Thursday, 3 March 2016

If you learned here... Trailer

If You Learned Here is a global collaboration and authoring project for students. This project will engage students in a global dialogue about their learning communities. Each school will generate pages for an eBook that we will write and publish together...

We have been busy completing the tasks for Week 1. We have been making a movie to share with the other schools involved. The movie is not ready yet, but here is a sneak peak... Enjoy our trailer... 


Find out more about the project at: http://ifyoulearnedhere.weebly.com/

Drop, Cover, Hold!

Drop, cover, hold! Today we did an earthquake drill. It is really important to know what we would do if there was an earthquake.


Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Zucchini and marrows.

Chrissy and Shona's writing groups looked at the marrows in the classroom and the zucchini on the plants in the garden. They have been writing about them:

I have zucchini growing in my garden and I eat the zucchini. By Emelie.

I like zucchini with crunchy chips and it is very delicious. By Keir.

I don't like to eat zucchini because it is too squishy for me. By Marnie.

I like zucchini. I hope Shona brings a zucchini slice to school. By Hadley.

It grows in gardens and on plants. I like it with wet noodles. By Chris.

I like zucchini with onion and tomatoes. They taste yummy. My Mum lets me put zucchini on the barbecue. Sometimes Mum lets me take it to other people. By Stella.


Rock Pool Inquiry

We are loving our inquiry about change, specifically how rock pools change.
A group of students learning about seaweed during guided reading time.
If you visit any rock pools in the evening or at the weekends, please send through some pictures of what you find to Nicola at: nstevenson@worserbay.school.nz We will put these on the blog and discuss in class. Thank you!

Beach trip

Dear Parents & Caregivers,

We plan to go to the beach on Wednesday 8th March weather permitting. We are going into two groups.

Year 1's and 2's: Shona & Chrissy
9.15am - 10.15am

Year 3's: Nicola & Scott
10.30am - 11.30am

If you are a parent and able to help walk the kids up and down to the beach as well as be at the beach with the kids please let us know. If you can please identify which year group you're child is in and please tell the teacher responsible for that group.

Children will need:
Sunhat
Drink bottle
Sensible walking shoes

thanks, 

Team Tautoru

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

We have been asking questions for our research...



As part of our inquiry into rock pools, we have been thinking about different animals that live there. We have been working in groups to ask questions about an animal of our choice. 

We have begun to put together links to different sites for the students.

Find out more by clicking the links below (we will be adding to these as our inquiry progresses):

Generic Resources for the Rocky Shore

Crabs


Mussels


Jellyfish


Sea Anemones



How does your garden grow?


We have been excited to watch things grow in our garden. Look how big our courgettes are...

Term 3 Anthropologists !

Teaching our students about   culture and identity through the arts   is important and something we are striving to improve this year.  It b...