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Monday 23 November 2015
Writing today...sea turtles
We have been learning to write an explanation. Our model text was based on the sea turtle. Here is the video (courtesy of TedEd) that we watched to learn about them.
Saturday 14 November 2015
Wednesday 4 November 2015
Puppet planning
Here is our puppet planning. We worked hard to do this before we made it into a 3D model.
Confidently trying something new!
Harrison, along with others, has conquered the heights of the senior playground.
Nate And Harrison's Post on Friday, 25 September 2015
Our puppet by Nate and Harrison
We had to design and build a puppet. Here is what we created.
We had to design and build a puppet. Here is what we created.
Our Fluent Reading
We read this wonderful story when we were looking at strategies to help us understand what we read and to justify our answers to questions. Have a listen and enjoy our fluent reading.
Thursday 22 October 2015
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Saturday 17 October 2015
Digital citizenship
Friday 16 October 2015
Thursday 15 October 2015
Miss G's Post on Thursday, 15 October 2015
We joined the shake out drill along with the rest of the schools in NZ.
Wednesday 14 October 2015
Stability and co-operation
We had a lot of fun today working together. We had to cooperate to balance together and then problem solve to get our whole team across the court without touching the court!! We only had 3 lino tiles to stand on! It took a lot of thinking. We co-operated really well because we were all working to achieve the same thing. Well done Matai hub. What great problem solvers.
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Magnet exploration and discovery time!
What a fun time we had today using all the equipment in our new magnet kit. We discovered so many things. Check out our Padlet on the magnet page to see our emerging ideas and wonderings.
Earthquakes in Otago/Southland
Have you felt any earthquakes this year? Visit this website to see when Otago and Southland have had earthquakes over the past year. It's amazing just how many we have. Are you prepared if one happens to be a bit bigger than the rest? Comment below about what you have done to be prepared.
Monday 12 October 2015
Shake Out Day!
Watch this video and see how these children think earthquakes are made. Do you think they are right? What do you think? Write a comment or make your own blog post about how earthquakes are made.
Sunday 11 October 2015
Our "Magnet Padlet"
Head to the Magnet page at the top of our Blog to find this "Magnet Padlet" to add your own questions and comments about magnets. When you get to it just double click on it to add you question or comment. Remember to put your name at the top.
Magnets
Try making an electromagnet. Having an adult around to help would be a good idea. Read the instructions carefully.
Can you make this work? What do you need?
Try this experiment.
What questions do you have?
Watch this video to learn a little about magnets.
How does this experiment work? Can you make it and explain it to a friend?
Can you test the strength of different magnets by doing this experiment?
How will you show the results?
Thursday 17 September 2015
Wednesday 16 September 2015
Tuesday 15 September 2015
Our Marae Learning
Here is our learning about the marae. We brainstormed and talked before making this video.
Our Marae Learning
We did lots of talking about our marae visit and our inquiry learning this term. We brainstormed and drew pictures to show what we know. Have a look.
Our Marae Learning
We did lots of talking about our marae visit and our inquiry learning this term. We brainstormed and drew pictures to show what we know. Have a look.
Our Marae Learning
We did lots of talking about our marae visit and our inquiry learning this term. We brainstormed and drew pictures to show what we know. Have a look.
Our Marae learning
We did lots of talking about our marae visit and our inquiry learning this term. We brainstormed and drew pictures to show what we know. Have a look.
Our Marae learning
We did lots of talking about our marae visit and our inquiry learning this term. We brainstormed and drew pictures to show what we know. Have a look.
Friday 4 September 2015
Learning to comment
Hi Nate and Harrison I am so impressed the way you have gone and got a dictionary to help you with your spelling. Amazing team work. From Mrs Candy
Thursday 3 September 2015
Miss G's Post on Thursday, 3 September 2015
The three little pigs play recited by some of the Matai team.
Rippa Rugby
Rory the sports activator came today and helped us with our rippa rugby skills. Have a look at some of our skills.
Wednesday 2 September 2015
Matai's Post on Wednesday, 2 September 2015
We worked really hard on our blog today. We worked together to put comments on. We have also put a touch typing game on for you to enjoy.
Speedy Typing
Take a look at the top of our blog page and find a new exciting page to look at. You will find a new game to learn and practice how to be a super speedy typist! Mum and Dad might even want to play!
Typing Games
Monday 31 August 2015
Ben's Photo on Monday, 31 August 2015
We were very lucky to visit the museum in Invercargill and touch the tuatara. Here are some interesting facts I found out.
Monday 24 August 2015
Friday 21 August 2015
Wednesday 19 August 2015
Making a blanket fort for writing.
We are learning to write recounts. We worked together to build a hut. Then we went into the hut to do our writing.
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Making A Tukutuku Pattern
We are learning about tukutuku patterns. We are having a discovery time. Our challenge was to figure out how to make the diagonal lines go across.
Friday 14 August 2015
Thursday 13 August 2015
Wednesday 12 August 2015
Our wharenui
We are learning about the wharenui on a Marae. After talking about the different parts, we went and tried making our own structure with all kinds of materials.
Skipping
We are learning to skip on the spot in the Matai hub, and to try several different moves. Can you skip with us at home? It is great for developing our coordination.
How to help...
(beginners): Use a piece of long rope. Remind us how to hold the skipping rope, move it over our heads THEN jump. Our feet should be glued together when we jump.
All levels
- Have a skipping competition with us - who can skip for the longest?
- Put on some cool music in the background (we added 'Battlefield' by Jordin Sparks to this)
- Google 'Jump Rope for Heart Skipping Videos' to get inspired with some different moves.
Commenting On
Hello Anne and Paul.I liked the way you taught us about commenting.you did a good job.Why are you teaching?Why do we have to comment? From Isha
Monday 10 August 2015
How is our Marae like/different to our school?
We labelled our room. We are the tangata whenua here in this room - this is our place. Visitors who come are called manuhiri. Our kura...school is made up of of all of our area. A marae is a group of buildings. A marae is built to represent a body.
Tuesday 28 July 2015
Reptiles By Patrick And Connor
Patrick and Connor worked together to teach us about reptiles. They used a green screen. A special thanks to cameraman Levi.
Monday 27 July 2015
Wednesday 22 July 2015
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Thursday 18 June 2015
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Wyatt's Post: counting in tens.
Today I learnt maths and I learned to count in tens.
My next step is to count it smoothly and quickly.
Monday 15 June 2015
The letter l
We are revising our phonics sounds. These objects all start with the letter 'l' and make the 'el' sound.
I can read what I write!
Laine and I read the book "Mum" and then wrote a sentence about what we thought our Mums would be doing. We took a picture and read it back.
I can read back what I write!
Jack and I read the book "Mum" and then wrote a sentence about what we thought our Mums' would be doing. We took a picture and read it back.
Friday 12 June 2015
Miss G's Post on Saturday, 30 May 2015
What a fantastic day at the cross country. You all did your best and persevered. Thanks to Mrs O'Meara and team for organising the events and to the Body family for the venue.
Thursday 28 May 2015
Wednesday 27 May 2015
Tuesday 26 May 2015
Monday 25 May 2015
Snow
The snow fell last night and we were left with some on the ground. The paths were very icy so the Matai hub had to stay inside all day. Lucas ventured out to take this photo and Jessica described it.
Sunday 24 May 2015
Learning To Live Together
We have been having some time on Friday mornings to have free choice and practice our problem solving skills. This is very important when building with something like Mobilo which we have to share. This week we have been talking about the key competency 'learning to live together.'
Wednesday 20 May 2015
Tuesday 19 May 2015
Thursday 16 April 2015
Our inquiry projects
Here are the inquiry projects that were created. Please remember that we are still learning, so not all information is completely accurate. This work shows what the 'take-away' from our inquiry unit was.
Friday 3 April 2015
The end of the term
What a great job you have done this term team! We have made such a big improvement in how we manage ourselves and our learning. Your teachers (and parents I am sure) are very, very proud of you.
Completed inquiry projects will appear here and on your uSpace over the next couple of weeks.
Have a wonderful holiday. Enjoy looking through your sample books and don't forget to log on to Ultranet. Your videos are uploaded. Any problems...please let us know.
Completed inquiry projects will appear here and on your uSpace over the next couple of weeks.
Have a wonderful holiday. Enjoy looking through your sample books and don't forget to log on to Ultranet. Your videos are uploaded. Any problems...please let us know.
Wednesday 1 April 2015
The first post of 2015!
It is almost the end of term 1 already. We have had a very busy term adapting to our new way of running things. However, we have had an awesome term together, with students and teachers alike enthused about learning.
We look forward to wrapping up the term with the school swimming sports (full of both fun and serious races). This will give our students a chance to show their skills.
One of the highlights of this term was our visit to Whiskey Gully, a great opportunity to see our local area and go for a bush walk. This fantastic trip (thanks to parents and the Hughes from Blue Mountain Nurseries) helped students to hook into our inquiry this term based around the forest and the Matai tree.
We have been investigating adaptations of birds, what makes a tree a tree (and how a tree works), and what a tree has to do with our school values.
We have been investigating adaptations of birds, what makes a tree a tree (and how a tree works), and what a tree has to do with our school values.
Next week we wrap up the inquiry as we put together a presentation showing our inquiry learning this term.
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