Term 3 Week 5: Our old normal: Distance Learning

 

Me mahi tahi tātou mō te oranga ō te kātoa! Be united as one for the greater good of all.

This week we have all done our best to keep a routine in our bubbles with akomanga 16 students being online at 9.00am for karakia each morning. During our online sessions we do karakia, catch up on how we are doing and what mahi we have for the day. If we can we will also play a Kahoot together which most tamariki want to do over anything else.

I have really enjoyed seeing the tamariki connecting online with each other and especially the year 0 - 3 with support of their parents, which they have done an amazing job been online to learn! Whaea Tini knows it's not easy for all of us.

Rāmere our whanau joined us as well and played a  Kahoot based on Te Reo which we learn't for Rāpare - Reo. This is was fun for whanau to connect and as one mum's message said "That Kahoot! Was an awesome way to connect and to show learning Te Reo is fun. I was also told Whanau were getting very competitive!

Whanau Kahoot!

                           

Winners of our Whanau Kahoot were Buster and Dee!

So like always check out some of our photo's, our padlet and remember to leave a comment!

Term 3: Week 4 Lock Down Level 4

 Kia haumaru te noho! Well two days at school this week and then Alert level 4 at 11.59pm for Aotearoa. So this week started as per normal but then learning returned to online meets.

I have to say we had really good attendance at school with 15 students most days and we had a really good week ahead planned. We started learning online from Thursday to give teachers time to take care our whanau and prepare for the days ahead. The most important part of lockdowns i have found are that tamariki have a routine and stay connected with their class mates. This is what the purpose of meets are really all about for me and hopefully a little learning along the way.

Our tamariki have been doing their best to complete some of our online tasks for Pānui, Tuhituhi and Pāngarau, so make sure to check out of the work and give our tamariki some feedback.

   

                               

   

Remy's Pāngarau and TuhiTuhi mahi!

Remy reading

           

Levi practicing his hand writing following the youtube instructions and also look at his great writing based on Popcorn.  

Term 3 Week 3: Calendar Art

 Ngā Mihi! Akomanga 16 have been working hard on our calendar art and also testing our knowledge in Pānui, TuhiTuhi, Pāngarau and Te Reo Māori.

The Tamariki have worked really hard finishing off their calendar art by cutting out kōwhaiwhai patterns, pasting them on a blank piece of paper, colouring the negative space, using what to enhance different space and then covering the piece with dye. 

The tuakana have been writing a pieces of persuasive text, trying to convience me to watch the new ' Space Jam' movie, which i hope they share these to their individual blogs soon.  On Friday Rāmere the students go to invent a game using paper cups, paper plate and other bits and pieces.

Make sure to check out some of our picture but also it would be great if you could leave a comment below.

   

    

    

Term 3 Wiki 2

 Kia Ora! This week i have been away sick, so here are some pictures of our learning experiences from pūtaiao, pānui, tuhituhi and pāngarau from week 1.

The tamariki really enjoyed pūtaiao!

Term 3 Wiki 1

Nau mai hoki mai! 

Week 1 has started with learning our new ako routines for our akomanga. 

We also set a learning goal which we included on our kites to make sure they are high up and we will strive to reach them. 

Here is what they looked like at each step. 

Term 2 Week 10: End of the term Whai Koha

  Tama tu tama ora, tama noho tama mate!

Ngā mihi ō te mutugā o te wāhanga tua rua kia tātou katoa. Last week of the term has been full of finishing off our learning for the term and reinforcing the concepts we have been learning. 

We have had very busy but fun term learning about the broccoli tree, Matariki, Atua Māori, how to use technology correctly and practicing our New Windsor Way's.

It is a sad day as we also goodbye to Matua Reggie, who has really embraced our tamariki but also Te Reo me ōna Tikanga! Ka kite Matua, all the best on your teaching journey. 

Take a look at some of the highlights and please remember to make a comment below.

      

         

Term 2 Week 9: Mānawatia a Matariki

 Mānawatia a Matariki

Wiki tua iwa, we have done many things with our tuakana learning to embed a slide to their blog, teina learning about fractions, 1 whole, 1/2 half and 1/4 quarters, also how to equally share. We have also been reading, writing and learning about matariki. We have been working really hard to complete our matariki silhouettes.

Our kura also had an official opening of our new turf and shade sail area, which whanau and our community attended for karakia, some signing, performances from our school chior and kapa haka. group. We were all so excited!

Here are some pictures of the highlights of our week:

  

  

   

     

Here is some resources for Matariki that we have been using in our class!