Tuning In to Te Marae

As part of Tuning in we are developing our knowledge of Deep Understanding 1.  We did this through looking at pictures and discussing definitions before working in Unity completing a ‘silent jigsaw’.

Deep Understanding 1: Understand that a marae is a  focal point. 

This is important because a marae enables us to carry out our

traditions and customs and express our values fully and with dignity.

silent jigsaw on PhotoPeach

Homework Sharing

As part of the Middle team's homework this term, we created posters advising people to take care of our native New Zealand birds.  This ties in with our Connected Curriculum learning of how we can attract more native birds to our school grounds.

Here are some of the posters which were created by Two Awesome.

WALT ... use language ,symbols and text to inform an audience.

Our Digi Award entry ...

Term 2 Sharing afternoon

Towards the end of Term 2 Two Awesome proudly shared their Connected Curriculum learning with their families.

Thank you to all those who supported this initiative, it was a wonderful experience for the students to share their learning space with you.


Sharing afternoon on PhotoPeach

Drawing Dinosaurs

How to measure a dinosaur

Use a variety of learning areas to understand the actual size of a dinosaur.
Firstly read the Journal article 'How do you measure a dinosaur?' written by a class from Island Bay School.
Then use you maths skills to draw a proportional grid over a picture of a dinosaur. This part is very tricky, you need to read your ruler carefully, draw straight lines and label it accurately.
Next use metre rulers and chalk outside on a suitable surface to draw the actual size of a dinosaur following your grid you created in class.
Finally step back and look at the size of the creature you have re-created!
This activity allows you to form an understanding of real dinosaur size while you are using reading, maths and problem solving techniques.


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This is what Two Awesome created! 
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Who can tell me what writing genre this is written in?

How do you measure a dinosaur?

'How do you measure a dinosaur?' by Room C1, Island Bay School has been used by Two Awesome for a reading response. The following Dustbin game uses Blooms Remembering, Understanding and Analysing in relation to this story and the activities the students participated in.


Give it a go Two Awesome!

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Gardner's Multiple Intellegencies

Two Awesome spent a day using the multiple intelligence to participate in a range of activities that develop the skill of critical thinking as we learn about "How do fossils give us clues about the past?" We used a variety of activities that include decision making, planning, communication and creativity. Sometimes we work alone and at other times we work cooperatively.


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WALT ... sort our dinosaurs

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WALT... identify key words

Two Awesome you are welcome to continue loading keywords for our Big Question: How do fossils give us clues about life in the past? from the information we have learnt so far.  
I look forward to watching this grow! (Remember to check your spelling.
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Tuning In - Term 2

As part of our Tuning In to our Big Question 'How do Fossils give us clues about life from the past' Two Awesome visited Te Manawa.

Te Manawa on PhotoPeach
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Survival Day

The scenario ...

You and your friends have just washed up on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after your cruise ship sank.

So which one of you built a raft that can take you off your island?


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Compare two rafts.

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Post by Tiernan and Gray

Compare two rafts

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Post created by Jeremy and Charlotte.

Compare two Rafts

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Posted by Jacko and William

zero waste

Created by Tia and Rico

zero waste

posted by Hannah Priya

zero waste

posted by emma and livvy

zero wast

post creatred by Tiernan and Anneliese

zero waste

posted by Inara and Teodoro

Zero Waste

post created by Jeremy and Emma