Welcome back!
Fakaalofa lahi atu kia mutolu oti! Welcome back to our first week of home learning in the the last term of the year. We were online since Monday and officially started our home learning on Wednesday. We've managed to get 7 of our 12 students back online and I hope we're able to get more numbers after Labour Day weekend.
I have enjoyed seeing my students after a two-week break and hearing what they've been up to. Given we're still at Alert Level 3, we are limited to where we can go. Students have mostly kept safe in their bubbles playing with their families.
This term is also the last term for our Year 8 students Pita, Jairus and Sonny as they head off to high school next year. I look forward to making it a really memorable one for them!
One thing we have all enjoyed is the social aspect being online gives us. Whanaungatanga, an ability to stay connected.
Room 7's Blog Star of the Week
Meet Pita! He has been a great advocate for sharing his learning online and displayed great enjoyment being reconnected with his classmates. Head over to his blog and see the amazing learning journey he has been on this week, as well as during the school holidays. Malo aupito, fakaaue lahi ma lou!
Niue Language Week
This week was Niue Language Week. I was proud to celebrate this with my students because I am from Niue. Each day this week we watched a different video about Niue island, culture and our favourite - food! After each video, I quizzed my students on their "niu" knowledge. We also had a couple of Kahoot! quizzes to keep things entertaining.
The other task we worked on today was creating our own Niue posters, which were also featured on our school Facebook page.
Reading: Maui by Andre Ngapo
Our focus text was "Maui" by Andre Ngapo, a local story about a family who goes fishing to "recharge their batteries". Our learning intention was practising how to retrieve and use information in a text to support our thinking, opinions and ideas. This is our shared example; see also the greatness from Malachi and Renei.
Writing and Cybersmart Challenge #25: Attributing Images
This week's cybersmart challenge was a tricky one to complete but we definitely learned a few new tricks. It is important to attribute the work of any one else you use in your own learning, so that the original source is recognised. Failing to do so could look like you are claiming someone else's work as your own - that's not very fair, is it!
Renei's Attributing Images Challenge
Hone's Attributing Images Challenge
Maths with Mrs Allan
This is Malachi's learning for maths this week with Mrs Allan
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