H24 Blog's Video on Thursday, 24 November 2016

H24 Blog's Post on Friday, 18 November 2016

H24 and H25 Can collection for Salvation Army 2017 We have managed to collect 142 cans of food to give to the Salvation Army to help those in need!!

H24 Blog's Photo on Thursday, 17 November 2016

Congratulations to Catherine and Rylee on their Citizenship Cups

Christmas Picnic Song

H24 Blog's Post on Tuesday, 25 October 2016

H24 and H25 Performing the Haka

H24 Blog's Post on Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Mahi Raranga

H24 Blog's Post on Tuesday, 25 October 2016

H24 and H25 using the Pumoana

H24 Blog's Post on Tuesday, 25 October 2016

H24 and H25's Trip to the Marae Leaning about the Wharenui

H24 Blog's Photo on Tuesday, 25 October 2016

H24 Blog's Photo on Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Inquiry Term 4

Get Resourced: Define, duplicate, list, name, recall, tell, find, describe - Gaining the information we need.  Week 3-4

	TASK	What to use	Child sign	Teacher sign
A1	Choose a mountain in New Zealand. Find out: How it was formed? What makes it a mountain?	Popplet
A2	Find out about the Waikato River. Where does it originate? Where does it flow to? What makes it a river?	Popplet
A3	What are lakes? How are they formed?	Popplet (Use one Popplet for all of A1, A2 and A3)		Post it on your blog
A4	Share your Pepeha with your class / small group

Get Organised: Explain, Compare, Discuss, Predict, Outline, Restate - Understanding our Information Week 5 & 6

	TASK	What to use	Child sign	Teacher sign
B1	Compare two places (rivers or mountains or lakes or islands) within New Zealand - similarities/differences	Venn Diagram - A3
B2	Retell a myth or legend, selecting the main points to include in a  comic strip.	Reading books/presented as artwork

Get on to it!  Examine, Classify, Solve, Investigate, Explain - Applying and analysing our information. Week 6-8

	TASK	What to use	Child sign	Teacher sign
Your case study. Choose one geographical feature in New Zealand. Eg. Mountain, lake, river.
C1	Investigate your chosen place. Explain the relationship between the Maori people and this area. Why is special / sacred. In the past, how did Maori use this area? Are there any myths linked to this area?	Case Study Template
C2	Draw a Picture to summarise your investigation (This can be your book cover page)

Looking Back & Looking forward : Justify, Rate, Decide, Choose, Plan, Imagine, Invent, Construct. Reflecting and Creating using our information. Week 9-10

	TASK	What to use	Child sign	Teacher sign
D1	Write your own legend about your chosen place using all the information you have in your case study.	Picture Book Or Educreations		Post it on your blog
D2	Plenary - reflection What happened and why? What didn’t happen and why? What could you do differently next time?	Inquiry Book / Blog post

Drama

Life Education Visit

  

Congratulations Ben!!

Congratulations to Ben for the Citizenship Cup for our Zone.

Moon Inquiry for Term 3

Get Resourced:Define, duplicate, list, name, recall, tell, find, describe - Gaining the information we need.  Week 3-4

	TASK	What to use	Child	Teacher
A1	Find out about how: The earth rotates around the sun OR The earth rotates on its own axis and is tilted OR The relative position and size of the earth, moon and sun OR The moon orbits the earth and rotates on its own axis.	Blendspace with 3 websites, 2 images, and 1 video clip. Present back to the class.
A2	Find a picture of the phases of the moon, add it to ThingLink, create tags to describe the phases.	ThingLink
A3	Complete a moon diary recording your observations. AND Record the high tide and low tide times each day. Write a definition of what tides are?	Inquiry books Class Blog

Get Organised: Explain, Compare, Discuss, Predict, Outline, Restate - Understanding our Information Week 5-6

	TASK	What to use	Child	Teacher
B1	Write an explanation about how the phases of the moon affect the tides.	Writing book
B2	Make a graph of the times  of high and low tides, using tide tables online.	Google Sheets
B3	Compare and contrast moon phases of one other planet and Earth’s Moon phases. OR Compare and contrast the earth moon and sun such as their size, gravitation pull, make up	Venn Diagram Triple Bubble Diagram in your inquiry book

Get on to it!  Examine, Classify, Solve, Investigate, Explain - Applying and analysing our information Week 7-8

	TASK	What to use	Child	Teacher
Your question :
C1	Investigate and explain your question.	Inquiry Book
C2	Draw a diagram to go with your explanation or construct a model to show what you have learnt	Inquiry Book
C3	Create a google slide presentation to go with your explanation.	Google Slides

Looking Back & Looking forward : Justify, Rate, Decide, Choose, Plan, Imagine, Invent, Construct. Reflecting and Creating using our information. Week 9

	TASK	What to use	Child	Teacher
D1	Create a Kahoot Quiz that demonstrates what you have learnt and the relationship between the earth, moon and sun.	Kahoot  www.getkahoot.com
D2	Reflect on what learning muscles you have used during this inquiry and which ones you want to prioritise in your next term’s inquiry.	Complete survey Reflection in inquiry book