Congratulations to Junior and Gabby who have been awarded Totara 3's key com certificates this week. They both work hard in class to complete all set tasks and show manaaki to their classmates.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see examples of their quality work.
Friday, May 29, 2020
Friday, May 22, 2020
Key Com Awards Term 2 Week 6
Congratulations to George and Tyler who have been awarded Totara 3's key com certificates this week. They have come back to school and shown enthusiasm and focus for our new learning theme of Ancient Egypt.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see examples of their quality work.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see examples of their quality work.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Mystery Theme Investigation
This week in Totara 3 we are going to be doing an integrated mini inquiry unit around Ancient Egypt. To start of the week the students had to work out what our theme was going to be by solving a series of mystery challenges in groups. Some of the activities were more challenging than they looked. Here is what they had to do.
Challenge 1
The students were given an envelope with 3 pictures cut into puzzle pieces. They had to sort the pieces and then build the pictures. The pictures were a hippo, an unusual boat and a symbol. No one guessed our topic.
Challenge 2
The students were given some anagrams to solve. Once they had unscrambled the words they had to find each of the words in a wordfind.
Challenge 3
This challenge was a maths problem solving challenge. Each team had a runner who collected the questions and then brought the answers back for checking. Each time the team got a question right they were rewarded with a letter. The letters spelt out the word ancient.
Challenge 4
The students were given the outline of a country. They had to use a world map to identify this country by its shape. When they thought they knew the country they came and got the flag to research and confirm.
This was a great cooperative challenge to start the term and most teams were successful eventually at identifying our theme for this week.
Challenge 1
The students were given an envelope with 3 pictures cut into puzzle pieces. They had to sort the pieces and then build the pictures. The pictures were a hippo, an unusual boat and a symbol. No one guessed our topic.
Challenge 2
The students were given some anagrams to solve. Once they had unscrambled the words they had to find each of the words in a wordfind.
Challenge 3
This challenge was a maths problem solving challenge. Each team had a runner who collected the questions and then brought the answers back for checking. Each time the team got a question right they were rewarded with a letter. The letters spelt out the word ancient.
Challenge 4
The students were given the outline of a country. They had to use a world map to identify this country by its shape. When they thought they knew the country they came and got the flag to research and confirm.
This was a great cooperative challenge to start the term and most teams were successful eventually at identifying our theme for this week.
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Showcasing Angelina
Object writing
For writing last week we are writing object poems. For the poem we had to pick a everyday object and describe it without using the word of what we are describing. So if you were describing a fork you wouldn't use the word fork. Can you guess what Angelina's object was?
Thin whitish brown delicate pieces of a tree, hiding in between the covers like children hiding in their bed scared of the storm outside.
Black writing, telling the story, pulling you away from reality like a whirlpool in the middle of the ocean sucking a boat into it's centre.
Thick spine firmly holding the pieces together, without it, all that you have is a bunch of jumbled words upon a page.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Key Com Awards Term 2 Week 5
Congratulations to Isy and Ellie who have been awarded our Totara 3 Key Com Certificates in assembly this week. You are working so hard at home and I am very proud of you both. Keep up the great work.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see some examples of the quality work they have been producing.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see some examples of the quality work they have been producing.
Friday, May 8, 2020
Key Com Awards Term 2 Week 4
Congratulations to Reuben and Kyah who have been awarded our Totara 3 Key Com Certificates in assembly this week. They are great self managing learners who come to all of our google meets and ask great questions to make sure they understand the learning task.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see some examples of the quality work they have been producing.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see some examples of the quality work they have been producing.
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Lockdown Learning : Antractic Photo Album by Gabby
Here is another piece of work from Gabby. After reading a text about lif in Antarctica weh had to use our imagination to create a photographic journal of a visit to Antarctica. We had to use photos and captions to share our ideas. Here is Gabby's album.
Check out more of her learning here.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Key Com Awards Term 2 Week 3
Congratulations to Millah and Charlotte who have been awarded our Totara 3 Key Com Certificates in assembly this week. You are working so hard at home and I am very proud of you both. Keep up the great work.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see some examples of the quality work they have been producing.
Make sure you check out their blogs to see some examples of the quality work they have been producing.
Lockdown Learning: Movie Review by Billie-Jean
Billie Jean has been busy reviewing movies and books on her blog during the Lockdown. Here is a review of the movie Anne with an E which is based on the book Anne of Green Gables. Check out her blogs for more great suggestions on movies or books to keep you busy while you are at home.
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