Concept learning: Our own designs for the model of Well Being: Hauora

Well done Zachary, this is great learning. You needed to do a lot of thinking.

Great learning Caitlin. Can you think where social well being can be represented?

Some learners decided to collaborate when creating their model, well done Tyler and Hirresh.

Great collaborating girls. You were very determined!

Cobie and Katie you did a good job together to create your model.

Maui and the Sun

We built our knowledge by reading Maui and the Sun.  

Next, we made meaning by summarising the story.  After that, we applied our understanding by creating our pastel and dye of the sun.  We collaborated by deciding what colours to use, and where to draw our koru.  

We are great artists!

Brilliant Ice Cream Break Through

Can you remember the equipment we used?

What were the ingredients?

Can you remember the ingredients changed states from a liquid into a solid.

What flavour would you create next time?

Reading 'The Snow Bus' and Applying Understanding

We have been reading the play The Snow Bus. Katie then thought to Apply our Understanding we could create our own Snow Bus. We then problem solved as we don't have snow. Aarav thought that using the slide might be a good test. 

Sequencing at reading time using the Learning Process

 We built knowledge about the puzzles.  I was in the learning pit. I was at the bottom of the learning pit and I was thinking so hard that I climbed out of the pit I was then making meaning and then I made the puzzle.  Aarav 

First I knew the first bit of the puzzle. I was determined because the next bit I  kept getting it wrong, because Aarav had tried to use some of those pieces. Anna

First it was a bit tricky I was in the learning pit then I found the bottom bits I made meaning by sticking them together. Then I found the top bit I kept going I was determined and I did lots of thinking. Katie

I was in the learning pit and used the learning process to practice (building my knowledge). I then finished because I put things in the right order. Sarah

Home Learning: Katie’s Experiment

First we got 2 plates and put foil on the top.We put hot water on the plates,We put some sugar on each plate then we put food colouring in. Then you are supposed to wait for 3 days but we forgot about them. They were on top of the fridge,we took them down after 5 days and they were coloured sugar crystals that you can eat!!!! They taste just like sugar, and they are so nice!!!

Literacy time in hub 5 and 6

Eric you are being so determined, writing about nanny Lily. You taught me how to write her name in cantonese, thankyou!

Nana Helen sounds like a lovely lady Georgia, awesome independent writing!

Granny Krissy would be very proud of you, being so self aware during writing!

You tried out a new app on the i-pad to help with fine motor skills and key words, well done Griffin!

The concept of change

During concept learning we experimented with changing our voices and actions to suit the characters in the "three billy goats gruff."

Was it easy to change your voice to be in character?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Harold!

We have been so enthused by Harold and what he has taught us, that we shared what we learnt during discovery.  

Some of us even made Harold!

Katie's determination in writing!

Katie showed her determination today, when she wanted to write all her ideas about tropical fish.

First, we looked at a photo of tropical fish.  Then, we described orally to each other what they looked like.  Next, we wrote our sentences.

Katie wrote...

... and wrote ...

... and kept on going!

What a break through Katie!  Awesome determination!

Phonics and Handwriting Brain exercises!

 After phonics we get both sides of our brain to talk to each other. We pat our head and rub our tummies.

We march on the spot or around the hub.

 We learn how to touch the opposite knee with our opposite hand.

 

It is hard and we have to be determined. 

 Look at us we have got it... Can you practice at home?

Science: Melting and Setting

We learnt that heating and cooling both chocolate and fat is a reversible change, because they can go from being normal, to runny and back to hard again over and over and still go back to being like they were when they started.

Here we are showing the changes between liquid and solid...

Drama!

Today in the hub we did things a bit differently - instead of PE, we were treated to some drama!