Assembly 4th March 2016

Well done to our confident presenters


These guys got principal awards for being thinkers...


Autahi shared a poem about change:

Mahutonga shared some beach poems

Our students in Tautoru shared some things that they have found out in their inquiry about rock pools. 

Research about the rocky shore...

We have been learning about the rocky shore. We have searching on the computer for information about animals such as crabs, sea anemones, jellyfish and snails. You can look for yourself on this site:
https://sites.google.com/a/worserbay.school.nz/matarikiwbs/rock-pools-inquiry

By Gina and Lily S

Here are some things that we have found out:

Lily S: We found out that jellyfish have venom in their body. Jellyfish venom is one of the deadliest toxins on Earth.

Reuben Lachlan and Charlotte: Lion's maine is a type of Jellyfish. Their tentacles are longer than whales.

Dylan: Dolphins swim in circles to make traps to catch fish. A question is do all dolphins use the same method to catch dolphins? 

Liam: When jellyfish sting it goes to the outside of our skin. They can have a little harpoon on them to catch their victim. 

Ruby Emelia and Lily V: Fish use jellyfish as protection from their predators. They hide in their tentacles.

Angus: Jelly fish aren't fish. They don't have gills.

Cruz: Jellyfish and sea anemones are related. 

We video called this guy today...

He is in Canada at the moment. We are looking forward to his return very soon.

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.

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

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...

Rock Pool inquiry

 As part of our inquiry we have been creating our own rock pools with the creatures we found at the beach.

We have labeled them and then thought of questions we want answered. We are going to begin investigating and researching more about the rocky shore.

Powhiri

Our new families were welcomed to the school today. What a wonderful experience. 

Our first ideas for our change inquiry...

We are learning about change. We wrote on a piece of paper: Why do things change? What changes? How do things change? Nothing changes (This was a provocation).

We wrote what we thought that goes with all the questions. These are our first ideas about change.

By Leola

Here are some of our first ideas:

Maths games

In Chrissy & Scott's Maths groups we have been playing different games to learn our groupings to 10, facts to and from 10 and facts within 10. Take a look at the video to see how well they are doing...

K W L - What we know. What we want to find out. What we have learned

The Rocky Shore

We had a great time this week at the rock pools at Worser Bay beach. But before we headed down there we worked on sharing what we knew and what we wanted to know about the creatures that live in our backyard.

Groups used i-pad to record their ideas, others used the chrome books and there were also groups using the pen and paper method.

Here are students sharing and recording their ideas on the chrome books.

The Magic Box: The Movie

My magic box from Matariki on Vimeo.

We have been writing poems based on, "The Magic Box" by Kit Wright. We have made a movie with some of our ideas. You can also read more of our poems below...

The Magic Box by Kate

I will put in the box

a fifth season and a black sun

a happy face crying and a sad face playing

Kate the cute kitten

I will put in the box

black stars in a silver sky

Theo the thumpy thorn

Jerry the giraffe drinking grape juice

I will cartwheel into my box.

Dylan and Nikora’s Magic Box

I will put in my magic box…

The minecraft king’s body with a a burning godzilla’s head

A minecraft dog with a creeper’s head

A minecraft mutant, obsideon gollum body with a mutant zombie villager head,

A minecraft rabbit leaping onto burning godzilla

I will put in my magic box…

The ender dragon body with a cow’s head

A minecraft shark with a minecraft rabbit’s head

A minecarft squid with a pig head

A minecraft T Rex grumping around.

Georgina’s Magic Box

I will put in my box…

A princess fighting with an angel

A flying cat and a walking bird

Pizza as a vegetable and broccoli as a treat

I will put in my box…

A frog breathing fire

A little girl wearing pants

A big boy wearing a dress

I will put in my box…

A snowman as a person

A person as a snowman

A cloud and a castle on the ground and a house in the sky

Reuben's Magic Box Poem

I will put in my magic box…

A bald eagle flying around a mountain

An angry elephant stamping on a person

An electric swimming and electrocuting sharks

The last joke of an ancient uncle

A shark head with a pirate body.

The Magic Box by Kate

I will put in the box

a fifth season and a black sun

a happy face crying and a sad face playing

Kate the cute kitten

I will put in the box

black stars in a silver sky

Theo the thumpy thorn

Jerry the giraffe drinking grape juice

The Magic Box by Tommy

I will put in the box…

A shark body on a fly's head.

A snowman melting on a hot summer’s day

A lizard body and a tongue head

A slithering snake sliding down the slide

A diamond in the sparky ocean

The Magic Box

by Clem

I will put in my box...

A frog wallking and an alien flying

A cat jumping over the moon

A cat that has wings and flies

Me in a video game       

A banana versing a tv

A cow leaping over Earth

A bird flying near the ground

Shona & Chrissy's reading groups

If your child is in Shona or Chrissy's reading groups this term then reading this week is going to be a shared reading big book. This might be a level above or below where they are working so please ensure that you support your child during this reading each night. Any questions please feel free to see Shona or Chrissy before or after school. Thanks.

Magic Box Poems

This week some of us have been reading the poem, The Magic Box by Kit Wright. We have been inspired to create our own Magic Box poems and Magic Box art...

The Magic Box

By Violeta

I will put in the box...

A dragon as red as the fire.

A mouse jumping  over the moon.

A rabbit swimming.

I will put in the box,

A little angel as gold as the sun ,

A purple sun,

and a blue beach.

I will put in the box,

A rainbow flower with a ladybug and yellow spots,

I will put in the box,

A very long snail

a GIANT  MOUSE and a tiny elephant,

A very long snail  with a very short snake.

My box is fashioned from gold and silver and iron,

with spots on the lid and wishes in the corners.

Its hinges are as black as the dark and as gold sun.

The Magic Box 

By Leola

I will put in the box

lunchboxes flying and lemonade walking.

a mouse chasing a cat and a cat chasing a dog.

a frog flying and a fly jumping.

I will put in the box

a giraffe that is small and a and a mouse that is tall.

a giant that is angry and a jaguar giggling.

Hayley hoop runs a loop

I will put in the box

dark is light and light is dark.

a part of body and a part of head.

people making milk and cows collect.

I will put in the box

a carrot eating people

a frog floating and a boat jumping.

a fly eating a frog.

My box is fashioned from stars and gold and ice

with storms on the lid and  love in the corners

its hinges are love and wishes.

Letter to students

Dear Tautoru,

We are writing to you to let you know a little about ourselves and to find out about you.  We would like you to answer the questions within the letter after discussing them with mum and dad or anybody else that you have at home.

We are looking forward to new things in Tautoru. Our new inquiry is about change. Change is always exciting and sometimes a little scary but we are going to make sure that change is good and even sometimes fun!

Nicola is into running, tramping, gymming, travelling and getting outside. Scott likes making music or noise, collecting toys and records and spending time with family.  Chrissy enjoys Maths, shopping and travelling. She likes to keep fit by trying new things like Barre, Zumba and dancing in the dark! Shona likes running, walking, swimming in the sea, fishing, tramping, reading, cooking and spending time with family.

What do you like? What do you like to learn about?

Please tell us something that you are excited about this year.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely,

Nicola, Scott, Shona and Chrissy

Some of us will be responding to this letter next week. Please discuss at home. We are interested in what our students like, what they enjoy learning, what they find challenging and what excites them.

Assembly 19th February

Thank you to our wonderful presenters who organised our assembly.

Mahutonga shared their trapping stories.

Autahi shared their class treaty

Tautoru shared their "Beautiful" writing.

Principal Awards for thinking.

Beach Trip Tuesday: Parent help needed

Dear parents & caregivers,

Tautoru will be heading to the beach on Tuesday afternoon as a part of our inquiry- we require parent helpers to walk down with the kids and back up again. If you are available in Tuesday afternoon please let your child's base group teacher know on Monday

More details to follow on Monday regarding this trip.

Many thanks,

Team Tautoru

George the rubbish collector

"Hmmmmmmmmm I'm not so sure about George. I saw him drop some lunch wrappings and do you know what.........he didn't put them in his lunchbox and take them home! I think you need to teach George about doing the right thing!! But- you know he can make a mistake........and then fix it and move on.....that's fine. Have a word with him though please!"
Jude 

George felt very sorry and decided to collect rubbish around the school. Please make sure that rubbish goes back into your lunch box as we are a rubbish free school.