Tautoru Treaty

We have written a Treaty for Tautoru. We talked about the way we need to behave so that we can have a happy time together this year. We all drew a picture of ourselves and signed our name to say that we will do our best to be respectful, kind, caring and inclusive. We are looking forward to a great year together.

Bucket Fillers!

For a few weeks now in Tautoru we have all been finding out what it means to be a "Bucket Filler". 

We began by reading a story called "Have you filled a Bucket Today?" by Carol McCloud

Bucket Fillers are people who show kindness, appreciation and love by filling an invisible bucket that we all carry around with us each day. 

There are many ways we can be Bucket Fillers. Each and everyone of us in Tautoru have thought of ways to fill the buckets of the people we see everyday.

We have all been trying to do and say things that will fill each others buckets. Here are some examples:

Measurement

We have started talking about and exploring Measurement in maths. 

We began estimating the length of objects using 1 metre personal benchmarks (parts of our body that are 1m in length).

Then we headed outside with tape measures to find as many objects as we could that measured 1 metre exactly. 

We found many things that were either 1 metre long or 1 metre wide!

Dragon Music

We have started to explore more sound and music creation in Tautoru.



To accompany our class dragon for Chinese New Year we have been working together on a musical piece for it to dance to.


The students worked in teams, selected instruments to work with and decided on a 'story' for their dragon.

Growth Mindset Videos

Base groups in Tautoru have been spending time in Autahi over the last 2 weeks talking about their goals, sharing their strengths, and watching videos about a growth mindset.


The videos can be viewed at this link growth-mindset.

They are fantastic short clips that the students have enjoyed and are pitched perfectly at their level. Please spend some time with your children and talk about their own strengths and goals.

Greetings from Taipei/ Taiwan

At Worser Bay School, we are excited to learn about different places and cultures. We have started a project that is linked to International Friendship Day (this is celebrated in Singapore to celebrate collaboration and connections with other cultures). Schools from across the world have signed up to share a short movie about their country. The movies will be posted on this site. Here is the first one from Taipei/ Taiwan: 

If you are a teacher, you can sign up here.

Character Strengths

We have been talking about Character Strengths. We made some posters showing what they mean to us at school.

Bravery in Tautoru means trying new things, standing up in front of the whole school, answering questions in a big group and being strong when you fall over.

Perspective means thinking "I can get better at this some day" and when you think you're not good at something, just thinking that you will get better.

Perseverance means sticking at it, never giving up, not stopping and trying to keep doing your best.