Maths

We are learning to read 3 and 4 digit numbers using place value and playing cards.

We are also learning about shapes and drawing pictures using them.

3D Cube Drawing Workshops

Some students in Matariki and Mahutonga were so inspired by their Maths learning that they ran a workshop on 3D shapes with Tautoru kids.

Megan: We taught year 1s, 2s and 3s to make a cube tower. They did it really well. They persevered a lot. It felt weird to see how tricky it was for them but it was cool when they finally worked it out. It made me feel good that I could help other people and give back to the school.

Ruby: The kids were really nice and did their best! I had to use perseverance and kindness. Sometimes the kids (and sometimes me) found it challenging. It can be quite hard to explain. I had to use courage because it can be nerve wracking. I thought that they might not listen. It was fun and would love to do it again. It is good to help others to try new things.

Poems

What features of poetry can we find in this beautiful poem "Otaki" by Laura Ranger? She was only 7 years old when she wrote this poem! We worked in buddies, going through the poem line by line, and now we are going to write our own poems too.

Sleeping Tigers

It was so hot yesterday after lunch, that we lay down like sleeping tigers to rest our bodies. We did some relaxing breathing and focused on resting our bodies.

Positive Education

This week on Wednesday for Positive Education, we worked with our buddies to share ideas about the monsters we created last week. We talked about what sharing ideas, acknowledging others and combining our ideas looks like.

We had to collaborate and decide on our monster's favourite food, games they like to play, who their friends are and where they live.

We are getting to know lots of the children from Autahi, Mahutonga and Matariki.

Games

At the end of last week we brainstormed all the things that we would like to put into our game- materials, type of game, where to play, instructions, etc. And then on Tuesday we had to collate our ideas and start to make our game.....exciting!!!!

 So here we are starting to make our games.


Great teamwork and creativity going on this week. We are looking forward to playing them and seeing if they work.

Treasure Maps

In Maths this week we have been learning about maps and directions. We have learnt about coordinates and how a map shows North, South, East and West. Some of us have made treasure maps and some have learnt how to give directions to show somebody where something is.
 
We are going to put some treasure in a secret place and another group has to follow the directions to find it.

We have played a version of Battleships to practise naming and finding coordinates.