Sunday, November 22, 2015

Being A Learner and Being Respectful and Responsible: Kakano's trip to Willowbank

We went to Willowbank to take part in the Kō Tane experience and to learn about animals.  Room One, Two and Three went to  Kō Tane first and then they went around the park in groups.  Our students made the most of this learning opportunity and asked lots of questions.  We all had a lovely day and each of us had a different favourite animal for different reasons.  

Highlights were seeing the Kiwi close up, a real Tuatara, feeding the Eels, hearing the Cockatoo talk, seeing the baby animals and seeing the Kea on Miss Collins' shoulder.  

Sasha's Dad was our Chief and led us onto Kō Tane.  We learnt poi, haka and te rakau and then we shared our learning with the rest of our group.  

What a great day!  A huge thank you to all of the parents who came along and helped!





































Being A Learner: The 2016 New Entrants Visit Room One

This week we have had our 2016 New Entrants visiting Room One with Mrs Moore, Miss Collins and Mrs Tizzard.  It has been lovely meeting the new students and their whānau.  These students are coming from lots of different preschools and kindergartens so it is lovely for them to spend some time together and get to know each other.  We have learnt the letter Ss this week and we made snakes and read about sunflowers, then we planted our own sunflower seed to take home and grow.  
These students will all start school on the first day of 2016. 
Welcome to Linwood North School!  


Sunday, November 1, 2015

Being A Learner: Maths Games to Support our Learning

This week we are using QR Codes on the iPads or websites on the computer to reinforce our learning in Maths.  Here are the links that we are using so akonga (learners) can access their learning from anywhere.  

Here are the QR codes.  These are great as they take you straight to the website, providing you have a QR Code Reader (downloadable for free).  
If you click the game name, it will take you to the website too.