The Time Has Come

Goodbye, farewell, see you sometime soon...

Today we are reflecting on our year and looking forward to where our new pathways take us.

My highlights~ I really enjoyed being introduced to James Russell and then being able to read all of his books in class.

My lowlights~ Something I didn't enjoy that much was how chrome books were not used for learning all the time which made some children become dishonest because they would hide the fact that they were on something they shouldn't be, like games.

My headlights~ Next year I am looking forward doing less work from home and spending more time with my son. 

Pride in Achievement

Our Value for this Week

This week we are finishing off the term with our value, Pride in Achievement.  Here is our learning slide:

Dollar Day Market

Whakamanawa Market Day

At the end of term three, we had an idea to help us raise some money for camp.  We thought it would be good to have a market day.  While we were preparing for it, we decided we would make everything cost one dollar, which then prompted us to call it our Dollar Day Market.  

We started by preparing and planning for our stalls.  We created a Google slide so we could advertise in our school.

We were so amazed at the turn out of our market day and were not expecting so many people to come.  We made an impressive amount of over $1400.00.  Check out some of the pictures below:

We are looking forward to holding another market next year.

Our Learning

Our Learning Slides

For our end of year reflections, we are working on a slide that is a collection of learning we have done.  Each of us have this in our drives and will be using it for sharing to our whānau through Linc Ed and our individual blogs.

Writing With Mystery Doug

Writing With Mystery Doug

Today for Writing, we watched two Mystery Doug clips.  One on leaves changing colour in autumn and one about dragons being real or not.  We got to choose which topic to write about and what type of writing we would do.

We have been working on our understanding of different styles of writing and then having choice about what type to use based on the topic.  

This is our template that we used to start writing.

Check out our individual blogs to see what Whakamanawa students chose.
Have you seen Mystery Doug clips before?  They are really good for learning about science and our world.
Here is a link so you can check out Doug.  Mystery Doug

Diwali

Celebrating Diwali

Thie week we are celebrating and learning about Diwali.  We viewed this slide below and also watched a video clip about the story of Rama and Sita.  This afternoon, we created slides with either facts or an animation of the story.  This was a way that we could create something to help guide our learning.
We looked at some slides created by past students and also some activities we had from our study of Diwali in 2016.  

We have some interesting activities planned for the week.
We have an expert in our class too.  Noah went to the Diwali celebrations in town over the weekend and is very knowledgeable so he ia available to help others with their learning.

Our next step is to share our learning and creations with our whānau and junior school tamariki.

Our Topic~Community

Communities~ Bees, Worms and Fish

Our Inquiry topic throughout 2018 has been Community.  In term 4, Te Rōpū Whakamanawa are taking a Science based angle and looking at communities within our school.  We have fish in our class, a worm farm and a bee hive.  We have decided to look at these three animal communities and students will share their learning through their blogs.  

These are the learning objects we will be using through our learning site to help guide our learning journey.

Group Work-Working Together

Buddy Reading

So far this term we have been working in our home base classes.  Te Rōpū Whakamanawa are all Year 6 students so it has been nice for us to be working more together and exploring different things as a class.  

One way that we have been doing this is through Buddy Reading.  We have a wide range of books to choose from and read together for six minutes each.  As each person reads aloud, their buddy follows and looks for a comprehension type question that they can ask their partner.  They then swap and make sure each has time to read and respond to questions.

Here are a few pictures of some of our buddies:

Group Work

Working Together

This week our school wide expectation is about group work.  Today in groups, we did a statistics assessment.  We had to work together to complete the tasks.

Here is a photo of one of our groups:

We then created an assessment chart for us to see how well we think we work in groups.

Our next step is to work with larger groups and on different learning tasks.

Tokelau Language Week

Let's Learn About Tokelau

This week we are learning about Tokelau and some of the Tokelauan Language.  We will be using this slide as an introduction and will be creating our own slides to help us in our learning.

Niuean Language Week 2018

Niuean Language Week

Fakalofa lahi atu

To celebrate and help us with our learning of Niuean Language, we shared this slide and read a different book from Niue each day.  It was so interesting and we learned more about our Pacific neighbour.

Kapa Haka Visit to Woodcote Retirement Home

Celebrating With Our Community

One of the highlights of our week was spending time out in the community.  We celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori with residents from Woodcote Retirement Village.  Check out the waiata we sung together.

Teamwork

Our Weekly Values Focus: Teamwork

This week our values focus in Teamwork.  We will be learning about why teamwork is important and how we can show this especially within our home base classes.

Here is the slide we will be focussing to help with our learning.

In Te Rōpū Whakamanawa, we are working together to get as many respect points as we can in Kiwi Can.

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Make Someone's Day Every Day

In week 6 we focussed on making someone's day as we really embraced the Random Acts of Kindness Week.  Throughout the week we tried our best to show kindness in whatever ways we could.  We had kind words left in notes in random places, gifts, flowers, letters and cards made, compliments, sharing of Fish! tickets and so much more.  It really showed how life is much better and enjoyable for all when we all show a little kindness just because we can.

We posted letters to each other in a post box.

We celebrated Daffodil Day and shared gifts between hubs.

Our principal Mr Wilkinson shouted us a surprise pizza lunch.

We gave every student in Takitini some books.

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

Māori Language Week

Kia ora koutou

This week has been one of our favourite weeks with more emphasis and inclusion of Te Reo Māori.  Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori is always a good reminder for us and a good way to kick start our learning.  In Te Ara Takitini we have been viewing the slide below and then creating new learning.  

Some of us performed at our local retirement village which was an absolute pleasure and a blessing.

This is the slide we have been using to support our learning.

Tongan Language Week

Celebrating Tongan Language

Malo e lelei.  To help our learning and to celebrate Tongan Language Week, we have created this slide that will help our language grow.

Keep an eye out on our individual blogs to see what we learn, create and share next week.

Cook Island Art

Cook Island Tivaevae Art

To celebrate and acknowledge Cook Island Language Week, we did some Cook Island art for a Fun Friday activity.  We used stencils and folded paper to make these beautiful pieces and are looking forward to having them on display in our learning space.