My trip to Devanport

One day me and my family we to Davenport for 1 day it was a lot of fun we went on a fairy boat to Davenport and back.When we arrived we got some ice cream and went to a place where there were Navy ships there were so big it was like I was in a movie were some people went WAR! I was surprised that they would have so many Navy ships in one place there was some rides and stuff to when we were going to go back the fairy boat didn't come in time but we had more fun we saw people diving into the water below. They made such big splashes that I nearly got soaked! When the fairy boat arrived we went back home and had a wonderful time.

My trip to the Zoo

Friday 7 August 2015  

 Thursday 30 July was our trip to the zoo. 

    

we got to the zoo and hopped off the bus and had morning tea 

then Mrs D went to  the red panders.
it was hard to find them. The next thing we saw was the Tigers. There were to Tiger habitats one small  & one big habitat. Next thing we saw was the Monkeys they were really cool. then we went to the elephants and had lunch. then we had some learning time with the elephants, Cheetahs & the Flamingoes. Then it was time to go but! we didn't see the African animals. Once we saw them we hopped on the bus & went to school!

Imran, Aryan & Humaam's Maori Language Learning Story

Learners: Humaam, Aryan & Imran    Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: 27.7.15

Learning Area: iExperience - Maori Language

Learning Observed

During Maori Language week the learners rotated through different experiences to extend their knowledge of Maori words and phrases. Humaam, Aryan and Imran formed a group to work on looking at a range of Maori vocab booklets. They had to look at the pictures and use an iPad app called ‘Pic Collage’ to make a Glossary of new words. The three boys took time to select a text that they all agreed on and then took turns to use the iPad, using an effective system of taking a photo and passing the device on. They were inclusive of each other and understood what they needed to do to be successful. When needed, the group could choose a person to approach the Learning Coach to ask questions and clarify their ideas. They were also able to add additional information to their glossary by figuring out how to embed YouTube clips into their Pic Collage. After asking a question about what noise a particular bird made, they decided to find a YouTube clip that answered their question and included it too.

Evidence of learning

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Aryan, Imran and Humaam were collaborative when completing this task - they had to pool their ideas and justify their thoughts to the rest of the group members (Participating & Contributing and Relating to Others). They were openly curious, as a lot of the words they came across were new and unfamiliar. When a new word was encountered, they showed their wonder and awe by saying “Wow! I didn’t know that!” or sharing with another learner or a Learning Coach - “Did you know…?” (Using Language, Symbols and Text). They problem solved to find an answer to a question that emerged multiple times - What does this bird sound like? - by seeking help and connecting this to their collage (Thinking).

Next Learning Steps

Keep working on compiling new Maori words as part of the Daily 5 in Literacy. Teach another group (or family member) about some of the discoveries that they’ve made. Use Pic Collage to link learning to appropriate videos on YouTube.

Maori language week

Maori language week Last week we had some people from Manurewa intermediate school to teach us some maori things ( Wai ata & Haka) once we leared the Haka we performed it to LH2 & 4 then on Friday we learnt the moari numbers ( Tahi-1 Rua-2 Toru-3 wha-4 Rima-5 ono-6 Whitu-7 Waru-8  Iwa-9 Tekau-10 I also leart the namesof some maori animals like Cau-Cow Hoiho-Horse poaka-pig.i had a great time in maori language week.

Collaboration

This term our C is Collaboration.Collaboration  is working as a team and supporting each other as a team.
Our C's are  Collaboration, Curious, Capable & Connected.
I am developing to try to be a good Collaborator. My  Collaborative goal is to work with others really well and not make an argument about it.

How I Collaborated

Last Friday my habitat sport team played Great Wall and we Collaborated by working to gather to not let the other team get past the wall. Some passed the wall but some didn't!
Also I collaborated with Aryan to catch Ronav ...(We were playing Tag.)

Habitat Sport is...

Our habitat splits into quarters and each quarter has its own name such as my team Wai Poroporo (Purple.)
Our Learning Coaches have a sport such as Foot Ball, Great Wall etc.and in that sport we verse other teams like Wai Poroporo vs Kowhai.
So if my Learning Coach is Mrs Wilkes for habitat sport then i would be playing Great Wall.   (I was playing Great Wall)