Te Reo Wero - Mahora Values

Hey kids, rewind the learning we did earlier in the week with Miss Smith, to help you with your Homework wero (challenge). The video of our session with Miss Smith is below.

 Let's see if we can have everyone knowing the Maori translation and correct pronunciation for our School Values...AND...the beautiful meanings behind these words.

SELF, RESPONSIBILITY, and CONNECTED

We're great learners in the Dream Team! The children have been learning A LOT of new routines over the past three weeks and now they can quickly fall into these, so that they can get on with their learning. They know what it should look like and sound like.

They are also getting faster at organising themselves and their tools, and are also quick to pack up/tidy up so that they can head off to their well-deserved break on time.

Well done Dream Team! I'm impressed with how you are showing the school values of SELF, RESPONSIBILITY and CONNECTED.

Working on their Maths

Learners as Teachers

The children have been learning how to give effective peer feedback and feedforward to each other. They use the Success Criteria (What Counts) to help them and they only focus on what the person has been working on (e.g. the learning intention, WALT or learning goal).

We talked about how this helps our learning and how important it is to be specific about what their peer has done well and what their peer needs to focus on next.

Introducing Mr Meehan

We are very fortunate to have EIT Candidate Teacher, Mr Bronson Meehan, completing his 5-week teaching practicum in the Dream Team.

Mr Meehan is in his 3rd year of teachers training. Prior to this he was the Sports Coordinator at a school in Napier and is a keen cricketer.  Mr Meehan has been visiting our class over the last 3 weeks and as of Monday, he will be in everyday. The children are enjoying having him in our class and they always look forward to his daily brain buster and fun outdoor games.

We all can't wait for Monday!

Digital Citizenship

The children brainstormed what they knew about being safe and responsible online, then sorted their ideas into two groups.  They sure know a lot about being a responsible, digital citizen!  These helped us to form our expectations for when using technology. Discussions around Digital Citizenship will be ongoing and part of our everyday learning.

Tuakana-Teina

We had a great time getting to know our new Teina class, Piki Pod 16 (Mrs McKinley's class). There's only a handful of them at the moment but their class is growing in numbers by the day.

We were really impressed with their soccer skills during our game of 4-ball soccer. They got stuck in and took on the Dream Team.  It was really lovely to see the Dream Team taking care of their wee friends and to make sure they had fun (our games are usually more competitive when we're playing against each other).

For our wonderful Teina class; they now have many familiar faces in the Senior Team that they count on if they need a hand with something.

We are looking forward to our next catchup soon!

Catching the Art Deco Buzz

Big thanks to Sharon Jenkinson (and her Art Deco friends) for treating us to a ride in their cars.
Sharon's daughter Shona was a Year 6 at Mahora last year.