Thinking outside of the box

Our inquiry is about change. We asked students to draw a rectangle and change it into something else. What could they create out of that rectangle? Here are some of our ideas...

George's Blog

In Tautoru, we have a giraffe named George. He likes to go home with a different student each night. You can check out his blog at: http://georgethebluegiraffe.blogspot.co.nz/

 

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Wow Wall ... Something beautiful

Here is some of our writing inspired from the views of Worser Bay.

Waking our brains up with yoga

We enjoyed our yoga session this morning. If you would like to do some "Cosmic Kids" yoga at home go to https://sites.google.com/a/worserbay.school.nz/matarikiwbs/morning-wake-up/yoga

The Magic Box

Some of us have been reading, "The Magic Box" poem by Kit Wright. We put our own ideas into our very own magic box. Watch the movie to see what our first ideas are...

A Day in Tautoru

We made a brief movie of a snippet of what happens in Tautoru. Enjoy!

Yoga in the mornings...

Here is a video of Nicola's base group doing yoga in the mornings. They learnt the sequence and made the sequence themselves. They are having so much fun and they feel relaxed, rejuvenated and ready for learning! Take a look...

Maths .... Outside, active, and loads of fun!

Look at our zucchini's!

Year 3 Technology afternoon

Some students in Year 3 have been logging into their Worser Bay Google Accounts for the first time. Students have taken home our Acceptable Use of Technologies Agreement and have discussed how to be a good digital citizen with their parents or caregivers.

Staying safe online runs through everything that we do when using digital technologies.

Students have been learning how to log into their accounts and to send an email.

Google Apps for Education: Setting up our Year 3 students

Google Accounts have been successfully set up for students in the seniors.  Setting up Google Accounts for Year 3 children will assist with the transition from the juniors to the seniors.

A major focus that underlies everything is digital citizenship. Students have taken home the WBS Acceptable Use of Technologies, developed by them and their teachers. They will have discussed it with you and it has been signed and returned to school. Safety is paramount and we take this very seriously.

Here is a link to the agreement:

Acceptable Use of Technologies Agreement

Year 3 children, who have signed our Acceptable Use of Technologies Agreement, will be set up with Google Accounts during Term 1.

We are excited about the opportunities that will prepare our children for a future that will be very different to our own.

Please speak with Nicola, Shona, Scott or Chrissy if you have any questions

Parachute Fun

We have been having a big focus on physical activity. Today we had lots of fun with the parachute.

 

Sports Evening Picnic

 

What a great evening! Thank you all for coming along.

Fitness mornings

We are starting the day with a boost!

Getting To Know Each Other.

Mathematics.

We are getting to know each other by surveying our base group about things they like. In pairs, we chose a question, asked each other what they liked and then we are going to make tally charts and graphs about our results. Come and have a look at our work next week.

        

What are you grateful for?

At the end of each day, we have been thinking about what we are grateful for. 

Please add what you think to the padlet below...

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Noticing and appreciating things of beauty

We are having a big focus on character strengths this year. We are focusing on the character strength of noticing and appreciating things of beauty. 

Noticing and appreciating things of beauty around school

Today we begun to look for things beautiful in our school. This is us looking for beautiful things:



Here are some of the things that we found:

Please come in and take a look at our "Wow Wall" to display things that we find beautiful

Please bring in photos or objects of things that you find beautiful to put on our "Wow Wall".

HATS HATS HATS

Fantastic to see so many hats on heads today.

What month were you born?

Today we made a human graph. We lined up according to what month we were born in. November and March will be busy birthday months in Tautoru!

This is us counting how many people were born in each month.

Question Box

Next Thursday (11th February) we are having a Parent Information Evening at 6.30- 7.45. If you have any questions about our programme, please either pop your question in the "Question Box" at school or write a question here on GOOGLE DOC: Question box.

What did you do in the holidays?

The new Tautoru team welcomes you back!

Tell us something about your holidays in the padlet below. You can add a picture if you like.

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