Potu o a'oaoga - The Learning Room

Talofa! We are a collaborative class with year 1-3 students and three teachers. This is our first year of collaborative teaching and we have been making some exciting new discoveries and implementing some great new ideas including this blog. The learning that is published here is a work in progress and a way to show the steps we are making in our learning. There will be mistakes, wonderings, and celebrations of achievement. Please enjoy the learning we are sharing with you in all its forms!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Art attack collage!

This week we have been learning about a famous artist called Monet. We have been re creating his work using collage, pastels and finger painting! Here are the beginning stages of our collages!

Art-Shading

Today we drew a fruit bowl and had to shade the areas where the light hit and created shadows. It was very tricky! But everyone was extremely resilient and tried our personal best.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Back into Maths

Potu has rearranged it's maths groups! We are very excited in the Room 6 maths groups to be getting our understanding of our maths basic facts revised so everyone can see our learning.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Shake Out

Today we had the 'New Zealand Shake Out'. This was our chance to practice what we would do in an earthquake. We had to DROP! COVER! HOLD. After the drill we all met on the court in our classes.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Measuring a Pirate Ship

We have been learning about 1 metre. We have found things measuring 1m, less than a metre and more than a metre.
Today we spent time drawing a Pirate Ship that had certain measurements. We all have a better understanding what a metre is and how to measure different lengths.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Kiwi Can Prize Giving.

Today we were fortunate enough to attend our end of term kiwi can prize giving. Well done to all those amazing people who managed to get a prize for all their hard work over the term. Kai pai Hornby Hikers!