Teaching the little ones the Haka

Term 3 Week 5

This week we were invited down to Miss Rushbrook's room. She teaches new entrant students in room 1, room 23 also joined us. We had a fun afternoon teaching the little ones our school haka. It was also very interesting being the teacher- we learnt that teaching isn't an easy job!

Also, check out Miss Rushbrook's blog for more photos and a video of our haka!

The year 7 and 8 boys teaching the new entrant boys the haka.

Room 1 students learning the moves. 

Jaemon was a great teacher! 

The girls learning the Haka chant while out in the sun. 

To finish off the afternoon room 1 and 19 came together to perform the Haka for their teachers. 

What an awesome performance!

Inquiry- Dance

Term 3 Weeks 5

This terms inquiry topic is- 'Step up, Step out, Why dance?' This week we have been busy forming our inquiry questions that we will be answering through our dance performance. We also started dance lessons with Stepz dance studio and are getting lots of ideas for our dance and building up our confidence!

Our inquiry wall display.

Saia brainstorming ideas for his group.

             

One of our groups researching dance moves and songs. 

Here are some photos from our dance lessons:

Busy start to term

Term 3 Week 4

We haven't posted up anything for a wee while- sorry about that but we have just been sooooo busy!

Here's what we have been up to....

• In maths we have been learning about statistics. We are learning how to interpret and understand graphs and data. We are also continuing to strengthen our multiplication and division skills. 
• In literacy we have been writing persuasive speeches and this week we started presenting them to the class. Already we have listened to some amazing speeches on animal cruelty, having a balanced life and what the true meaning of beauty is. We cant wait to see and hear the rest of the classes speeches! 
• In inquiry we have been learning all about dance, we even had a disco back in week one! This week we formed our dance inquiry groups and formed our big question, now we are going to make up a dance to show the answer to our question. 
• We have also started tech this term with Whaea Dagmar. We are redesigning the Hall! It is going to be so cool to 'make our mark' on the hall for students to enjoy for years to come.