Week Two...

REMINDERS...  class swimming is every Friday.  ALL children are expected to participate in the Friday class swimming lessons, as we have a qualified swim instructor to assist us!

Lunchtime swims are on every Wednesday and the waterslide is up and running every Thursday.  

WHAKATAU...

What a fantastic ending we had to the second week of school.  
On Friday at 10.15 am the entire school gathered in the hall for the school Whakatau, to welcome new staff, students and families into the Huapai Learning Community.  Afterwards, we had a shared morning tea with our buddy class Room 13.  This proved to be a great opportunity for all of the students to meet one another in a more informal situation.

ROOM 20's HELPING HANDS...

We created and displayed colourful hands all about us!  Each finger contained one word which represented us, a way to introduce ourselves to our classmates and express ourselves for others to see.

All About Room 20:  "Helping Hands"

CLASS TREATY

We have been looking at what a Treaty is and why a Treaty could be important to our learning environment in room 20.  Through student voice, room 20 has come up with some key points they would like to be on our Treaty:

A class treaty will help to remind people what they have to do. By Jacob, Thomas and Jackson
Don’t talk when the other person is talking. By Oscar
Put your hand up when you want  to ask a question. by Falcoln and Latuga

Be kind, be happy. By Sharlyn

Do not be disrespectful  to the materials. By Tyler

Listen to each other. By Mathew and Troy

Don’t be late to  school.  By Trent

Listen to what the teacher says.  By Samantha

NO STEALING  OTHER  PEOPLES PROPERTY!!

By the end of week three, our Treaty should be completed with all student voice included and posted where the students feel a suitable place is, for all to refer to when needed.

TREATY OF WAITANGI... I see...I think...I wonder...

As part of our Culture and Identity Inquiry focus, we have been discussing the Treaty of Waitangi. This week we looked at picture interpretations of the Treaty of Waitangi and thought about what we saw. Students expressed their thoughts through means of what they SEE, THINK and WONDER. We created a wonder wall with the help of our room 13 buddy class.

This week for reading we also looked at the Treaty and completed a Treaty of Waitangi question and answer activity with a buddy.  We used our chrome books or other class devices and worked simultaneously to create our document and answer the questions together in a shared document.

We are looking forward to another great week in room 20!