Transition Days -

We were very excited to welcome our new friends to Tautoru this week. We spent the morning getting to know one another, sharing details about ourselves, learning about the new space, and making connections.

  


This is always a fun and exciting time of the year and the transition to new spaces is a fun time of the Year. The Year 2 (soon to be Year 3's) students of Tautoru were great buddies and there was a lot of kindness and friendship on display.

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The Autahi students have spent a lot of time in Tautoru this year and were full of confidence and enthusiasm for their new space.

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Our Tautoru treasure hunt helped everyone to be confident about where to hang bags, find highlighters and where to store the chess sets!

Inquiry Actions Presentations

This term we have been problem finders and problem solvers in Tautoru. We have identified problems and created solution (outside of "Tell Jude!"). We wanted to learn how connect to our community and be powerful by having a go at creating solutions.

During this inquiry we have learned how to find problems, collaborate to create a solution and create an action plan. In the process some of us have developed movie making skills, planning skills, design skills and even speech making skills.

We shared our actions with Autahi. Here is a snapshot of us sharing our actions and getting some feedback to see if the problem and solutions were clear.

Problem Solving using Judgement

The character Strength of Judgement is all about thinking about different options: Plan A, Plan B and sometimes even Plan C! Our buddies from Autahi joined us to do some problem-solving together.

This week we spent some time thinking about different ways to solve a problem. What could be Plan A? What if that doesn't work? What could be Plan B?

Yet MORE ART in Tautoru!!

We've been creating even more art this week in Tautoru. Our year 2's made marvellous Pukeko, using pastels, dye for the background and newspaper as the grass!

Don't they look great in Tautoru?

Don't they look great in Tautoru?

Measuring Area and Perimeter

This week some of us have been measuring the perimeter and area of shapes. We have been learning how to use maths strategies to add all the different measurements.

We learned about measuring using blocks to count the area inside the shape and then designed some block people.

We are now using different maths strategies like repeated addition and multiplication to work out the measurements.

Year 3 and 4 Beach Day

As part of our Positive Education programme, Year 3 and 4 spent a great day on the beach reconnecting with each other and employing some Positive Purpose. We did a clean up, a walk, play in the park and a sand castle competition. Our Learner Attribute focus this term is "Being Connected." What a great way to be connected. 

From the Institute of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School: "Positive Purpose: The Positive Purpose domain explores understanding, believing in, and serving something greater than the self and deliberately engaging in activities for the benefit of others. It encourages students and staff to draw on their character strengths in ways that contribute to the welfare of others and the wider community. It also recognises that belonging to a supportive school community is a strong pathway to purpose and to wellbeing."