Waihola Day Photos

Our Class Treaty

Our class treaty looks a little different this year as we have been learning how to make Google Slides. I thought this would be a great opportunity for us to practice our new skills. We brainstormed words that described what a good person is and what helps us to be good learners. From these words we selected our top 10-12 and used these on our slides. In pairs we found the definition of our word and also thought about what this 'looks like' in the classroom. We then had to find an image that represented our word.
Our final treaty is so large that it takes up the whole door! Come in and see it!

Our Class Treaty

Extend a Bridge Challenge

I always like to start the year with a good team challenge! Working in the table groups, students had to construct a bridge like structure using only the materials provided. There were rules that went along with the challenge - the construction had to be freestanding and not attached to anything. The aim was to create the longest structure that could hold a marble on the end of it.

This task proved to be a real challenge but I was super impressed with how everyone persevered and kept on problem solving! We shared our prototype and ideas at the end of the session and brainstormed what we could use to modify and improve them. This is a task that we need to revisit! Watch this space...

First Class Photo!

We had a super hot day today at school - thank goodness for our school pool! We took to the shade to take our first class photo, what a good looking bunch we are!

Room 7 2018

Silly Photo Time!

Welcome to 2018!

Welcome back to school for 2018! What an exciting year we have ahead of us! We have a class of 25 Year 4 & 5 students and Ms Reid and I are really looking forward to getting to know everyone.

Website for NZ Disasters

NZ History - NZ Disasters

Te Ara Encyclopedia

Learning About Tapa Cloth

As part of our Inquiry learning we have been looking at how traditional Tapa cloth is made. We watched a video showing the process, from stripping the bark from the mulberry tree through to the final pattern making and painting.  We thought it looked quite complicated. 
We practiced drawing some traditional patterns and then had a go at creating our own cultural patterns.  Our final task was to create our own class Tapa. We all worked very hard on it and we are both pleased and proud of how it has turned out.