on Maths Week by engaging in activities on the website: mathsweek.co.nz, as well as the activities on Mathletics, Prodigy, or Prototec.

If you are able to access your Spoken Word in your Google Writing Folder, please continue to write, recraft, and edit your work. Make sure you are reading it out loud so that it makes sense and the ideas flow. Go back to your planning and ideas so that you can expand your thinking. Remember to make sure your writing yours - not edited by anyone else. I want to see how you apply your skills of creative writing, proofreading, and editing - independently.

If you have your writing in your Writing Book and not on a Google Doc, let me know and I will see how I can send you a copy of your pages...I'll at least try!

Take care and be kind - get some exercise, use your mindfulness and GEMS. Look after each other.

Enjoy your bubble again!

Welcome back to school, Room 15!

Thank you for a great day!

It is sooooo good to have you back. We had a fabulous day getting back into a new routine with new seating arrangements. The soap, spray and sanitizer were flowing and the chatting was a joy to listen to. We are looking forward to a great week of learning.

Cimone's Scratch Animation for Level 2

Term 2 Week 5 May 15, 2020

Our last day of distance learning!

Welcome back to school on Monday.

Thank you to you, everyone, for engaging in your learning at home. Whether you followed the Distance Learning Programme or did your own thing, we thank you for staying home and helping New Zealand get to Level 2 so quickly. To the parents and caregiver who supported our learners, to the families that learned important lessons of being together every day, to the children who were on their own and learned to keep yourself busy with no one to play with and those who were worried about other members of the family they could see...thank you all. Your sacrifice was huge and very much valued.

Getting ready:

• School uniform (if you are waiting for new shoes - you may wear others until you are able to get them)
• School jacket (it is cooler these days)
• School hat
• PE gear (every day just in case)
• Drink Bottle (named)
• Morning Tea 
• Lunch
• Stationery (pens - red, blue, green; rubber; pencil; ruler; colouring pencils)
• Can or jar (with your name to keep the items together on your small desk space)
• Device (fully charged or bring your charger - name on both!)
• Novel (chapter book) to read during SSR
• Energy for learning
• A smile

Enjoy your day - keep up the great work and get set for school on Monday. I really look forward to seeing you all again. Have a wonderful weekend - stay safe and well.

Sharing of Learning from May 14th...
(More to come on Monday)

Term 2 Week 5 May 14, 2020

Day 20 Distance Learning...Level 2 at last!

We will be so excited to get out of our bubbles and start exploring the world outside our homes again! We'll need to catch up on things that need sorting out after 7 weeks and get ourselves ready for face/face school. Let us know what you have enjoyed getting back into! What have you found you missed the most?

Have a great day - remember to still do some quality learning! Have fun!

Sharing of Learning from May 13th...

Term 2 Week 5 May 13, 2020

Day 19 of distance learning & the last day of Alert Level 3!! 

Go Aotearoa New Zealand...

Keep being safe and kind around everyone you meet.

What an exciting day - the last one of lockdown and family bubbles. It has been a long wait, but thank you each one for doing your part in keeping our most vulnerable safe. We all need to be proud of what we have achieved.

Today, we share LOTS of learning with you. The messages are around getting prepared for face/face returning to school and for being back into routines that support your learning. Being organised and thinking about how to look after your own things - we won't be sharing personal items. Look for a can or jar to decorate for your pens/pencils and get a drink bottle that doesn't leak named.

We look forward to catching up at 11:00 am and 11:30 am today for Groups 1 and 2. The timetable of new groups was emailed to your school inbox at the start of the week.

Sharing our Learning from May 12th...

Term 2 Week 5 May 12, 2020

Day 18! Thinking Tuesday...

Level 2 is on the horizon! We are looking forward to planning with you for our return to school. Think about having a container (can or jar) to put on your desk for your pens, pencils and a ruler. (Decorated with your name!) We will make sure that you only use your own stationery, so we need to be organised. You will also need to bring your own device (fully charged) every day so that we are not sharing equipment.

If, during this lockdown, you are out of routine, work on getting back to going to bed early and rising earlier so that you are 'school ready' for Monday. Also, keep practising your safe hygiene habits and keeping your hands away from your face! That will be tough!

Sharing our Learning from May 11th...

Term 2 Week 5 May 11th, 2020

Week 5...here we go!

A new Weeks 5 and 6 Distance Learning Slide Deck can be found on our 'Learning At Home' page above. Today's video highlights the key activities you may like to engage with. Have fun - plan your week to try and cover at least one activity from each of the Learning Areas.

Your regular learning sites also have work in them to engage with:
Check out the new reading assignments in ReadWorks: A paired set of texts (one of each opinion), an article 'A Good Night' and a narrative fiction piece 'The Magic Glasses'. Use your Book of Knowledge to post three bullet points of your main ideas in your own words (summarising and paraphrasing).

There are a number of assignments in Mathletics, too. If you haven't been doing those - please make sure you do. They will be a great place to start when we get back. They are levelled and some may be harder than others, as you use this as a review. Please reach out for help if you need help.

Sharing of Learning from May 8th...

Term 2 Week 4 May 8, 2020

Happy Friday. Day  16 of distance learning.

Welcome to our Mother's Day special!

We love and celebrate the wonderful women in our lives. To the women who are our mums and to those whose roles it is to care and support us like a mum - THANK YOU!

Today we have put together a special Mother's Day 'Sharing of Learning' - we hope that you enjoy it.

We have also had a HUGE number of other items of learning shared with us, so this is a double episode. Twice the enjoyment. Thank you, Room 15. You are truly amazing. Thank you, too, for the wonderful comments you are leaving on our Blog. As I have said before: good learning needs a good audience. Thank you for encouraging each other. Sign your name (first name only) so we know it is you.

Mother's Day Sharing of Learning...




Sharing of Learning from May 7th...

Term 2 Week 4 May 7, 2020

Happy Thursday...Day 15 of Distance Learning

'D' Day for our special 😉 slide deck being prepared for tomorrow! Make sure you send in your 💌 so that we can celebrate our special people. Also check out the Flipgrid code for recording your special message or poem (emailed to you this morning).

Have you made a comment on our Blog yet? We love seeing you enjoy each other's learning - what better way than leaving a supportive comment, a question or some positive feedback. Let's see our Blog traffic increase.

Sharing of Learning from May 6th...

Term 2 Week 4 May 6, 2020

Happy Wednesday! 

We are halfway through our week...this is going fast! Please have your special contributions for Friday's Sharing Slide deck sent in by 4pm on Thursday. A card, a poem, a song, a memoir of a special time or a piece of art...sometime special for your mum.

Also, today, please read the first few slides of our Sharing of Learning slide deck below so that you can make sure you are doing what it says. The challenge for you is to leave a comment on BOTH the 'Class Blog' AND our 'Learning At Home' page. Keep the comments positive and supportive of our learning - maybe someone's work really stood out for you and you want to make a comment. We can't wait to read them - remember they are posted for everyone to read!

Sharing of Learning from May 5th...

Term 2 Week 4 May 5, 2020

Day 13 of Distance Learning...have a great day!

Get Moving

Everyday Learning for Life

Mindful moments mend us

Shine using your GEMS learning powers

Sharing our Learning from May 4 2020

We look forward to seeing more of your learning in your Google Drive folders - don't forget to include a reflection. This makes the learning visible, trackable and real. Thank you!

Term 2 Week 4 May 4, 2020

Welcome back to Monday! 

Week 4...Day 12 Distance Learning

Our learning continues on our Distance Learning Slide Deck for Week 3 and Week 4. I look forward to meeting with Group 1 at 11:00 am and Group 3 at 11:30 am today. The meeting code will be emailed to your school email just before the meeting. (Wait until you meeting time to join)

Sharing our Learning from May 1st!

The Balloon Challenge!

Try to keep two balloons up in the air at the SAME time whilst timing yourself. If any of the balloons touch the ground - you are OUT! Challenge the people in your bubble.

Who can keep their balloon in the air for the longest time?!

Don't forget to take photos or a video and post them to the shared Google Slide Deck (in your Inquiry folder)!!

Term 2 Week 3 May 1, 2020

Happy Friday! 

We hope you have a fantastic day and a wonderful weekend. Remember we will try and connect at 1:00 pm with the whole class! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing the huge amount of learning you have been doing. We have a lot to share today - yay!! The easiest way of sharing your learning with me is on Google Slides - you can include your writing, photos and videos on a slide. It is so easy for me to move that into our daily Sharing of Learning from there. Thank you to those of you who already do that!

During our Student Meets next week, I would love each of you to share one piece of learning - including a reflection. 

The reflection should include: 

• what did I learn, 
• what did I think I did well and 
• what would I do differently if I did it again? 

We look forward to these meets to re-connect again.

Sharing of Learning for April 30, 2020

Term 2 Week 3 April 30, 2020

Term 2 Week 3: Sharing of Learning from April 29

What a treat to get to catch up with the first two groups from Room 15 on Google Meets.
Please check your school email inbox, for the meeting code, five minutes before the meeting then wait until the scheduled time to join your meeting. As a Year 5 student, we want you to be independent in your learning and navigate this by yourself. A parent or caregiver may need to help you the first time you try to get on. These meetings are for students with their classmates. So far, so good!

Let's do a WHOLE class Google Meet on Friday at 1:00 pm (I think I say 1:55 pm in the video - ignore that!) The code will come to your email at 12:55 pm. Silly Mrs Lewis!!

We have some more great learning stories on our slide deck today. Keep up the great creative, critical and innovative thinking, as well as the clever crafting and artistic skills. The poets, authors and readers are also to be celebrated, along with our logical, analytical mathematicians and the observant, hypothesising scientists - in the kitchen and in the home Science Lab. You are covering many curriculum areas while using your GEMS!

We hope you enjoy the new slides...

Happy Birthday, Captain Tom Moore! 100 years old. His walk of 100 laps around his yard raised $60 million for the NHS in the UK. He also received 125, 000 birthday cards. That is amazing. Capt Tom is a true hero - he fought in WWII and now he is helping the fight against a new enemy - Covid-19. Thank you, Capt Tom.

Term 2 Week 3 April 29, 2020

Welcome to Week 3 of Term 2! 

We have a new Distance Learning slide deck for you on our 'Learning At Home' page of this blog (see the tab above). Please make sure you check out the range and variety of learning activities that are available for you to engage with. The Week 1 and 2 slide deck remains there for those of you who still want to choose from that.

The provocation for many activities is 'The Plight of the Sea Turtle' - make sure you read that first. There is also another story about Torty and a legend about Kauila. I wonder if you know the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?

It is really important that you check your inbox for your school email - I have sent a number of links, codes and instructions to support your learning this week. If you need help - please ask. The first of our Google Meets kicks off this morning at 11:00 am and then another at 11:30 am. We hope that if you are timetabled for those slots that you can join us. I will send you (school email inbox) the meet link/code just before your meeting so that you can get ready. If you are not scheduled for today, I look forward to seeing you on your 'day'. The timetable also has the schedule for next week - put those in your diary.

Thank you for sharing your learning for this morning's slide deck, some items were specially held over as we commemorated an ANZAC themed slide deck on Friday. 

Sharing the Learning from Week 2

Term 2 Week 2 April 24, 2020

Day Eight, April 24, 2020

Tomorrow is ANZAC Day: April 25

ANZAC Day is a very special day to remember those who fought and sacrificed for our country so that we can enjoy the freedom we have today. The cost of lives and the impact on families was huge. We take time to pause and remember them.

Each year on Anzac Day, New Zealanders (and Australians) mark the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings of 25 April 1915. On that day, thousands of young men, far from their homes, stormed the beaches on the Gallipoli Peninsula in what is now Turkey.  Gallipoli continues to be a focus, however, all wars and conflicts have become part of the ANZAC remembrance of those who paid the price. Our Freedom is not free - it comes with a heavy price. Let's use it for good and to lead full lives focused on being kind.

The first two weeks of distance learning has been an interesting and rewarding journey together. Thank you for engaging in your learning the way that you have. If you know you could do more, I would be happy to receive what you send in - after all, we are going into Week 3 of Term 2!

Have a great weekend - be kind, be safe, and be happy in your bubble! 
(Correction: I made a mistake in my video - Alert Level 4 until Monday 11:59 pm (not Tuesday 11:59 pm as I said).

Term 2 Week 2 April 23, 2020

Share of Learning from Day Six:

While we have less learning to share on our slide deck, I know that you will enjoy the great projects that have come in. I am thinking it may mean that you are taking time to polish off the quality of a project, adding a critical reflection, doing other online learning activities OR your bubble was enjoying the great weather together. 

That said, thank you for the reflections I have received. What a privilege to read these! They were honest and a great insight into how you are coping with this unusual way to 'do school'. I will only share these reflections if you ask me to and looking forward to reading more.

Keeping the learning going, especially when you have to make all these choices. It can either be motivating or make you feel overwhelmed. Let me encourage you to focus on one thing at a time and do that to a high standard by using your critical reflection on how it can be improved. Do this before rushing off to the next project. Remember you don't have to do everything - but what you choose to do, do it well! Keep driving your learning so you make the most of your opportunity to do things at your own pace and choice - at home!



We would love to receive your learning projects about our Anzacs so that we can share it on our special Anzac slide deck tomorrow. Thank you for your contributions so far.

Please make sure you know how to get on to your school email and that you are checking this regularly. Your school email, our shared Google Drive and this blog are the main ways we will communicate with our class. Let me know if you are having trouble with this. PLEASE put your work in our shared Drive so that I can comment on it and we can keep a record of your distance learning.

Term 2 Week 2 April 22, 2020

Day 6 April 22, 2020
Sharing our Learning

As we get more posts on our Blogs due to our Distance Learning Programme, you may notice that the older posts have been moved off the bottom. If you are wanting to access these - use the link below to give you instructions.

How To See Older Posts - Instructions

Key messages for today - we are loving the learning you are doing. To take it to the next level, make sure you are including a reflection with your projects. You may like to tell us about the inspiration for your project, how you would do it differently if you did it again, what you have learned or whether it has been helpful for you. 

Make use you are using your school Google Drive folders for documenting your learning - that way I am able to see it and make comments, suggestions and ask questions. Thank you!

On Friday, we are going to share our ANZAC learning. Send your ANZAC learning by the end of school on Thursday - lest we forget. We want to make sure we remember them in our bubbles.

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Term 2 Week 2 April 21, 2020

Day Five of our Distance Learning




Thank you Room 15 for sharing and shining with your learning. The slide deck below showcases the work you sent through after Friday afternoon and yesterday. Have another great day today - remember your GEMS. Get physical, Everyday learning, Mindfulness and Shine with your GEMS of Growth, Empathy, Mana and Self-belief...especially as we go into our 4th week of lockdown. Be Kind!

We will have a special ANZAC edition of our Sharing and Shining slide deck on Friday. What could you contribute to that? Remember to check out the ANZAC activities by clicking on the Poppy on the Kauri Slide deck (Inquiry 1). We owe so much to our Anzacs - lest we forget.

Term 2 Week 2 April 20, 2020

Welcome back to Week 2 of Term 2 and our Day Four of Distance Learning!

There are so many great projects to share with you today! These were items that were shared before the end of the school day on Friday. 

We will let you know when we will begin our face/face group meetings. Until then - keep sharing. Remember to use your school drive and email.

Jacob's clever game design - looks like a lot of fun.
Check out his video by clicking on the link.

Jacob's Game Design Link 

Alex's statistical graph to display the Covid-19 data on Friday
What a great statistician you are, Alex!

Try Milana's Riddles...she said these are one of her favourite things to do. 
(The answers are at the bottom of this post - don't look 'til you give it a long think or think you know the answer!)


I give you blisters

Milana's GEMS Art Wall for positive thinking

I come in different colours

I am all different shapes 

I am usually quite high

I am outside

What am I?

I am sharp

It hurts if you step on me

I am all different shapes and sizes

You can play with me

I am colourful

What am I?

Milana's GEMS

1. Treat others how you want to be treated

2. Believe in yourself

3. Be kind

4. Be brave

5. Be happy

6. Think good thoughts

7. Start each day with a grateful heart

Alex's Graphic Novel

What a great splice of the Legend retold in pictures - well done!

Milana's riddle answers
1. Monkey bars

2. Lego!

Term 2 Week 1 April 17 2020

Welcome back to Day Three!


Day Two Learning: Share and Shine

Where do I start?? So much learning and activity - thank you for sharing, Room 15.

Liam wrote about a big Ice Block scaring an old man - luckily the old man was clever enough to push the Ice Block into the water to try and melt it, jump out quickly and run home for a hot coffee to warm up! Great authorship, Liam.

Milana also put her hand to writing with a great little story about the Unicorn twins, Stardust and Pixie. They ran faster than a cheetah and managed to avoid being captured by the hunters who were looking for dinner! Lucky they got home and could enjoy their Unicorn Ice Cream Cake, the secret source of their speediness. I wish I could eat an ice cream cake that would make me fast!! 

Isaac and Alex produced great storyboards of 'The Legend of the Volcanoes of Tāmaki Makaurau'. They cleverly split the story up into their main parts and can now use this as a plan for their comic strip (graphic novel) if they wanted to. They can draw pictures of the characters and have speech or thought bubbles coming from them. I look forward to seeing some finished graphic novels.

Donnie and his catapult  Click on this link to see Donnie's engineering masterpiece! awesome job Donne - I see you have been perfecting the catapult's aim. Three pointer!!

Shreya has been doing a great research project on Viruses. She looked at three viruses: chickenpox, measles and the flu. Shreya outlined what they are, how do they spread, how to avoid being infected and included lots of interesting facts about viruses. I learnt a lot too - thank you, Shreya!

Many, many of you have been helping out in the kitchen - baking, cooking meals, etc. Keep that up so that you will be an amazing cook for your family and your future flatmates! Brandon, Isaac (see the picture below), Jessica, Madison to name just a few. I forgot to write all your names down...BUT it was a very common theme when I was talking to you all. So impressive.

James shared what his motivation was behind making a bow and arrow yesterday - it was from the sixth book of the Ranger's Apprentice books by John Flanagan called 'The Siege of Macindaw'. He likes the character, Will, because he can fire off 3 arrows before the first one hits the target! James also said his favourite part is when they siege a castle with only 40 men and one siege ladder - they used a cool strategy. (Sorry for the spoiler alert!) James is clearly showing his love of reading and still working towards his Reading Challenge cards. We'll sign those off back at school - write down your titles, everyone!

Isabella, Cimone and Matthew J designed and created Kahoots - unfortunately, I haven't been able to play or view them with the links you are sending in (or the game PIN). Make sure you play them with your family so that your good work can be shared. Thank you - I'll keep trying.

Olivia and her clever Dad helping the family build a Tree Hut

Olivia being creative

So many of you are also doing great things with your fitness and mindfulness. That is so good to hear how you are looking after your body and well being. Isabella designed and shared an obstacle course, Olivia can be seen in her photo doing exercises and Yi Fan told me how he is practising his basketball and tennis on the unfinished foundations of his pool! Lucky I rang Liam just before he started his mindfulness session - I would have hated to interrupt his family's calm and quiet moment!

The designers out there are also being amazingly creative with their projects - check out Olivia's tree hut created by the whole family! What a great place to take an apple, cushion and a rug to read in a quiet spot. Just fantastic. The best feature is the firemen's pole!!
Cimone's design of the senior playground has some familiar features mixed in with some new ideas. I love the level of detail you have gone to. You would have needed a lot of patience to build that - well done.

Keep sharing your wonderful projects, thinking and experiences. We are loving learning about your learning!!

Olivia looking after her well being - getting physical!

Isaac's yummy Anzac cookies - recipe on the Anzac Hyperdoc. So good he couldn't stop eating them!

Milana's colour butterfly full of her favourite things!

Cimone's fantastic playground design.