PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING

This week we are learning about doing our fair share of the work.

If we are going to be great team members we need to do our fair share of the work.

We are learning about 'dirty work' and 'donkey work' and we know someone has to do it. So we are trying hard to do our fair share of the work when it's classroom clean up and we are also learning to clean up after ourselves.

Last week we learnt about being reliable team members. Here are some of our reflections -

• WALT to be reliable, so I had to change my attitude at dance.  I had to take my hands out of my pockets and be a reliable partner for De'Quante.  Now I have learnt that it's more fun when I participate with the right attitude, so I will keep on doing this. 
• WALT to be reliable, so I helped Mum with gathering up the groceries.
• WALT to be reliable, so I enjoyed dance more because I was doing the right thing.  When I dance properly I like it.  Now I will be a reliable person, by doing dance properly and holding anyone's hand.   
• WALT be reliable, so I know what to do and when to do it at reading time.  I am very reliable.  Now my learning is going really well, so I'm going to keep being reliable by knowing what I am meant to be doing and when I'm meant to be doing it. 
• WALT be reliable, so I know that I need to remember my reading book and KIT book to be a reliable team member in my reading group.  Now I am going to work harder to remember my reading book and KIT book and I must remember to read and write at home too.

We are being great team members!

LITTLE MISS HELPFUL

To show we are reliable team members in Room 4 we know we should be helpful to others.  We all like being helpful, but we have a little bit to learn about this. 

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We need to learn about being helpful, because we don't want to make the same mistakes as 'Little Miss Helpful'.

TERM 2'S STAR STUDENT

A very difficult decision to make, but here they are:

Ashley and Ffion have shown fantastic attitudes to learning in term 2.  They have both experienced success in spelling, moving up more than one spelling list in the term.  They've achieved this, because they've both worked extremely hard at school and at home.  They are motivated to achieve.  They are a pleasure to work with during writing time, because they're keen to know their next steps and they work hard to make improvements to their writing.  And to top it all off, they're working hard in maths to learn their basic facts too.  Well done Ashley and Ffion, your hard work at home and school is paying off. 

PARTICIPATING AND CONTRIBUTING

Our key competency focus this term is participating and contributing.  This week we are working hard to be valuable team members. 

We brainstormed ideas about how to be valuable team members both in the classroom and around the school.

Who's showing they're reliable team members?  

Mrs Hunter noticed Devon being very reliable during classroom clean up.  Thank you Devon!

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OLD SCHOOL DAYS AND WAYS

One of last terms highlights was the visit from Isaac’s Nan Sargent.  She came to talk to us about ‘school in her day’.  Nan Sargent is 85 years old and she went to school in Lavooka, a small rocky island in Fiji. 

We were learning from the past – How and why do things change?  We were also learning about Relating to Others – in particular using our manners.  We had to be sure to say, ‘please’, ‘thank you’, and ‘excuse me’.  We had to listen carefully, know when to speak and when to listen, and we had to wait our turn. 

We learnt a lot about school in the past and what we learnt helped us to reach a decision. 

Devon decided that he’d rather be a student now.  Here is his persuasive argument.

School Days

I would definitely rather go to school now than in the 1930s, because corporal punishment was allowed back then.  You’d even get punished for getting an answer wrong.  Because of that I would have been afraid of the teacher and to put my hand up even if I thought I had the right answer.  I also think no one should be physically punished for getting an answer wrong. 

Now we have computers that make learning easier and we can go onto learning websites that make us want to learn.  It also means that we can publish our writing. 

Now teachers give us credit for what we do well.  In the past they punished us if our best wasn’t good enough.  It’s so much more fun and fair now and that’s why I would rather go to school in the present. 

Devon used the ‘What If’ thinker’s key to plan his writing.  He also used a PMI chart to note ‘plus, minus and interesting’ things about school in the past.   

ANIMATIONS

Last term we decided to get clever with ICT and we started creating our first animations. 

To help us understand about 'relating to others' we decided to read some of Aesop's Fables. 

Danielle, Ffion and Jorja created this animation for 'The Ant and the Chrysalis'.  They chose PowerPoint as their presentation method and unfortunately I am having trouble with adding to our blog.  However, it's too good not to share, so just flick through the pages and hopefully you'll get the idea. 

Make sure you keep watching, because we'll be making more animations soon and we'll be sure to use MovieMaker rather than PowerPoint as our presentation method.

Here is their story - 

Kuyper the Ant

One day Kuyper the ant was scurrying about in search of food.  Up above he saw something hanging from the leaf of a tree.  Kuyper did not know it was a chrysalis.  "Oh!  Your poor thing," exclaimed Kuyper.  "What a sad fate you have.  I have run anywhere I wish.  I can even climb mountains."  A few days later Kuyper came back that way again hoping to find more food.  Suddenly a cloud seemed to come over him and he felt a soft breeze.  What did he see this time?  One of the most beautiful butterflies he had ever seen.  His most pitied friend flew off in the breeze. 

The Ant and Chrysalis

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KEY COMPETENCIES

RELATING TO OTHERS

We are learning to be kind and caring.

What random acts of kindness can you indulge in during the holidays?

Why not start today - practice makes perfect!

Create a calendar and diary random acts that will display your kind and caring character traits to others. 


Leave a comment, sharing how others have shown random acts of kindness.