Tech Group Videos: Now Showing!

In the afternoons some of our students have been learning how to do a range of different things to eventually put together a movie.

They learnt how to:

Operate a camera and take clear photos
Find music on YouTube
Write and perform their own original song
Write a script to go along with their movie and
Combine everything together in iMovie (either on an iPad or computer)

Aren't they amazing learners and collaborators!!

I wonder...

I wonder...

Charlie H.

• "What the white thing is... is it the clouds that they just came out of or is it the smoke coming out the back?
• "Is it just the clouds or is it the world we can see?  Or is it both?"
• "Are the people wearing safety clothes or just normal clothes?"
• "Does it have a little see-through roof or is it just their head poking out in the fresh air?"

Micah

• "Why do airplanes have wings?"
• "Why do they have the little thing that points out like a little spinner (needle)?"
• "Do they have things like when they're driving a car (steering wheel)?"
• "If they have boosters to go fast?"

Thomas

• "Why they have a little wing on the back?"
• "Why they they go so high?"
• "If they have a parachute if they bump and fall out?"

LH1's animations!

Mina's Story by sarahholland on GoAnimate

Kaelan's Movie by sarahholland on GoAnimate

Bella P and Charlie H's video by sarahholland on GoAnimate

Kush and Dinesan's Video by sarahholland on GoAnimate

Aarav J and David's Video by sarahholland on GoAnimate

Devynee's Video by sarahholland on GoAnimate

Manaiakalani Film Festival 2013

Today all of Stonefields School and the other schools in our cluster went to the Sylvia Park movies and watched our Manaiakalani Film Festival movies on the Extreme Screen!

It was so much fun and we really enjoyed watching the different movies.

This was our movie on the big screen.  Can you see Mina and Charlie introduce it?  They look so little from up in the back row!



"I felt happy because it was fun and we got to use cameras and we got to go under a picnic blanket" - George

"I felt happy because it was fun because we were making the pictures" - Tanuki

"I was excited because everyone in the movie theatre got to see our video" - Riley

"I felt sad because it was a sad song but I was also proud because I made it!" - Carys

Well done to Mrs Jackson who worked with this group of learners during break through time.  We're all so proud of what you achieved.

Maths Strand - learning about time

We have been learning how to order events, including drawing and writing about our favourite time at school.







Mrs Panapa taught us about the days of the week in Maori and we made them into a chain. The order of school events are up on the window in hub 1.

Our Marae Video...

Thank you to all of our awesome parent helpers - we had a great time on the bus and at the marae... we couldn't have done it without you!

Assembly this week!

This week we've got lots of awesome things to share in the LH4 assembly.  Here's a little taster for you - Charlie and Aarav will be sharing their Matariki writing (and we'll all be performing two songs)

Tamaki Kindergarten Visit

A group of hub 1 learners were lucky enough to visit their kindergarten teachers and friends to have lunch together.

We talked to the children about what Stonefields School is all about!

 

The seven learner qualities help us with our learning anytime, anywhere. What are they and what do they mean?



We had a great time at the kindergarten and hope to do it again. A great big thank you to all of the parents and teachers at Tamaki who made this happen.

Science: How does heat effect chocolate?

Friday Morning Poetry

Each Friday we look at new poems in the hub.  Here's one of our groups practicing one of the poems, in which they focused on punctuation and expression (especially around the question marks).

Showing Respect for our Environment!

"Today we were picking up rubbish because it was good for the environment.  It took all day (at morning tea and lunch time) to clean up the school.

We tidied it up because other children will come to the school and we'll keep on tidying it up everyday because then when it's always tidy, it will look shiny.

We think we should tidy up the school every day because even though our hands got dirty, we washed them anyway.  You should try it, then you'll keep your environment healthy and clean for other kids and yourself.

If you go to another school, maybe you could do the same as us.

Thumbs up for Stonefields School"

By Lily D. and Charlie H.

Performing a play (with feedback)

Real Life Learning in Action!

You can't hold a Stonefields learner back!

Check out Charlie and Oliver in their kitchens baking up a storm.  They must have ran home and gotten their noses straight into their recipe books.  Well done, boys, you've really shown everyone that learning doesn't just happen between 9 and 3 at school.

How did they taste?  What was the best part about this home learning challenge?  What was tricky?

We can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with!

Enjoy our photos and be sure to check back as more Hub 1 learners get in on the action...




Nathan's made a delicious fudge slice and has even shared the recipe with you all...

250 g plain biscuits
75g butter
1/4 cup of milk
1/2 cup of soft brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Crush biscuits in a bowl add vanilla essence
2. Mix sugar, cocoa, milk, butter in a saucepan, once boiling boil for 2 minutes.
3. Add mixture to biscuits
4. Press into a dish
5. Refrigerate and once set ice with chocolate icing