Manukau, one of the three classes who make up Te Waka Ako (the canoe of learning) are a digital class. This meant that for many of our Year 5s, new to the senior school, got to unbox their new learning device. Once we discussed how to best look after these valuable resources we were underway. All students did an amazing job bookmarking and accessing their learning on our new Te Waka Ako syndicate site.
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Getting to know each other has been a big focus for us over the three days. We have participated in a design challenge. We had to create a shelter for one teammate using newspaper, string and tape that could withstand high winds (Dave's leaf blower). This really got us thinking, talking and doing. Check out the photos below.
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Mr Rattenbury, our new Waitemata teacher led us through a definition of learning. This helps set us up for a successful year as we know what we need to do to help ourselves learn. We have also touched on our new Inquiry theme of Curiosity. We have already found out that we are curious about lots of things and we look forward to exploring this more over the coming weeks and year.
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| Oscar's DLO describing our definition of learning for this year. |
We look forward to sharing our learning with you throughout 2018, please check back regularly.
Blog you later.
Kia ora Manukau,
ReplyDeleteNau mai, haere mai, welcome to Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu for 2018. I am excited that your class has joined a group and I will get to check out your blog on a regular basis. My name is Tania and I am the organiser of Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu. I live in Whangarei, not far from where you live in Auckland, just a couple of hours north, as long as there is no traffic! It sounds like your first few days have been very exciting - new chromebooks, new learning site and team challenges! I bet the leaf blower in class was a new thing for many :-) I'm sure you are going to have an amazing year learning and I can't wait to read more.
Ngā manaakitanga
Tania