Hour of Code

Today we did Hour of Code. It is a fun coding simulator. We learnt how to move animals and stuff to get to the right places. The levels get harder and harder. There are ages for each theme. You can learn how to programme video games.  Some of the games are Star Wars, Minecraft, Angry Birds, Flappy Bird and Frozen. 

By Adam and Dylan

Hour of code from Matariki on Vimeo.

Matamata Intermediate Mystery Skype

Today we did a Mystery Skype with Matamata Intermediate School. We are getting better at asking questions to find out where the school is. 

Games in the park

Today we had a great time at Kilbirnie Pool and we played some sports at the park. 

This weeks Spanish song about a house!

Yo Tengo Una Casita

Today our Spanish group practised this song with Maria. It is all about houses.

The link is above if you would like to practise at home.

Christmas Around the World

Pohutakawa Tree by Pyrenees

We have been connecting with schools around the world to find out how they celebrate Christmas. Please add to the Padlet below if you have anything to add. 

Goal Setting Day: Nic and Hamish's Base Group

Today is Goal Setting Day at Worser Bay.

We made an imovie about goal setting.

First we wrote a script for our movie.

We then had to check if our script was good for a movie.

Just to make sure our movie wasn't boring we added a few actions.

We had to find out who wanted to do what in the movie and make sure everyone was included.

Then we started to record.

At the end we added music and audio to the clip.

Then we shared the movies to the whole class.

Kaizen is making small steps to meet a big goal. If you have to eat an elephant, eat it one bite at a time!

By Betty and Theo

My robots not working.

In literacy we read a poem about a robot that had stopped working and doing jobs around the house.

The students designed their own robot and wrote a description about what it helped to do.