Exploring book Creator

 

We had a lot of fun using book Creator to make a book of how a quality blog comment should look.  It was really cool to be able to use the record tool instead of having to write our conversations. Once we have finished our books we will upload them onto our blogs so you can see our great work. 

Google Drawing Collage

Term 2 Week 8: Persuasive Writing and Animations

Kia ora visitors, over the past few weeks since we have been back at school we have been creating persuasive arguments and our own animation slides. Below is the persuasive argument I created with the class. Check out some of my students blogs to see their arguments and also their animations. 

I want longer break times at school. 

Should we have a longer break time at school? I think we should. My name is Mr K and I am going to be telling you why I think we should have longer break times in school. 

Break times are really important in school because we get a chance to play with our friends. Also it gives our brains a rest from all of the hard work we have to do in class. One study shows that lunch time and morning tea are a “crucial and necessary component of a child’s development” and that reducing this time for more academic subjects is counter productive. 

Longer break time would also mean that we are spending more time outside playing games and running around which is healthy for us. We are also learning to solve our own problems and take turns when we are by ourselves playing games. 

These reasons show how extra time for breaks can help us. Please think about giving us 5 more minutes at break times each day.  

Mr K

Online Teaching

Kia ora parents, whanau and students. I hope you are enjoying your holidays in isolation as best you can. This message is to remind you that our online learning will begin again on the 15th of April next week. Once again I will be doing online maths and writing lessons with many of the students and will spend time on hangout with specific groups on maths. I will be online for 1 and 1/2 hours from 11:30 - 1:00 Monday to Friday. Note that this time has changed from the previous time.  The learning site will contain most of the work that the students will be doing the students know how to access this site. Students are able to reach me through email if they have any questions while I am not online. If you miss a hangout due to something happening do not panic I will be recording my maths lessons so that those students who miss out will be able to hear what they need to do. 

Collecting students work and resources

Kia ora parents and whanau of Ruma Kakapo,
As you have heard the schools will be closing due to Covid-19.
If you would like to collect your children's work books as well as a few resources for the time they are at home you are more then welcome to come in and collect them. I will be doing online maths and writing lessons with many of the students and will spend time on hangout with specific groups on maths. I will be online for 1 and 1/2 hours from 10:00 - 11:30 Monday to Friday so that students can ask me questions about their work. The learning site will contain most of the work that the students will be doing the students know how to access this site. Students are able to reach me through email if they have any questions while I am not online. 

Week 8 Term 1: Visual Mihi

This week in class we have been creating our visual mihi. A mihi is a personal speech that is used to introduce yourself, it often includes your mountain, river, whanau and also your home. We created a visual version of this for Enviroschools, we also added some of our hobbies as well. Here are a few that we created.

Welcome To Our Classroom Blog

Kia ora whanau and guests, welcome to Ruma Kakapo's 2020 blog. We are a fun loving class of 22 bright and capable students. We will be posting something new every week on Friday about the work we do in class and about any fun school events that we are a part of. Please feel free to leave a positive comment or check out our students blog posts and comment there.

Last week we did our fruit burst maths and investigated the number of fruit bursts in five different bags and the number of each colour. We created graphs and tables and finally looked at the probability of getting a certain colour out of the bag.