Wednesday 17 June 2020

Morse Code

Every Wednesday morning, the One Odd Bunch have the wonderful Mrs Wilmoth helping them with their learning while Mrs Croll is in leadership meetings.  Recently, they have been learning about morse code and roman numerals.  Here are presentations created by Jessica, Finlay and Oscar to share their learning:



Tuesday 2 June 2020

Videos and Padlets

Vocanoes - a Provocation for Our Inquiry

Today, during a quiet spell of writing, I put this video up on our TV (thanks to Auckland Museum for this simulated video of volcanic activity near Rangitoto Island).  It's a provocation for our Year 6 Inquiry about volcanoes.  The aim was to catch the learners by surprise... and I think I was fairly successful.  

After watching the video a few times, the learners were invited to think like scientists - what did they see, think and wonder?  This thinking was recorded on a Padlet.  Here's the result: