Term 4 begins

This term we are introducing Banqer to our class. Students apply for jobs and receive a wage/salary for the work done. They will be able to use the money they earn to purchase activities towards the end of the term.

This programme comes free of charge to schools because Kiwibank sponsors each NZ class. We hope everyone learns a little financial literacy and enjoys the real life scenarios Banqer offers us.

We were also lucky enough to win a Raspberry Pi over the holidays and will be spending some time getting to know a little bit more about what it is and what it can do. Hopefully we will be able to share a project once it is done!

Remember to keep your eyes open for upcoming details about camp, swimming, cricket, and more!

Nevaeh's Poetry

Song for Oakridge Villas

We are learning this song to sing to the residents on our trip. Practice, practice, practice. Remember we won't have the words in front of us when we get there.

Storybirds

Yesterday we learned how to use a new tool where we can create and publish our writing. We started out with writing poems. Here are two wonderful poems. That have been shared already!

Science fun

Whilst we have Mrs Johnston, who is a science whiz, we are enjoying some science activities on Wednesday afternoons. 

Take a look at some of the things we have been doing!

In week one we found out about the properties of bubbles. We discovered:

This week we looked at different properties of a variety of liquids.

Term 3! Raring to go

Last term we worked on a single piece of writing to persuade people to look after our favourite place for quite a few weeks. The results...AWESOME! Here are just a few of the examples of the finished pieces. Come in, take a look and read some of the amazing pieces.

Can't wait to see what we can do this term!

New Furniture!

No doubt you have already heard about the new furniture that arrived in the Zone this week. It's been a long wait but most of it is now here. We are still awaiting some new chairs and seating for our Zone library space.

 

This week's KORU value was Excellence and we have spent time thinking about what excellence is. Here is what we decided Excellence looks like for the learners of Zone 31.

Ways we can help each other be excellent

• Encourage each other to keep trying. Don’t let them give up.
• Listen to the speaker.
• Explain how to work things out rather than giving someone the answer.
• Help them by showing them where they can get some help from e.g. Khan Academy, posters on the wall, text books, Google Classroom
• Sitting and paying attention to what the learning is e.g. not talking, fidgeting, bumping
• Leave the X’s clear so the right people can sit on them.
• Share ideas with each other, give an example
• Don’t distract others when they’re trying to learn
• Give feedback and feedforward
• Use a learning buddy/partner