SLCs: A Celebration of Learning

This week Tautoru was buzzing as students shared their accomplishments and new learning goals with whanau. Student Led Conferences are a wonderful opportunity for our children to celebrate their learning successes so far (positive accomplishment) and to identify new goals or challenges in their learning.

In the weeks leading up to SLCs we spent some time reflecting on goals we had set earlier in the year. It was really exciting when we realised that we had achieved so much since setting those goals. We identified that drawing on our strengths of Love of Learning, Curiosity, Perseverance and using a Growth Mindset helped us to achieve these great milestones in our learning. 

SlCs are also a great way for students to share with whanau their passions, interests and the things that excite them at school (positive engagement)! We all showed Leadership during our conferences and we looked like we were having a fun time.

Here are some of our own thoughts about SLCs:

"The Treasure Hunt was fun because I got to show mum and dad some music and Growth Mindset videos".

"I like that we get to share what our goals are with our parents and that we are able to show them a few things we can do now that we couldn’t do earlier in the year".

"I really liked it because the Treasure Hunt was fun. My mum liked learning about Growth Mindset".

Buddy reading with Autahi

We popped into Autahi today to share some of our favourite books with the Autahi team.



It is fantastic to see the confidence in all of the students to share their reading and to also listen in on conversations about snakes, nests, and the characters in the stories.



Thanks Autahi for being great buddies.

Geometry

First we used sticks to make 2D shapes. 2D shapes have length and width.
We tried to name our shapes and then count how many sides and corners they have. All 2D shapes have 1 face.


We tried to make some 3D shapes. 3D shapes have length, width and height. We tried to name our shapes and then count how many corners, edges and faces they have.

Did you know that a cube has 6 faces, 12 edges and 8 corners?

Did you know that a cylinder has 2 faces, 1 curved surface, 2 edges and no corners?

Maths workshops

Today we had some very special teachers come to help us learn more about fractions.
Some of the seniors came to take workshops.

  

We learnt about proper and mixed fractions eg 2 and 1/2, or 1/3.

We learnt how to add fractions together when the denominator is the same, like 3/5 plus 1/5.
We tried to draw pictures to show the equation and how we got the answer.

















                                         

A group of seniors went up to Tautoru to teach them about fractions. We were given a small group of kids to teach. The kids cooperated and were all super enthusiastic! In our group we split the kids into 2 groups. One group was kids who understood fractions. The other group were who didn’t understand them that much. We taught the kids about fractions so they understood what they were and so can use them in the future.
By Lily and Charlotte (Mahutonga Students) 

We have been unpacking the idea of Tuakana/ Teina.

Our students have been discussing these ideas and how they can build their leadership. Research about peer teaching says that:

• Students receive more time for individualised learning. 
• Direct interaction between students promotes active learning. 
• Peer teachers reinforce their own learning by instructing others. 
• Students feel more comfortable and open when interacting with a peer. 
• Peers and students share a similar discourse, allowing for greater understanding.

Fractions

We have been learning about fractions. Pizza has been a fantastic introduction about fractions, because who doesn't like pizza!? Pizzas cut into half, quarters, and thirds BUT lego has also been super engaging for our lego minded students.



We have used lego to create different fractions working in teams to create and share our fraction knowledge.

Throwing, catching and striking

This term, as well as music, we've been focusing on our throwing, catching and striking skills with large and small balls. It's helped us to practise working as a team too.

Here we are practising a chest pass to a buddy and a bounce pass in a group.

Arts Celebration: Being a Goal Setter

Rehearsals are in full swing, creativity is switched on and the character strengths of teamwork, perseverance, bravery, and kindness (to others and to ourselves) are being practised daily.

We have dreamed ideas, created our soundscapes, are sorting costumes and it's all go, go, go. We are feeling excited, a little bit worried at times but we know that, together, we can do this.

Being a Goal Setter means that:

• I can reflect on my learning  
• I can share and discuss my achievements  
• I can plan my next learning steps

For some of us, performing is a challenge and playing music is very new, but we know that it's helping our brains to grow and we are setting ourselves small goals so we can improve every day. It could be: noticing when we need to improve our timing or be ready to get started, use a strong voice or keep to the beat as we play. We know that practice will help achieve our goals.

There are so many new skills to learn.