Rangoli Art with Nature

 

Community Care

Every class at Sunnyhills School has a role to play when it comes to looking after our school's environment.  Room 1 is responsible for cleaning up the pathway between Rooms 1 & 2 and the hall, as well as along the boundary fence line at the end of our field.  

There were many weeds growing in the garden on the bank behind Room 1, so we decided to spend some time to pull out as many weeds as we could - and pick up any rubbish (fortunately there wasn't too much).  It has been raining recently, so the ground was relatively soft which made it easy to pull out the weeds.  Also, it was a gorgeous spring day so we were quite happy to spend some time outside of our classroom.

We filled up many paper bags with weeds and the bank looks much better than it was. 

Community Care 👍

Narrative Starters

Sometimes it's difficult to start writing a story. We get a 'brain block' and stare at the blank sheet of paper while time ticks on.  This can happen to all of us.  So, this week, we have been learning about different ways to start our story writing with 'great beginning strategies'.  These are:

• Action and dialogue
• Ask a question
• Describe the setting
• Begin with background information
• Have the main character introduce himself or herself

We had a go at using each starter strategy with the same photo prompt.  Here are our 'action and dialogue' starters.  

Now that we have a few story starters to consider when beginning our story writing, we hope to not be faced with that problematic blank piece of paper again. 

Cross Country (and Apple Clips)

 I've taken some time during Lockdown to follow some of my own passions and explorations.  One of these was to learn how to use Apple Clips.  This is a cool way to produce and share short videos and photos with others.  I wonder how we could use it in class to share our learning and understanding of new concepts?  Perhaps it could be used to upload learning evidence to Spotlight?  I'm looking forward to seeing what the learners in Room 1 create.

Morning Meeting - Friday 28th August

 

Morning Meeting - Thursday 27th August

 

Morning Meeting - Wednesday 26th August

 

Morning Meeting - Tuesday 25th August

 

Morning Meeting - Monday 24th August

 

Morning Meeting - Friday 21st August

A Time to Shine

Morning Meeting - 20.8.20

 

Morning Meeting - Wednesday 19th August

 

Morning Meeting - Tuesday 18th August

Morning!  

Here's to another awesome day of learning.  Looking forward to viewing your Flipgrid video of your Spoken Word.   Keep an eye on your email inbox for the Google Meet timetable that I'll be sharing with you today.  

Morning Meeting - 17.8.20

Kia Ora!

Welcome to sunny Monday!  This morning video is a bit lengthy, but it has important information about expectations for learning and Google Meets.  I encourage you to set up a timetable for learning, physical activity, and family time.  This will help you to be organised and complete all the 'Must Dos' on time. 

As always, please email me if you have a question or wish to share your learning.

Morning Meeting - 14.8.20

Morena!

Day 2 of lockdown at Level 3.  How was Day 1 for you? It was my daughter, Alice's birthday yesterday and we had planned to visit Commercial Bay in the city to celebrate, but we had to change our plans for dinner at home.  It was much quieter than the usual birthday celebration with no grandparents, friends and my other daughter is stuck just over the Auckland border in Tuakau. She is staying with friends so that she can be closer to work and doesn't have to deal with a 'check at the border' every day.  

It certainly has been a year for adapting to change. All the more reason to dip into moments of mindfulness and check the wellbeing of not only yourself but also family and friends.  Take care.

Morning Meeting - 13.8.20

Kia ora!  

In addition to Maths Buddy, we have the Maths Week website.  It is full of fabulous activities that you might like to have a go at.  The link is:

https://www.mathsweek.co.nz

You can also find a link to this on the 'Driving Your Learning' slide that is on the home page of our class website (access this by clicking on the link at the top of this blog page.

Buddy Time

Earlier in the year, we met up with our buddies from Rooms 9, 9a, and 13.   Buddy Time is a great opportunity for us to make connections across the school with other learners and also develop our GEMS through play, design and creating.

Here's a snapshot of what we have been up to:

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:

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:

Link to video, if you would like to watch in full screen.

Share and Shine

Here's some videos and photos to illustrate some of the amazing learning that took place during our Lockdown Learning at the beginning of Term 2.