The Summer Learning Journey 2020/21

• Our class registered for the Summer Learning Journey and this is one of the example activities we completed.

Be a Tooth Defender

We are learning to brush our teeth properly so we don't get cavities.

A few weeks ago room 7 were learning about oral hygiene with Mrs Morrow in class.

First we learned what cavities are and what they can do to your teeth. Cavities can be caused by eating too much sugar and not brushing your teeth correctly. We learned to not swallow toothpaste and to not rinse your mouth afterwards because toothpaste is not food and shouldn't be swallowed, and rinsing your mouth washes away the toothpaste which stops it from protecting your teeth.

Then we learned that we have baby teeth and get adult teeth after but if your adult teeth fall out you will have only gums. Try to brush your teeth morning and night because you only get one set of adult teeth.

Afterwards we created a poster to show what we have learned about brushing our teeth. We wrote sentences on the poster explaining the steps of how to brush your teeth and how to look after your teeth. We drew pictures of things like toothbrushes, toothpaste, rotten teeth, and drawings of before and after brushing your teeth.

I found it easy to come up with information about teeth because I already knew some of these things and just needed a reminder. I found it difficult to put ideas down on my poster. To solve this problem I can ask a buddy or look at some else's work to get ideas. I enjoyed thinking of ideas to put on the poster. Next time I brush my teeth at home I will try the tooth defender tips.

Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori

This week is Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. In room 7 we have been very busy learning waiata, how to greet people, having competitions, learning place names and how to pronounce words properly, creating slides, dancing, learning the māori alphabet and much more... 

We really enjoyed competing against each other in a waiata competition and getting prizes.

What did you do for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori?

Room 7 Quick Writes

We were learning about quick writes.  We have been practising how to write non-stop for 10mins using descriptive language.

We found it easy to think of a crazy invention and talk non-stop for 10mins!!

We found it hard to write for 10 minutes non-stop.

We really enjoyed designing and creating our slides.

Next time we need to try and make our inventions reality.

Mapere Planting Trip

On Tuesday 1st September rooms 7, 11 and 5 went on a planting trip to the beach at a place called Mapere. 

We planted spinifex to help the sand dunes so they wouldn’t disappear as the sea levels are rising and Ahipara is losing its large amounts of land.  Planting spinifex won't stop the erosion but it will help to slow the effects of erosion down. 

After all our hard work we had a sausage sizzle and lunch before heading back to school.

We planted 750 spinifex and a number of harakeke, a top effort!

An enjoyable day was had by all and getting sand blasted was certainly worth it.

Manaakitanga

   

We were learning about one of our school values 'Manaakitanga'.  Our main focus was to think about other people not just ourselves and including others.

We found it easy to show Manaakitanga.

We found it hard to think about others instead of ourselves during our breaks.

We really enjoyed being nice to other people.

Next time we need to aware of other peoples feelings all of the time not just sometimes.