Goodbye 2020!

Summer is here and it's time for a holiday and some fun in the sun! It has been awesome learning together with such an amazing bunch. Every single person in room 16 can be extremely proud of themselves. We have created memories that will last a lifetime, but until next year, it's goodbye and happy holidays from us!

Manaakitanga

Manaakitanga is showing kindness and respect to others and being responsible. Rhys always shows Manaakitanga to others and is a true asset to his class. Way to go, Rhys!

Athletics Day

 Did you go to the Athletics Day at Owairaka Athletics Club?

It was a great day. What were your favourite events?

Room 16 came first in the year 3 class relay. Number 1!

This week is Road Safety Week!

 

Road Safety Week is about encouraging families to think about how

they can help everyone have safe and active journeys to and from school. 

Parking away from the school and walking in helps keep the area outside

the school safer for students. Walking, biking and scootering is a great way

to add exercise into your week!  Please remember to use the crossings,

it may take an extra minute or two but it is another way we can help you to stay safe.

Calendar Art

We are very proud of the artwork we made for Calendar Art. We created a pointalism picture using our fingers and a colour pallette. We blended and mixed the colours to create a beautiful sunset over shimmering water. These can be made into a 2021 calendar or diary, greetings cards and even mouse pads. A great momento or Christmas gift. Keep a look out for the order form and place your order 😊

Garden To Table

This week we were very excited to attend our very first Garden To Table lesson. 

Garden To Table is an Owairaka favourite! 

Each Wednesday we will take turns working in the garden or the kitchen to help harvest and prepare food to share. 

Volunteers are welcome to come and help. Leave a comment if you would like to come along.

Well done!

 Well done indeed to Raika and Riley for their super thinking and amazing ideas in maths and writing. 

It goes to show that believing in yourself and having a positive attitude leads to positive progress. 

Great work boys!

Kaitiakitanga

One of our school values is 'Kaitiakitanga'. This means that we are guardians of the environment. We try to care for living creatures and this week Tamsin saved a bird that she found in our classroom. The bird seemed exhausted and hurt and, at first, it would not fly off. It was a magical moment when it flew free. Great Kaitiakitanga!

We love reading!!

Here we are enjoying books on a recent visit to our lovely school library. We love our weekly visits sharing stories and exploring new books. It's great to share a read with friends or find a quiet spot by yourself. We also recently displayed some Cook Island tivaevae artwork in the library. Maybe you've seen it. What do you think? 

Manawanuitanga

Manawanuitanga is one of our school values. 

It means being persistent in our learning. 

It means being resilient in our learning.

It means not giving up. 

It means we love learning!

Keep checking the blog to see us showing Manawanuitanga

Rumpelstiltskin

This is a modern day retelling of a traditional fairytale called 'Rumpelstiltskin'.

Read the story, listen to an audio version, and maybe you can even retell your own version of the story (it's ok if it's not exactly the same 😊 )

Try the quiz and some activites from the choice board. Enjoy!

Home learning

 In Māori culture, a rāhui is a form of tapu restricting access to, or use of, an area or resource to help protect it. 

 There is a rāhui in place in the Waitakere Ranges at the moment to help protect Kauri trees from kauri dieback disease. 

 In this story, the characters place a rāhui on their strawberry patch. I like it because it reminds me of our connection to nature and of our school value of Kaitiakitanga.

 Enjoy the activity and let me know what you think. Leave a comment on the post. Share any work you are proud of with me. 

Class google meet opportunity

Room 16's Crazy Hat Chat! 

 

We are going to have a class google meet! Wednesday 26th August @ 10.00am

It is a chance to catch up, connect and share some of our learning. You might like to bring a piece of news or learning to share. It would be really cool and fun to wear a crazy/silly/colourful hat if you'd like. Maybe even make one!

If you want to join in, check your email for a link just before 10 o'clock on Wednesday. Please see the guidelines below to get prepared. See you there! 

Great work Malachi!

Malachi has been working hard and has shared some of his home learning with us. Very cool Malachi! 

Have a look and see what you think. Leave a comment if you like it.

The Bee Project

 Hey room 16! 

I hope you are all ok at home and looking after each other in your bubbles. 

If you write about the things you do some days, I'll post it on this blog and we can play that game where you can try to guess who wrote it. Check the blog and leave a comment to play.

Here is another learning activity you can do at home. Read about honey bees, how they live, how they make honey and then answer the quiz. There are some videos to watch and a choice board of activities to work on. Remeber to share any work you are proud of with me and I'll post it on the blog to help us all stay connected. You could also leave a comment on the blog post to let others know which activities you tried or which ones you liked the most. I'm going to make a lemon and honey tea!

Literacy learning at home

Here is a retelling of a traditional Maori story called 'Rata and the tree'. You can read and listen to the story in these slides. The last slide has a CHIOCE BOARD of activities to try. Maybe, after reading and listening to the story a few times, you can even retell your own version of the tale. You can share any work you are proud of with me and I will publish it on this blog. 

Check back to see what your friends have done. 

Also remember that the Maths Week website is still live this week.

Learning at home

 Here are a few learning activities you can try at home with your family over the next few days.

Also, use the Maths Week website. There is a link in the post below.

Maths Week 2020

 

              Hooray! It is MATHS WEEK!

We are having lots of fun trying new mathematical things in class this week.

Each day we are having a 'Daily Challenge' question in every classroom across the school. All correct enties go into a prize draw and there are 2 prize winners from each year group every day!

In room 16 we are having fun doing a 'Daily Dollar' exercise where we answer questions each day and earn 'virtual money' which we deposit into our virtual bank account.

We are also enjoying the Maths Week website which is only live online for this special week. If you want to have a go at home clink this MATHS WEEK link.

Happy Maths Week!

Ka pai!

Great work in writing and maths for these two boys. Good work Eli and Royce.  Ka pai tò mahi! 

Science magic

We investigated the polymers of plastic and rubber by piercing bags full of water and balloons full of air with sharp wooden skewers (and pencils!). Guess what? They didn't leak or pop! At first, it seemed like magic. Then we found out that it wasn't magic...it was science! 

Sound Science

We have been learning about the physics of sound in science lately. We learned that sound comes from vibrations and that sound travels by vibrating molecules, which pass the vibrations on from molecule to molecule. We made some paper cup telephones to help us understand this. They gave us an idea of how sound travels and they were fun!