Team Newsletter Term 3 2019

Math Language - Learning through Play 
We have been using Learning through play prompts and provocations to do integrated Maths activities. We used autumn leaves to sort into groups based on size, colour and type. Then we presented our data using pictographs and bar graphs.

We had a lot of discussion about which type of leaves are more or less or same as.

Toy cars sorting - Learning through Play 

 Sorted cars into groups - racing cars, cool cars, trucks, vans, police cars, big cars, small cars. Then we discussed how we grouped and shared ideas about which group has more and then we used road ways to show which lane on the road is for bikes, cars, police cars, big trucks. Everyone had different ways of groupings.

Then we counted them in groups including place value (of counting in tens)

We had questions like - why should we have a different place for racing cars? Do we need a  different lane for Big trucks ?  

 Animal sorting - Learning through play

We used animal sorting into groups - farm animals and wild animals.

What do these animals eat and why can't have wild animals with farm animals

Maths language we used during our discussions - more / less/ same as - estimating, counting in groups

Auckland Zoo Project

The junior Takahe team have been participating in an Auckland Zoo competition. As a part of that we had to create a habitat for any animal of our choice. win a fabulous learning opportunity at Auckland Zoo.
We had to think about things like…where does it live? What does it eat? And how do you keep it healthy and happy? 
Room 9 chose to design a habitat for fishes. we learnt about fishes and what it needs in its habitat.
We drew pictures and wrote about fishes/ we took turns to talk about fishes, how we made a fish habitat. 

Here is a video we created about fishes - 

Room 9 SNAG GOLF

Last term, we have been learning to play SNAG golf. We had a coach come to teach and help us learn to play golf. It was super exciting and we all had great fun.

We were learning to position ourselves, hold the bat and hit the ball to a target. We learnt about focusing and aiming at a target. We had a lot of fun.

Our Self Portraits

In term one, we drew pictures of ourselves, looking at ourselves. By drawing and painting our self portraits we have been learning about who we are, where we come from and the place we stand now as a part of our inquiry - TURANGAWAEWAE.  

We also discussed the invention of photography, a painted, sculpted, or drawn portrait was the only way to record the appearance of someone.

WE ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. WE BELONG TO DIFFERENT CULTURES> WE ALL LOOK DIFFERENT BUT ARE ALL THE SAME. WE ARE ONE.

Rockets made by Room 9

We made these rockets after our trip to MOTAT last term. we used recycling materials like tissue roll, waste paper to make these rockets.

Takahe Visit to Motat

Takahe team have been to Motat. It was an exciting time for us all. We saw some super BIG Jet planes, boat planes, war planes, learning planes that to teach to fly a plane. 

A sky hawk plane can refuel in the air and because of this it can fly for a very long distance without having to stop. 

We all loved the rocket planes that looked like rockets. They had lasers and they use less fuel.

Room 9 made rocket planes during Takahe play.

Keep visiting our blog to see our finished rocket planes.

WELCOME TO 2019 TERM 1 Newsletter

Junior classes Market Trip

Today we went to the community Market to buy fruits to make fruit salad. We brought a gold coin and went shopping. It was so exciting giving money to the shop keepers and choosing fruits we wanted to buy. We bought a variety of fruits. We can’t wait to make our fruit salad this afternoon. Keep watching, we will post pictures of us making our delicious fruit salad.

 LLL

Exciting learning through play

Room 9 had an exciting time during learning through play in our Takahe Team. We play, we create, have fun creating and sharing about what we made.