Friday 14 August 2020

Term 3 - Week 1 - 4

Welcome back to Room 10. We have had a great break from learning with friends and family and we are ready to start learning again. This term we are lucky to have a student teacher with us. Her name is Whaea Alofa. Whaea Alofa is in her first year of University and we hope she enjoys her time at JBS.

Matariki

Since the official date for Matariki was on the 13th of July (school holidays) we studied and researched a lot about the special occasion during the first week back at school. 

Whaea Alofa read us books about Matariki. We loved listening to the different stories. After reading the story 'Seven Kites of Matariki' by Calico McClintock & Dominique Ford we created a class Korowai (Maori cloak) like the girl had in the story. 


We also used our devices to research all about Matariki. With our research we each created an acrostic poem which we published on Google Docs and wrote four facts about Matariki and 3 wishes for the year which we published and animated on Google Slides. 



During this week we also split into different groups so we could learn and perform a Matariki play. It was fun!

Later in the week we created our own Matariki star. If you come into our classroom you can see them all shining from the ceiling. 


While researching we found out that during Matariki people gather to sing songs and dance so we learnt a Matariki song. It names all the stars in the Matariki star cluster.

It was such a fun week that we blogged about our favourite Matariki activities on our personal blogs.

Term 3 - Syndicate Rotation

This term we are having a syndicate rotation each Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. Our first rotation was with our own teacher Miss Keshaw, Miss Patel and Whaea Alofa. We were learning to:

- Understand the meaning of cultural shapes and symbols

- Use warm and cool colours

- Create block letters


Our second rotation was with Mrs Ellis. We did STEM activities with her. Check out the pictures.


Soup & Breakfast

This term we have been so lucky to be given soup on Fridays and Breakfast Club has been set up each morning to fuel our Taha Tinana. Thank you to all that have provided the food for our students.





DMIC (Maths)

This year Room 10 have been learning Maths through a different lens. This term we are focusing on Statistics. We are learning all about graphs.

 


Year 4 Girls Meet The New Zealand Tall Ferns

The year 4 girls were lucky enough to get to meet members of the NZ Tall Ferns. During this time they got to practice and learn new skills and they even got a free rink bottle and a signed poster.


Returning Back To Level 3

Due to the outbreak of Covid-19 again we will be conducting distance learning. Please check your emails regularly as we will send any information through email. If you have any questions feel free to email me on aleisha@jeanbatten.school.nz

In the meantime stay safe and be kind.