Mrs G and Baby Avery Visit

Mrs G surprised us all with a visit a few weeks ago. It was wonderful to see her again and for us to get the chance to meet Baby Avery, what a handsome wee chap. We also got to enjoy an ice block and some game time outside.

Maori and ICT Assessment - Pepeha using Videolicious App - Term 4

Learning Intention: We are learning to recite our pepeha using the correct Māori pronounciation. Learning Intention: We are learning to use the Videolicious App as a tool to share our pepeha.

Bree talking about her Koromatua

Learning Intention: 

Identify all 6 Ngati Whakaue Koromatua and share background information on one chosen Koromatua. Pronounce Māori names and words correctly.

Term 3 Physical Education Assessment- Jump Jam

Learning Intention: We are learning to participate in regular physical activity to improve our fitness levels.

Term 3 Art Assessment: Pastel Jigsaw inspired by Warren Pohatu

Learning Intention: To create a piece of visual art that depicts Aotearoa’s native flora and fauna

Success Criteria:

• Replicate and enlarge a small image to become a large image.
• Reproduce similar colors, shades and tones, using pastels.
• Recreate the original artwork.

This is what the student's of A5 completed

This is the original

Term 3 Maths Assessment: Measurement (Time)

Learning Intention: We are learning to tell time using both analogue and digital time.

Bree's Speech

Bree Tapa Cloth

Bree's Video on Friday, 7 July 2017

Te Puia IMovie- Awatea and Bree

Learning Intention: We are learning to use the IMovie Ipad app to demonstrate a learning experience we have had.

SOLO Cause and Effect Map- Awatea and Bree

Learning Intention: We are learning to use a cause and effect map to analyse an environmental issue causing harm to a habitat.

Bree's Cross Country

Cross Country

Learning Intention: Participate in and describe how our body responds to regular and vigorous physical activity in a range of environments.

The Great Debate . . . Green vs. Yellow!

As part of our persuasive writing unit this term, we have been working hard to create persuasive debate arguments for our given colour.  In this debate, one team had to persuade us that yellow was better, where the other team was persuading us of green.

Learning Intention:

We are learning to write a persuasive text

Success Criteria:

1. Have at least 3 strong arguments with back up explanations.
2. Use paragraphs to order our arguments
3. Use emotive language

Bree's Symmetry

Maori Assessment Term 1- School Haka

Learning Intention- We are learning to perform the school Haka with mana.

Success Criteria- We will know we have met the learning intention when. . . 

• we use distinct actions
• we use correct pronunciation
• we perform with passion and flare

Term 1 SOLO Taxonomy Topic- Living Things

Our focus in term 1 has been on living things. Part of this was looking at the life processes of living things and why these are so important. We focused our time looking at the Tuatara, investigating the living porcesses that enable them to live their life here in Aotearoa. To do this, we used the MRS GREN acronym: M-ovement, R-eproduction, S-ensitivity, G-rowth, R-espiration, E-xtretion and N-utrition.

SOLO Level

Comment- Chardonay, Bree, Katelyn

Multistructural/Relational

I have put you girls between multistructural and relational because half of your MRS GREN life processes have great information and you have explain why these are important for the Tuatara. However, other areas such as Sensitivity, have the wrong information or have not been explained to give further information. Next Step: To develop your thinking, it is important that you are always explaining your thinking and making connections with the wider world.

Analysing Data

Batman analysing census NZ data

Camp!

Swimming Success!

We have been working hard this term on our basic swimming skills and our freestyle and backstroke styles. We have been learning to skull and tread water just in case we are in deep water and need to survive until help comes. Our freestyle foci have been around our arms, breathing and kicking. With backstroke, we have been focusing on keeping our tummys up, chins up, arms close to our ears and going in a straight line. Check out our videos!

Reading Race Term One

My non fiction book I have is the ANTARCTICA book living in the freezer by Dr Mark Norman and then my chapter book CHARLOTTE the sunflower fairy the petal fairies by Daisy Meadows