We've been drawing what we can see. Check them out
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Conscientious objectors
In literacy over the last few weeks we have been learning about WW1 and the students have written plays about conscientious objectors. Check out the photos.
Wednesday, 2 November 2016
Batik
We were lucky to have members of the Indonesian community join us in Karaka.
They showed us how to the tjanting to drip wax onto the patterns we drew onto fabric. It was harder than it looked, especially since the wax solidified if you held it at the wrong angle.
If you did it too slowly then there were big blobs of molten wax on the fabric. We look forward to getting the fabrics back once they have been coloured for us.
They showed us how to the tjanting to drip wax onto the patterns we drew onto fabric. It was harder than it looked, especially since the wax solidified if you held it at the wrong angle.
If you did it too slowly then there were big blobs of molten wax on the fabric. We look forward to getting the fabrics back once they have been coloured for us.
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Keizo & Aaron rocking it out for their inquiry into reducing electronics
If the captions on this video don't work please click on cc to make them pop up.
Taking Action - Presenting to the community
Yesterday lunchtime we had a number of parents come to visit us in Karaka. All the students presented their learning, research and a creative way to show their inquiry topic.
Examples of this were buying fair trade, reducing the discarding of electronics, more bike lanes, reducing the bad products used in make up, stopping animal cruelty and not using animals for testing.
They were all very engaged in this process. It was a great motivator having an audience to view our learning and discuss some of the issues we had researched.
After lunch we also had a visit from our buddy classes so we could share this with them as well.
Examples of this were buying fair trade, reducing the discarding of electronics, more bike lanes, reducing the bad products used in make up, stopping animal cruelty and not using animals for testing.
They were all very engaged in this process. It was a great motivator having an audience to view our learning and discuss some of the issues we had researched.
After lunch we also had a visit from our buddy classes so we could share this with them as well.
Link to making your own found poetry
We have begun to learn about the technique of Found Poetry.
Here is a link to a poetry resource that allows you to have a go online.
Check it out :-)
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Word_Mover/
Here is a link to a poetry resource that allows you to have a go online.
Check it out :-)
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Word_Mover/
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Student experts as teachers
In maths this week we have begun to revisit our addition and subtraction strategies.
Students in the class have volunteered to teach others strategies they know to help them build on their maths knowledge. This will happen twice a week.
It was great to see the engagement of students and eagerness to take on the responsibilities of teacher and learner.
Students in the class have volunteered to teach others strategies they know to help them build on their maths knowledge. This will happen twice a week.
It was great to see the engagement of students and eagerness to take on the responsibilities of teacher and learner.
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