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Mathematical Shops in Room 13

Many of us are finding it challenging to learn our facts to and within 10 and adding on or subtracting 10 (recalling basic facts help us in other areas of Mathematics).

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Posted in TeHuka; Tagged Mathematics, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols Text, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 months ago By Mandy Woodcock

Passionate Performers

Passion Projects are a project-based learning experience where the group’s interests, strengths and passions are developed with guidance from the teacher.

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Posted in TeHuka; Tagged English, Drama, The Arts, Music, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols Text, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Dance, Learning Languages; Posted 3 months ago By 13 & 14, Junior Kapa Haka, Leanne Jackson and Rooms 12

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Delectable Dazzling Dinosaurs

We also learnt that dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago, before humans even existed! Our minds found it hard to comprehend exactly how long ago this really was.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Science, Mathematics, English, The Arts, Technology, Using Language Symbols Text, Participating Contributing, Thinking; Posted 3 months ago By Shannen Neal

17 Paige and Indie J pressing play dough into the bottom of their container2

Natural Disaster (Lemon Volcanoes)

Room 5 nearly had a natural disaster on their hands as they did a scientific investigation to create lemon volcanoes. The results were delightfully messy.

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Science, Material World, Using Language Symbols Text, Participating and Contributing, Investigating in Science; Posted 3 months ago By Olivia Graham and Room 5

Fingerprints and the Police

Before reading they talked about what they might already know about fingerprints (activating prior knowledge).

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Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Science, English, Managing Self, Using Language Symbols Text, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 months ago By Sherryl Crawford

Awesome Real life learning

To further their exploration of this idea we arranged for them to construct and build a kitset desk by themselves without any adult intervention, using the instructions and their own amazing skills.

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Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Mathematics, English, Managing Self, Using Language Symbols Text, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Science, Technology; Posted 3 months ago By Angel Chauval-Smith and Room 9

Visual timetables: supporting children’s learning and behaviour

A visual timetable or timeline is a visual representation of a task or a child’s schedule through the day.

Posted in Deputy-Principal; Tagged Managing Self, Using Language Symbols Text, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 months ago By Joanne Burch and Temple Grandin

Will It Dissolve?

We also talked about making predictions. We learned that a prediction is a guess

Mathsmatters - Keen Students in Training

Students to warm up with a number based mental agility problem before tackling some themed, real-life math word problems.

Posted in Mathsmatters; Tagged Mathematics, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols Text, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 4 months ago By Colleen Green

Magnetic Science

This links to our mathematics focus of giving and following directions and our science focus of investigating to extend our experiences and personal explanations of the physical world.

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