Tautoru Celebration of Learning

Thank you so much to everyone who came to our Tautoru celebration of Learning this week. It was so exciting for our tamariki to share all of our learning from the year so far with their whānau. Thanks as well for the shared kai. Your children loved enjoying it again on Thursday. Here are the highlights if you couldn't make it.

Ko wai tō ingoa?

In Term 1 we conducted a study of the origins of our names. It is so special to know where our names came from and the Mana they carry. Thank you to the parents who helped provide information for this.

World Map

Alongside with our names we investigated our whānau origins. We found out that as a class whānau we cover a lot of the world. We placed our connections on a world map.

Neighbourhoods

As term 1 progressed our inquiry shifted from who We are, to where do all creatures live? Our learning shifted naturally to a focus on habitats. We learnt that creatures occupy certain areas were they have the best chances of survival. We created our own houses and dream neighbourhood habitats, fitting for what our homes represented.

Project Garden

We then progressed to thinking about our Worser Bay School habitat. Being an enviroschool, planting is very important to us and we want to make sure our gardens are a place were plants have the best chance of survival. We learnt about the five things plants need to survive, and repotted the Tautoru garden to make sure all five of these conditions were present. To top this off we created individual gardens, with mini houses and cress seeds.

Check out these photos of our celebration of learning. We had a blast and hope to see you at the next one! 

Innovation and Invention

This term in Tautoru we are looking at Innovation and Invention over time for our inquiry, with a Science and Technology focus.

We will be exploring ,designing, making and appraising our inventions and innovations by following a process.

We want to:

• know and understand that technology can be purposeful interventions that have gone through a design process.
• Understand that technological outcomes are products or systems developed by people. These things have a functional nature and often a specific purpose. Once upon a time they are or were a possible solution to a problem or just invented to make life easier.

We will be delving into Computational Thinking: We will be writing and following instructions and procedures. We will be making mazes and using lots of different skills to be creative problem solvers.

We asked our Whānau to bring in anything that they had at home, which our students would possibly not know in todays modern world.

We were supplied with many interesting things to explore- tools, old telephones, typewriters, a walkman, old school scales and old kitchen implements to name a few.

We spent time looking at the equipment and discussing the following questions:

1. What is it?
2. Who would use it?
3. What is it used for?
4. Why was it created in the first place ?

We worked in mixed groups to discuss what we had found out sharing all our ideas. We had lots of questions too.

It was fun to see how things have changed or been improved over time!

School Swimming

 

School Swimming 

New Zealand's landscapes offer countless opportunities for water-based fun. Boating, sailing, snorkelling, experiencing Moanamana and just exploring our beach are a few of our Worser Bay School favourites.  Learning to swim opens up a world of recreational activities, allowing children to fully enjoy and appreciate these special environments.

Learning to swim is crucial for ensuring water safety and something that is built into our Physical Education Programme every year.  It aims to help equip children with the skills necessary to enjoy water environments safely.  Swimming also offers many opportunities to enhance our Positive Health, developing confidence too.    

Our Swimming Lessons took off with great gusto on our first day back, with smiles all round.  We listened carefully and had a great time showing our instructors what we can do already.  We look forward to this adventure every week!