Week 1 2022

We are so excited to be back for 2022!  Its great to see and hear how all your holidays went!  

With this hot summer wether still upon us (not today though!) it was great to have our school pool on hand and sparkling!  

We played some getting to know each other games and began working on our school and personal pepeha!  

We learnt that knowing yourself and feeling Kia Maia is very important!  Thanks Mr Swann!  Can't wait to see our class korowai up on the wall!  

Farewell Izabella-Rose and Kaitlyn

It was a sad day today we farewelled 2 of our students who have been at our school for 5 years! They are moving to Taranaki and have already visited their new school.  It is an exciting time but also sad to say goodbye!  

We celebrated with a shared lunch of sausages and chips and a delicious cake which their mum bought in.  

Malia even wrote a song for them to say goodbye from Makaraka School.  You can hear from them tomorrow at assembly as they say their final goodbyes. 

Anzac Biscuits 2021

Today Tawhirimatea made ANZAC biscuits to end the term and celebrate ANZAC Day.  We were in groups and shared out the jobs to make the cookies. 

Yum Yum Yum 

Tuakana Teina and Mapping

Today our senior learners buddied up with the juniors and videoed them talking about their maps.  They then filled in the data on the form for the class teacher to analyse!  What a great bunch of students!  

They were so positive with comments coming out of them like:

"Wow they are so great at talking about their learning!" 

"You know how to make your learning better!"

"I really like how you have included all the parts on your map!' 

Tino Pai Rawa atu Tawhirimatea!  You are such a supportive group of rangatahi!  We are growing young leaders! 

Check out how good I am getting at my times tables!

 Two times a week we practice our times tables to get more accurate at them and faster.  I am working on accuracy at the moment till I get 100/100! 

 

How will you survive "Tawhirimatea Desert Island"...

On February 3 we found ourselves stranded on the Tawhirimatea Desert Island!  We can only bring one object each that means something to us to help us survive the rough terrain,  extreme weather and tough times!  It takes grit and determination to survive this desert island!  How will we do it...

Here are some photos from our survival stories...

The titles from our stories are:

• E waka eke noa - We're all in this waka together! 
• We've got the power! 
• Could it get any worse? 
• We will survive! 
• Fire for life - where there's smoke there's fire! 
• Lost our way! 
• There's more than one way to scale a fish...
• Weirdest time of our lives! 

I wonder if 2021 will truely reflect these titles and the navigation of this Tawhrimatea Desert! 
How will you survive? Which Title best describes you? 

Learning Map 1 Curriculum Evening

Last Tuesday we were lucky to have Mary Wootton visit and lead our curriculum evening.  

Great to see our student teachers involved too! 

We even got a sausage for dinner! 

Mary introduced our community to what we are doing in school with learning maps.  It was great to see so many people sharing the learning process with their children! 

Here is the slide of information that was given: 

Once the class has finished their maps, videoed and completed the form, Mrs Hall can see if there are any common trends with what all students are saying... 

Here is Tawhirimatea's trends: 

From now we do some learning and reflecting to see if we can make the changes that will help our learning.  Today we reflected on our change after 4 weeks and tweaked it for the remainder of the term!  

Outcome: We are getting better at our learning behaviours! 

St John's Emergency Response Visit

Last week we had a visit from Tira the St John's educator.  She taught us how best to respond to an emergency.

The acronym for helping in an accident is Drs ABCD

D dangers - check for dangers and eliminate them
R response - check for a response from the patient
S send for help - get some one to go for help
A airways - check for objects and a clear airway
B breathing - look, listen, feel
C commence CPR if able
D defibrillator if available.

We practiced bandaging a wound:

Calling 111:

                                                   

Putting someone in the recovery position:

 and CPR. 

These are all important skills to keep on top of and helping in an emergency!
Remember to keep calm 😎