What have we been uptoo??

Te Kahu has been producing some amazing work while working from home. We have focused on ANZAC day, where students researched the Maori Battalion, listened to letters from the war and designed their own Poppies. In maths we have been focusing on shapes, area and perimeter. Everyone has been doing a wonderful job completing their tasks. We also held our first whanau quiz which was a great success and saw Milin's Whanau and Koby's Whanau take out the win.
I am looking forward to seeing more awesome home learning this week!
Keep it up Te Kahu

AREA & PERIMETER

For math last week we focused on area and perimeter, students in Te Kahu were given the challenge of creating a blueprint of their homes and including the area and perimeter for each room.  
Here are two floor plans from a couple of home learning superstars, Ryan and Piper. Didn't they do amazing!  

Piper. H

Ryan.T

PROCEDURAL WRITING

For our first week of home learning Te Kahu looked at procedural text. Their task was to choose a topic they wanted to teach to someone else and create a video and a piece of writing that would help do this. In their writing they had to make sure they used the correct chronological sequence, that they used detail and that their instructions were specific. 
Here is a link to Te Kahu's HOW TO Videos, Check it out! 

HOME LEARNING

Te Kahu is off to an awesome start with our new way of teaching and learning. Remember that all mahi is on our class site as well as the link to our class hangouts. I am loving seeing all of your faces everyday. 

Here is our weekly timetable for scheduled classes. Don't forget that there is lots of other awesome work and links available on our class site. 

Every day students will be filling out a timetable of their day and add in what they have worked on for class, completed at home and any other activities they have participated in. Keep up the great learning Te Kahu :)

WELCOME TO TE KAHU

PROBLEM SOLVING

In maths we have been working on our problem solving with additive and multiplicative questions. Each student was asked to choose 2 questions as a part of their contract and film themselves solving the problem and explaining their thinking. If you would like to check out our mahi try this link or try the QR code. 

MAHI TAHI - Week 5

This week for mahi tahi we decided to put our communication and critical thinking skills to the test. We were all put into groups and then began a task called Quizletics. This was a quiz with 20 questions that ranged from general knowledge, to maths, NZ history, literacy, RE and brain teasers. We had to collaborate together and use our 21st century learning skills to solve each question then run them to the teacher to be checked. 

All students worked together well and collaborated to make use of each others strengths. As a teacher I was very proud to see the students 21st Century skills in action. 

Well done seniors!