Swimming

Everyone at Kirikiriroa ki te rāwhiti te kura (Hamilton East School) gets a chance to swim in our newly painted swimming pool. We sometimes get to have a free swim at lunchtime.

We are learning to float on our fronts and our backs. We are also learning how to blow out bubbles and breathe when we are doing freestyle.

Things we like to do are dolphin dives, floating on our backs, using the boards, splashing lots when we are kicking, gliding across the pool and free time at the end of our lesson.

Taakaro Time

Taakaro time is when we get to explore, build, create, construct, design and direct our own learning. There was lego with other large building blocks, cars, dinosaurs, shells, driftwood, rocks, playing cards, coloured card, paper, stamp cutters for us to use.
Have a look at the photos and see what the tauira were doing.

     

 

 

     

How many house of cards can you make

 

So much creativity. I noticed people persevering with tasks when they got tricky. Other tauira were learning how to work with others and solve problems together. It was great to see so much self directed learning.

Play

Your Own Learning or e-ako

Bitmoji

Project Energize - Home Play Challenge

Have a look at the Project Energize website and became active doing the Home Play Challenges with ProJoe and Spoke.
When you have completed a task, take a photo, video or write about it on your own blog.

Cross Country 2017

What a beautiful day to run cross country. Lots of excited kids, nervous kids but most of all kids with a fantastic attitude. I was very proud of all the tamariki that achieved their own personal goals. Great to see everybody cheering and supporting their friends.

Kea Hub Genius Hour

Kea hub is running Genius Hour on a Friday afternoon. Students working with Whaea Kat are working on an inquiry that has an environmental focus.
We have got our big questions and our now working together on our subsidiary questions.
A lot of discussions are happening. Such an exciting vibe across the hub.

Tuakana - Teina Buddy Reading

We are lucky enough to have Whaea Robyn and her class Akomanga Tahi as our buddy class. We are working on building our friendships with them. It is a lot of fun to read with our buddies. At the moment the weather is warm and sunny so we can read out in the playground too.

Did you know that there are 3 ways to read a book?
You can:
1. Read the pictures
2. Read the words.
3. Retell the story.

Self Portraits - Part One

There was a few steps to be able to get to the final art piece.

First we placed a piece of paper over the top of an A4 head shot photo of ourselves, so that we could trace the outline of our head, faces and shoulders. We found it easier to lean on a window to be able to see the picture more clearly.

Next we went over the pencil with black sharpie.

Geek Out

Geek Out is a time to explore technology to help us with our learning. We can increase our knowledge on how to use Chrome books more effectively, use the iPad to create books and movies. We can use the maker space in Room 10 in a creative way. We can work with our friends in other classes to learn how to juggle, play new games, share our ideas and to read.

Chilling on the bean bags, reading with a friend.

Board Games with friends in Room 9.

Maker Space.

Choosing the best place to sit - sometimes it's the couch, sometimes the whiteboard table.

Learning how to juggle.

Playing cards.

Maker space in Room 10