Term 4 Week 3 "Clock Out"

My most grateful moment this week was R7 Eggs on Toast. I enjoyed doing something different with my class to celebrate the end of the week. It was also good to see a more positive lift in spirits this week from my class. ALSO really great to hear from Krista by email. She is doing good working on her home learning pack and trying her best with Education Perfect. I hope the rest of my class are also taking care of themselves. 

I also enjoyed playing "sock-etball" on Monday with my class. That was a cool way to start the week! 

I'm on the look out for more Fun Friday tasks we can do, so if you've got any suggestions let us know. 

Online learning: This week I took part in a few more of Mrs Allan's maths sessions. The slide deck below shows what we've been working on. One really cool site we did today was Tran Towers on Transum. It is like an online escape room. I enjoyed seeing different students help each other out to solve the questions while trying to escape the dungeon. That or watching them "break into jail" then having to sit out for 30 seconds. Be warned, this game is highly addictive! 

Week 9 Update: How Maui Slowed the Sun, Area and Perimeter of Rectangles and 30-second news

The following examples of high effort learning are courtesy of Malachi, Pita and Sonny. Click here to see some more of our "Quick shots of Learning" which happen throughout the week.  

For maths today, Malachi, Sonny and I worked on finding the area and perimeter of rectangles. We worked together using Transum at Level 1. 

We've also been kept up to date with R7's 30-second News. 

Yesterday, we started our narrative writing by retelling of "How Maui Slowed the Sun". Our goals for writing included using narrative structure and adding relevant detail to our key ideas. This lesson was inspired by a Maori artist who uses sand and an illuminated lightboard to create uniquely interesting and Maori-inspired artwork to tell a story.