Sunday, March 26, 2017

JUMP JAM

Our Year 8 Leaders are doing a fantastic job of running Jump Jam at F.F.W time and this week many classes joined in - with enthusiasm I might add. Great to see so many of the teacher's and teacher aides joining in, and the youngsters in the front row trying really hard to learn the moves.


Saturday, March 25, 2017

International Teams in North Canterbury a First

Blacksticks beaten 6-2 by USA
Unfortunately our hockey girls couldn't pull off a win today but they have another chance tomorrow against a well drilled American team. Both girls who visited our school yesterday played well and Kirsten scored one of the two goals for NZ.

This is the first time ever that North Canterbury has hosted an international team in any sport apparently. Story in the Press today.


Friday, March 24, 2017

Black Sticks Visit

Kirsten Pearce and Kelsey Smith Visit.

In between trainings two of the black sticks visited us for a short time at school today. Both girls were delightful and happily answered all the children's questions. We wish them luck in their two games against USA this weekend at the new Rangiora hockey turf.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

TAGUL

My new favourite classroom web tool.



Tagul allows you to create amazing pictures using words. Similar to wordle but it puts the words into creative little pictures. This word cloud was created by Lily
Our new learning hub name, Kōtare or the Kingfisher. A great tool, even managed to create a really cool card for my soon to be 80 year old Mum. The class have been creating word clouds about Rangiora and the many things this area has to offer.
Guess what Harry likes most about Rangiora???









Kōtare Learning Hub

Kōtare - the Kingfisher

It has taken a few weeks but we have finally come up with our new team name before moving into our new flexible learning space. This beautiful little blue bird is to be our symbol and team name for the next few years. You will see why we have chosen this little, vibrantly coloured, bird, when you first visit our very 'blue' new space. 

Everyone is getting a little excited now about the move as it seems to have taken so long to actually happen. Teachers are busily planning how the new space will work most effectively and what type of furniture we may need.

Camp is just around the corner for our team of 74 children and we just hope for a bit warmer weather that week.

As part of our writing program we have shared postcards with a class in the North Isalnd. We received our postcards from St Joseph's School in Pukekohe today and the kids had a great time putting together the puzzle these created. Need to do this type of activity more often. Our next correspondence will be letters to the children at the orphanage in Pokhara in Nepal - kids seem excited to be writing to Nepal again as many of them did this last year as well.



When we put the postcards together this was the message. Loved the colour the Pukekohe students  added to their work.
All very focussed on piecing the puzzle together.