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.

Room 7 Smart Footprint: Public vs Private Info

We are learning about keeping our private information offline. We learned what is private information and what is public information. Private information is information you shouldn't share. Public information is things you can share on the internet. 

Some examples of Private information are:

• your address
• your birth date
• phone number
• email address 
• full name
• places or locations you visit regularly
• licence plate 
• taking photos in front of houses or cars

Some examples of Public information are:

• your first name
• your age
• city and country you live in
• friends first names
• favourite food
• interests and activities
• pets names

The easiest part of the activity was knowing what was ok to share.

Matariki

Learning in Lockdown

We have be learning online as a class since March 25th 2020. 

Every week day at 9am we all came together via video chat, students, teacher aides and myself (Miss Te Paa).  We would catch up and be happy to see each other and were very grateful none of us were sick.  We would then go over the days learning together.

We all like talking to each other through the chat every morning before class started.  By Kymani.

Every one was well behaved, Miss Te Paa only kicked a couple of students off the video chat.

The work was challenging but easy enough for us to complete at home, sometimes with our parents. By Sundown

It was fun learning online because it felt like we had a proper job and were working from home like the adults. By Jaydis

Blogging was cool because we could be creative before we took off to the bush to play.  By Rhylyn.

I missed learning at school because my crazy, monkey twin brothers would always annoy me and it was hard to do my work.  By Dee

I liked watching the different maths because the songs were cool and they helped me to remember. By Jacob.

I didn't like working on my chrome book because the letters were too hard to see, so I worked on our big computer a lot of the time.  By Nepia.

I loved doing the maths work because it made my brain think.  By James.

There would be several video calls throughout the day showing parents and students how to work their chrome books.  This was awesome because it means in the future when chrome books go home, parents will know how to help their kids.

Students liked the paper learning packs as they were fun because they got to work on a whole lot of different subjects.  Some were extra challenging.

All in all learning from home was super fun and flexible but challenging too because we were all on lockdown!!

Lockdown in New Zealand

Here is something I read online on Saturday 2nd of May, 2020.

- We are at Level 3 after being in total lockdown for 5 weeks.

- One New Zealand Dollar equals 0.60 USD.

- Gas is 163.9 cents per litre.                          
- Gas is 193.9 In Kaitaia
- Schools have been closed since the end of March and are teaching  
  remotely online.  School is available for the children of  
  workers that have to go back to work can attend school up to  
  year 10. Other students will continue to be home schooled.

- If you can work from home it is encouraged.

- Those that are over 70 or immune compromised need to stay and  
  home and not go to work (we have a government wage subsidy in    place to help people out).

- Banks are only open 1 day a week.

- There are lines/tapes inside the stores on the floors to keep     
  people 2 metres apart.  Stores are limiting the amount of  
  visitors and some have queues.

- Some restaurants are open only for takeout, home delivery & pick- 
  up.

- Parks, beaches, hiking trails and walk-in places are accessible  
  to the public, but we are encouraged to stay local (within 2kms 
  of our homes).

- All major and minor sports competitions have been cancelled as  
  well as kids sports.

- All festivals, entertainment events have been banned/cancelled.

- Weddings, family celebrations and birthdays have been cancelled.

- Young kids can’t understand why they can only see grandparents &  
  other extended family and friends on a screen or thru a window  
  if someone visits in person or on Facetime online.

- Hugs and kisses are not allowed, only with those in your bubble.

- Churches are closed or online.

- We have to stay two meters away from those not in our bubble.

- People are wearing masks, some places even REQUIRE that you wear  
  them to enter! People are even sewing their own cloth masks for  
  sale or donation to medical facilities.

- Some antiseptic/cleaning products are short in supply.

- Flour, hand sanitiser, soap and sugar were hard to buy from 
  supermarkets.

- Stores are closing early to stock shelves. Some 24 hour services  
  stations have been closing early because not many people have  
  been getting gas as most people are working from home.

- Store checkouts, pharmacies, doctors, service stations(night  
  window) and even fast food drive-thru windows have added  
  plexiglass between the employee and the customer. People have    
  to reach around or under to pay!

- New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada and Europe have closed their  
  borders.  Government has made it mandatory that emergency  
  flights home have to self isolate for 14 days when returning.

- There are road blocks to stop you travelling in and out of the  
  district. (all around the country run by people who don't want  
  their communities, kaumatua and kuia to get sick).

- No one is travelling for leisure. Airports are empty. Tourism  
  has come to a stand still.

WHY DO I POST THIS?

Next year & then every year after, we'll all be able to read this.  It will be a reminder that life is precious & that nothing should be taken for granted. We are where we are with what we have.  So let's be grateful.

Dotterel Education Trip

Dotterel Education Trip

What we enjoyed the most was experiencing authentic learning outside of the classroom.  Some things you just have to experience, not read about it in a text.  The morning flew by really fast as we had so much fun learning about the dotterels, their nesting sites, swimming, playing games and getting prizes. 

The thing we found most challenging was swimming in the river as we couldn’t see how deep some areas were, that made our teacher nervous. Luckily we had awesome parents to show us where we could and couldn’t swim.

What we might do differently next time is film the important korero about the dotterels and the area because we can use that information for our learning at school.