Showing posts with label thinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thinking. Show all posts

Friday 4 November 2016

Transition


Every Friday, Year 3 students work with the Year 4 and 5 students to get to know their new space, friends and teachers. 

Today we did a thinking activity called the BAR key. BAR makes things BIGGER, ADDS something and REPLACES something. We brainstormed lots of ideas and came up with some new inventions. Our students are very good at thinking outside of the box.

On the left is Lachlan's design. He was able to make a new invention from a skateboard.  

Students from Autahi came into Tautoru today for our transition time. They did some writing based on the story, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." 

Sunday 20 March 2016

Assembly: 18th March

Thank you to our great presenters!




We sang a song that we have been learning called, "2 legged mice"

You can learn the song here: Tautoru Songs

Well done to all of you who received a Principal Award for great thinking.

Thursday 18 February 2016

Thinking outside of the box

Our inquiry is about change. We asked students to draw a rectangle and change it into something else. What could they create out of that rectangle? Here are some of our ideas...