Choosing Our Next Topic To Learn About

Today we got given 3 hexagons. We had to write down 3 different topics that we would like to learn about. After we wrote them down we got into a big circle and shared our ideas. We put the topics into groups matched together.  the 2 other "Homerooms" have also done the activity. We will find out the top scoring topic ideas next week and see what we will be learning about in Term 3.

Punui-o-toka's FriYAY afternoon! (no sport)

Sport got cancelled today so we decided to do some fun and relaxing indoors activities for the afternoon. We had three stations: drawing/colouring in, art and the hall. 

At the drawing station, we got the opportunity to free draw which lots of us liked. Bailey drew supermen characters. Ethan coloured in a fox picture. 

In the wet space we did some finger painting. We created some pineapples and some winter trees. Corbi loved creating a pineapple because he liked the colours. Riansha enjoyed creating a winter painting because she got to be creative.

In the hall we got the option to shoot some hoops, look at Lucas's epic shot! This was a good way to release some energy!

It was a nice way to end a busy week!

Maths - Position and Coordinates

In maths we have been learning about directions and positions. Today we got a new task. We were pretending to be robots and giving each other directions and coordinates to travel from one square to another on a grid. We had to use vocabulary like, forward, back, right, left, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees and 360 degrees. We tested our instructions with a buddy and found that we sometime missed a whole lot out. Some people forgot to say turn left or right. We are still working on this and will update next week.

Hansel and Gretal Maps

Today in maths strand (geometry) we watched a video of someone reading the story 'Hansel and Gretal'. Once we finished the video we had to create a map using ideas from the story. On our maps, we included Hansels and Gretals starting points. They started from their house and went to the witches gingerbread house. Along the way there was a fire and various other obstacles we had to include in our map (trees, bridges, rocks and gates). Our squares had to connect side by side. Included below is a picture of Tyler's completed map.

Our Zones of Regulation Slide Shows

For the past few weeks we have been learning about the Zones of Regulation. This fits with our people power of Choose your attitude. The green zone is when your happy, calm and proud. The yellow zone is when you are worried, nervous or over excited. The blue zone is sad sick, tired or bored. The red zone is yelling angry and out of control. Knowing what zone we are in can help us to think of strategies to manage our emotions. You might find it helpful to look at our slide shows so you can think about what Zone you are in. Have you ever been in the red zone?