Tonui Collab

Last week we had a visit from the amazing team at Tonui Collab. Shannon worked with the Senior team on coding and programming micro-bits to run motors. . Students then worked to create a 'vehicle' using popsicle sticks and wheels, to carry the microbits and make them move, as programmed. 

The collaboration, communication and co-operation was as always, amazing to see. Check out our micro-bit vehicles in action!

TECH CREATIONS

Tech is well under way this year with new rotations of students getting hands on and creative in the sewing, woodwork and Food Tech rooms.

Sewing students are refining their expertise on the sewing machines, hard at it making lounging pants, Wood work students are learning new skills with a range of tools, creating dice.  Food tech students are utilising the abundance of produce growing in our school gardens and last week learnt the skills of preserving, by making delicious courgette pickle.

Blogging Statistics

Today in Cybersmart we were learning how to use digital statistics tools.  We added data about our blogging history and used this data to create a graph.

I enjoyed customising my graph to make the columns 3D, bright and colourful.  The layout features really make a difference to how easy it is to read the data and make the graph visually appealing.

My next step is to use this tool during maths with the class, gathering data and graphing some information to tie into our bike track project.

Perhaps we could gather data from the rest of the school around what features they would like to see in our new bike track?

I can see that my blog posts were non-existant in January.  I know this was because summer was flat stick on the farm, then we were off to the beach camping and I did not blog over this time.

It is easy to see Hayley has been our outstanding class blogger.  This is because she was part of the Summer Learning Journey and was the star blogger of our school!  Hayley blogged 89 times more than me over the past year.

I am surprised to see that most children have over 20 blog posts each...we are certainly are becoming better bloggers.

My Pepeha

Today in Cybersmart we were learning to create a virtual tour of our Pepeha, using Tour builder and Screencastify.
It was challenging at times to find the specific location of certain landmarks but also a lot of fun to watch the tour zoom in on places that are so familiar to me.
My next step is to use screencastify to add my voice to my pepeha.

What is the area of the top block?

Our intention this year is for Room 4 students to head outdoors every Friday, to apply their classroom leaning to some practical Maths tasks.  Last Friday we took the opportunity to further develop our understanding of perimeter and area, by measuring equipment and outdoor areas, using a range of measurement tools.

If the rugby field measures 100m by 70m, what is the perimeter?

Can you work out the area using these measurements?

If it takes Mr De la Haye 15 minutes to mow 1000 square metres of lawn, how long will it take hime to mow the entire rugby field?

Brightening up our classroom

2020 started with a blank canvas in Room 4!  We have begun to fill our walls with vivid colour and creativity.

Mrs Fishers sunflowers provided the inspiration for sunflower paintings and poetic writing.  Pastel and dye was used in a koru design to represent 'My Whanau'.

Should Koalas be introduced to NZ? What do you think?

Today we were reading the opinions of Gisborne citizens, 'Out on the street' in a local opinion poll.  The question they were being asked was, "Do you think it would be a good idea to introduce Koala to New Zealand's eucalyptus plantations following the Australian wild fires?"

We shared our opinions using the tool 'Flipgrid'.
What do you think about Koala living in New Zealand?