Thursday, June 23, 2016

Learning in Tirohanga in the past week or 2...

Apologies for the lack of posts recently. Tirohanga have been working super hard as usual, so here is a BIG post of all the things we have been doing.
Be prepared to see AMAZING learners...

 FMS with Coach Manu. We have learnt the steps to balance successfully and are now learning how to do an overarm throw.






 Maths - lots of awesome skip counters in Tirohanga. Learning to skip count to help us solve multiplication problems.








 Reading - William and the Pukeko group read "You Can Make a Happy Cake". William and his Mum made the happy cake at home and shared it with the class. Thanks William!
 

           

 Uenuku Opening - We were lucky enough to spend some time in the new Uenuku building on Thursday. We paired up with an Uenuku class member who showed us around their awesome new learning space. Lots of us are hoping to be in there next year!

 

During our learning we think it is also good to enjoy having a good laugh. Mr. Kees had a great laugh so much that he was rolling on the floor, crying happy tears! (That's our new favourite saying).



For our Inquiry Topic - Native Birds - we have decided to construct bird houses. We are doing this in pairs that we have chosen ourselves. Here we are making a plan for our houses. Included in our plan is a picture of our intended house, what we will need to make it and how we are going to attract birds to it. There was some fantastic Whakawhanaungatanga happening during this! 

 

 

 

 


On Friday's we usually have a treat of playing Kahoot - a quiz that Miss Buchanan makes online. We all have a device to use and log in to the site. We answer the questions using our device and can see our points at the end!


Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Zoo Trip

Wow what an amazing day we have had at the Zoo!!
Thank you to all of the awesome parents that came along, we couldn't have done it without you.
If you have any photos from the zoo please send them to buchananc@glenbrook.school.nz (Miss Buchanan) or ask me for a USB stick to put them on. I am going to put up a photo display wall in class and add some to the blog to.
Another fantastic day of learning - you rock Tirohanga!!

(click on the photo to zoom up and see if you can spot yourself!)