Bees Wax Wraps - Maunga

Team Maunga was really engaged in the process of beeswax wrap making and 2 groups of children decided to make a movie to share the process on how we would make them and created storyboards to show this.  They then recorded the rest of the class making their beeswax wraps.  They then went back and added to their storyboard.

Once the videos and storyboards were sorted, children worked with Mrs G on editing and trimming these in iMovie.  The groups worked hard on this and were able to cut movies down (Then Mrs G did cut a bit more out as well to make it a better length).  The next day the groups worked on their movies again recording and typing in the words from their storyboards.  Finally, the groups choose backing music and turned its volume down on this, so they could still hear their recorded words.

Here are the movies that have been created.

Subira, Evie, Quinn

Tommy, Tyler, Hawaiki

 

T-Shirts from Nana - EE uploads

Here are a couple of examples of Explain Everything that were completed last week as part of our reading program.  Last week was an extremely busy week for us with all our other activities going on at school, and Mrs G being out for a couple of days as well as Greats and Grands day.  

It is fantastic to see how independent some of our tamariki are getting at completing these tasks and uploading them to the right places.  Well done guys.  

We are hoping to have a few extra "T-Shirts from Nana" EE's added to our blog later this week, but enjoy these in the meantime.  Also, look out for this week's Honeymakers activity which will also link to our play make create T-Shaped literacy, reading and Beeswax wraps that we will be completed in class this week and next.

 

Evie

Subira

Greats and Grands 2020 - Maunga

 Greats and Grands 2020 was again a great hit with both grandparents and students.  It is such a fantastic opportunity to see these generations together and sharing/connecting with each other.  Grandparents a such an important connection to our students.  This year in team Maunga we even had 'fill-in grandparents' as some whanau couldn't make it due to our current COVID-19 situation.  To those grandparents who traveled from across New Zealand to be with us; thank you so much.

As normal our morning started with an assembly but today was a little bit different as this was in front of a large crowd of visiting grandparents.  We performed our kapa haka with Matua Dwayne's help.  It also rained while we were performing so we had to quickly move to an inside space to continue.  This did not phase us at all!  

When we got to the new space, it was time to share a few speeches about our special people.  Evie, Hawaiki-Roa, James, and Tyler did an amazing job of sharing their work.  We were all very nervous but did a great job.  (We will upload 3 of these as movies at the bottom of this post)

After our assembly, we took our grandparents back to our classes to have a look around and to present them with special Tonga we had created, and a card and story about them.  We also had made little bookmarks that said things like 'I love you'.  Our grandparents were excited about these and most wore their Tonga for the rest of the time.  Mrs G snapped some pictures of us before we all headed back around the front for some yummy Kai.

After our yummy Kai, we did a quick jump jam with our grandparents (even as it started raining again).  Our normal games had been called off due to the weather.  All in all it was a fantastic day, making memories with our grandparents.

James                            Evie                               Hawaiki

Engaging reading through Coding instructions

Here is take 2 of our trial of using instructions to engage our readers more.  The idea is that it provides a focus and a real context for children to use their reading skills in.

Here is their work.  Don't forget to comment and let us know what you think!

Tommy

Subira

Peri 

James 

Evie

Engaging Reading through Coding instructions

In reading we have been trialing lots of different things to excite our readers in class.  What we plan to do is to use instructions as a reading task and children need to follow the instructions to either make something or do something.  Today the task was to use a Scratch instruction card to make characters move and dance.

We think they have done a great job.  What do you think?

 

Evie

James 

 

Peri 

 

Subira

 

 

Tyler

Pic Collage Life cycle work

So far this term we have spent a week looking at the life cycle of the butterfly and also this week the life cycle of a frog.  Students decided they wanted to present some of what they had learned at our class assembly.  

Here is an example of some work that a couple of students created.  They were able to use word cards around the room to independently create pic collages to explain the life cycle of a frog and a butterfly.  We used them as part of our assembly presentation.  Well done Evie, Hannah, and Subira for your great work.

Watch out for other examples of this work, on our blog!

      

Hannah                                                Subira

Evie

Dr Sprocket Makes a Rocket

Here is a link to a couple of pieces of work children have created this week for Reading.  They are based around a shared book we have covered called Dr Sprocket makes a Rocket.  This was the basis of some of our Play, Make, Create that went alongside our reading.  This work was completed in Explain Everything which is a great creative learning tool but one we are only just getting use to using.  We hope you enjoy.

The first example is by James.  It is very exciting to see how he also included a poem on his last page where he is describing his own lego rocket construction.  This is fantastic as it shows how the different texts we are reading are helping us to feel engaged and learn about the topics we are covering in class.

Evie did a great job of clearly reading part of the story and explaining what her rocket creation is like.  Well done Evie!

Subira just did a great job all around with her explain everything as well.

Stop motion creations to publishing our writing

This week we were very excited about our publishing.  We had written stories about events on a farm and then we created a stop motion to show this.  We then recorded over the top our stories and this was our publishing.  We had so much fun.  It was hard work but we really enjoyed this experience.

Andrew

Colin

Evie

Peri

Evie and Tyler get 100% in List 2

Well done Evie and Tyler for getting 100% on list 2.  You now have an extra list added to your ring of words.  Well done.  You also got to choose the colour for the list 3 words cards.  Onwards and upwards.  

Keep practicing your lists everyone and this can be you too.  Remember that you must get 100% on the whole list before you can move up to the next level, not just all your spelling words for the week.  So keep practicing reading and writing ALL your list words.  They are also super helpful when writing little stories at school and at home.

Evie and her Ring of Words

Today Evie was tested on all her List 1 words.  She got them all correct and got her Ring of Words.  She is so proud of herself.  Keep up the effort Evie and you will soon be getting your List 2 words added to this ring.

Maunga Iti at the Library

Every Tuesday Maunga Iti visit the library. We return our books from the week before so we can take new ones home. Sometimes we ask Mrs C if we can have a book for another week because we don't get it finished before Tuesday. 

Today Mrs C spotted these wonderful learners reading quietly. They definitely know what to do in library time!