Term 3 Week 5 Blog Ponder: Living in Space

 

Image Source: NASA Kids Zone 3
Did you know astronauts live on the International Space Station (ISS)? Click on this picture to go to the NASA Kids Zone website. Watch the video called "Living On ISS" (the red astronaut) to find out what it is like.

What would you like and dislike about living in space? Leave a comment on this post sharing your ideas.

Week 4 - Maths Week Ponder

Kia Ora Bloggers,

This week we are participating in Primary Science Maths week.  You can find out more by visiting this website: www.mathsweek.co.nz.   There are heaps of exciting activities and challenges to complete.  The books that we are reading this week will also look at different parts of Maths.  

Today, we started the article Amazing Algorithms.  It got us thinking about what algorithms are and how often we use Maths every day.  This week, our blog ponder is to think about the times that we use Maths during our day.  

Have a think and add your ideas to our blog ponder. Remember to think carefully, add your ideas in one post in a Cybersmart way and then get a buddy to check your comment before you post.  We look forward to reading your ideas

Week 8 and 9 - Precious Water

Kia Ora Bloggers,

Did you know that the greater Auckland region is currently facing water restrictions?  As part of our reading programme, we have been exploring water, the way we use water and what happens in droughts.  We started by sharing what we already know to our class padlet.

This week we investigated these water saving tips.  Our challenge was to classify the tips. We had to decide if each idea was something that we understood and could do or something that we would need to find out more about.  Once the sorting was finished, we connected to one tip and described how we could make this work.

 

The water restrictions also mean that the use of outdoor hoses is banned.  To bring all of our learning together we had a creative session.  Our challenge was to design and create a device that we could use to collect rainwater and use in our class watering can.  You can see our creative class members in action below.

 

Term 1 Week 8: Syndicate Treaty

Kia ora koutou,

What a whirlwind of a week!  From our Monday pondering posts, to setting up families for learning from home, and now everyone staying in their 'bubble' so we can keep each other safe and healthy, it has been very different to what we had planned for our classes this week.

These modified plans have meant that Mrs McLellan finally finished assembling our treaty waka with each of our individual pictures paddling in the same direction to indicate we are working together on our learning journey.  (Her photography skills might need some work. It is hard to get a sharp picture when you are standing on a chair with your phone at arm's length above the floor!)

Our treaty has four main parts: be kind, be respectful, be responsible, be a learner. We have shared and role played lots of examples about how we might put these into practice in our syndicate.  

We hope you have a good 'staycation' as we all head into our school holidays. Remember to be kind to each other and try to have some fun as you navigate this unusual journey. See you back online on April 14th as we continue our learning journey.

He waka eke noa - We're all in this together!

Mural Art

Salaam. Hello. Kia ora. Selamat siang.

Our Art and Inquiry learning in the last few weeks is about the cultural patterns on clothing. We have been painting some large figures of children for a collaborative mural. Kaiwhare has been exploring patterns and clothing for an Iranian boy and a New Zealand European girl. Mokoroa has been exploring patterns and clothing for a Maori boy and a Malaysian girl.

Here is a slideshow Kaiwhare shared in assembly on Friday, showing how our ideas and designs have developed as we have been learning.


Although we haven't finished yet, we thought you'd like a 'sneak peek' into our project.