Magic with Science

Learning about diagrams

Abby has been investigating diagrams.
 We all agree that her picture and labels amazing!

Great independent learning Abby

Self directed learners

Look at these fabulous children working hard on their Maths goals independently during Pataitai time.

Reflections of Sir Edmund Hillary

This person is special – can you guess? He is Sir Edmund Hilary. He didn’t die climbing Mt Everest. He had a person from Nepal with him. Other people have died climbing Mt Everest. 

Abby

www.achievement.org 

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt Everest. He is named Sir Edmund Hillary because he is special. You can’t climb Mt Everest without anything. You have to eat food, breathe and survive. Every breath is like burning fire. You must go with someone. At the top it is dangerous and cold. You have to be brave and sensible. Mt Everest is in Nepal. People live in the mountains but they do not live on Mt Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary put a flag on the top of Mt Everest to show that he was the first person to climb Mt Everest. You have to be a good climber to do that.

Lola

schofieldwatchcompany.com - 

Mount Everest is the biggest Mountain in the world. Sir Edmund Hillary was so proud of himself when he got to the top of the mountain and they celebrated. Sir Edmund Hillary was very brave. It took a long time and the mountain was very cold.

Taja.

www.opc.org.nz -

Sir Edmund Hillary is a climbing master. The Queen calls him Sir Edmund Hillary. He climbed Mount Everest. He’s dead now. He was the first one to climb Mount Everest. It is very cold up there. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest before I was born. 

Sebbie.

Mount Everest is the biggest mountain in the whole wide world. Sir Edmund Hilary had the right gear on to climb the mountain. But he died when he got old.

Kaya

Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest because he wanted to be proud of himself. He was the first person to climb Mt Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary put a flag on top of the mountain. Nepal is a beautiful place. 

Louie

Retelling Stories

We have been learning to retell a story. We have to remember how the story starts, what the problem is in the story, how the story ends and all the details inbetween. Its great for thinking about sequencing, comprehension and talking about text. We take turns sharing our stories with a buddy then they get to tell their buddy their story. Awesome respect and listening skills developing on both sides.

These boys have been talking about treasure from this awesome big book. Great skills in taking turns, investigating language and exploring text together.

Independent Number Learning

Abby and Rachael practise skip counting by singing and using the hundreds board to help them 

Ryan investigated number sentences on a whiteboard. 

Max also investigated number sentences. Great independent learning.

Our Own Reader Buddies

These super star readers are our pods Reader Buddies. Every day they get to read with and to someone to support their learning. Its a big responsibility and they enjoy their role as leaders. Kit has taught them how to support other peoples learning while they practice their reading skills so they can be great teachers themselves. These leaders are also learning many new skills for their own reading.

Drama of 'The Three Little Pigs'

We have been having a lot of fun learning drama techniques to retell traditional tales.  We have discussed body position when on stage, using our voice to sound scary, facial expressions and body movements.

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Super Duper Duathlon Stories

I didn't want to cry but I didn't but Kiana won and I wanted to win but I didn't.

Chantel

(Chantel came a very close second)

I was very hot when I finished my race. I had a drink of my water.

Kaya

I saw all the people running in the race. I was running really fast. I was really hot and I went across the finish line.

George

I was a fast biking person. I was a thirsty boy. I was a hot boy. 

Sebbie

I ran fast in the goathlon and I biked fast too at the end. I felt tired. 

Taja

I was in the race. It was hot but I kept on going. I know I won't win the race. Midori

When I runned up a hill I go slow and I found my bike and I got off my bike and I runned again. 

Abby

It was hot but I enjoyed it very much. It wasn't hard to find my bike because it is blue and big. Thank you for everyone who came to meet us at the end.

Lola

Today the best part was winning and I was proud of myself. 

Kiana

Team work in science

Abby and Cody chose to work together to create the most amazing science poster. It has a lot of information about the life cycle of the butterfly and its life changes. The butterfly's at the top were added later to create a 3D effect. Outstanding team work and research completely independent from any teachers.

Learning Numbers in the Question Room

Look at the amazing learning that is happening in the "Question' Room.  The children are learning to count up to 100, skip count in 2's, counting using pegs.

Learning a new word

Kahlarni - writing on the mini whiteboard

Talking into the phone to hear the word.

During our Knowledge Building Community discussions we have been investigating how we learn. We found out that we all learn in different ways doing different things. These are a few photos to demonstrate how we found the best way to learn a new word.

Taja - Making the word 'thank' with playdough

Sebbie - making 'there' using lego

Ryan - making 'A' using blocks

Finley - making 'she' on mini whiteboard

Abby - making 'too' with playdough

Kiana - Making a poster of 'saw' using different colours

Sam - making 'see' with playdough