Growth Mindset Inquiry

Inquiry Term 1 2017

Fireworks Art

Fireworks with pastels and black paint on PhotoPeach

Cross Country

I was in my house  Miss Davenport took me to he line. I heard the clapper. I was 4th at the start then I got in 2nd.  Then I past Iosua into first then Charlie past me then I got 2nd at the finish. I felt happy because I was so close to 1st.
By Lincon

Taking Responsible risks

Taking responsible risks - feeling brave, feeling nervous, having fun, trusting each other

Our new class name - He Puna Whawha

Class Logo

LI: Can we create a class logo for our new name that shows a Puna - spring, the new name and what Whawha means (being hands on learners and becoming more independent)

First we looked at why we thought we had a new class name. Then we used the Maori dictionary to look up what the words puna and whawha meant. Miss Nation then challenged us to come up with a logo for our class. We looked at our school logo and decided what we needed to use for our logos. Then we drew our idea on a piece of paper. When we had done that we used google drawing to create our finished product.

Our Clever Maths thinking

Learning Investigation: Can I use maths thinking to find out how many points in my name?

Duffy Assembly

We enjoyed the Duffy Assembly with Mr Mac. He talked to us about the importance of staying in school and keeping on trying. Here we are looking at our Duffy books.

Penguin Diaries

We have been watching the penguin camera at Seaworld Orlando and writing down what they have been doing each week. Here are some of our diary entries.

Wednesday 16 March

Today I saw the penguin swimming and they swam so fast

they were like the flash. It was amazing I could not believe it.

By Caleb

Tuesday 22 March

Today I saw some penguin swimming in the deep water and they looked like they were having fun. They were swimming high swimming low and swimming everywhere and bubbles came shooting up when they were diving in.

By Kania

Communities

We have been learning about Communities. A community is a group of people who live together or have something in common. Here are some  google drawings we made of some different communities.

Room 9 Tihei Mauri Ora

All about me

We have been writing sentences about ourselves. We made a piece of art work to show our writing.

Swimming Skills

Learning Investigation - Can I float on my stomach using a flutterboard?  Can I float on my back using a flutterboard?   

Meet Room 9 2016

Meet Room 9 on PhotoPeach

Elf Yourself

Elf yourself

Superhero stories

Adventures  of  Super Levi

Super Levi can fly fast and he has laser eyes. He has a red  cape and he has powers and  gloves and red boots and he is helpful. He wears red undies.

One day Super Levi was flying through the sky and he heard screaming so he went down to the building and saved the people from the robbers in the shop. They said thank you Super Levi.
by Levi

Adventures of Super Sarah

Super Sarah was a hero that could save everyone in the town. She has long blonde hair and a pink suit. Super Sarah has purple and pink high heel shoes.

One day Super Sarah saw two giant ants trying to destroy the town. She punched them in the eyeball and they both ran home.

By Sarah

Athletics

Black Friday

Today we all came to school wearing black to show our support for the All Blacks. We made signs and put them on the front fence. We hope the All Blacks win the world cup!

Football Fun

We are having a football session every Wednesday afternoon for the next 5 weeks. We look forward to learning some new skills.

Sock Puppets

We have been practicing reading our poems at a good speed. Here are sock puppets we created using an app on the IPad to hear what we sounded like.

Sock puppets from Trudy Nation on Vimeo.