Hapori o Manutahi

Over term 2 in our Hapori o Manutahi (Lepperton Community) unit we investigated whether or not kids at Lepperton School were bored at morning tea and lunchtimes.  We also found out what types of activities kids wanted to do at school, and ran activities at morning tea and lunch for all the students at school to participate in if they wanted to.  There were activities such as lego club, soccer, chess club, crafts, dancing and obstacle courses.  We then surveyed students again to see if our activities had any effect on how bored kids were.  Chace and Caylib's graph shows that our Hapori o Manutahi activities had a positive effect on how bored kids feel at break times at school.  We hope to continue these activities next term, to provide lots of different options for all students to participate in, and to give our Kotahitanga students leadership opportunities.

Writing

We are posting a excerpt (snippet) from our writing this week, so we can share with an audience.

Savanna:

Hi my name is Leah so dairy Im about to tell you my secrets but first the basics I have 5 sisters by the  names Vea ,Lavender,Sophie , Daffodil ,Jorja

And they are  a about 12 to 18 . I am 16 my  parents are Wendy & Robin .

I have just moved to London right now  I am on a double bus on the way to my new school New Heart high it has 8000 Girls there Bye this is my stop.

Katie:

When Bun Bun knocked on the door I ran over and said “what's wrong  sweetie?” I asked. Bun Bun pointed to his poor mouth “ohh, you are hungry, wait there I’ll get a carrot for you” I say.  After Bun Bun got the food he ran back to the cage and gave some to his brother floppy.

Mason:

The pterodactyl did a barrel roll I clinged on by my fingertips finally the pterodactyl trusted me I couldn’t believe it I had flight. I few around the island the wind was between my toes and in my long thick hair. When I landed I realized how did I get here I flung myself back on the pterodactyl and flew around the Island looking for a raft.

Loreal:

“Mum what is it?” mum said “well you’re father and I we both agree with this we are going to move”

“MOVE” lily did not like that idea mum said “yes hunny we know that your not that keen but we still want to go and move so lily ran to her room “SLAM” she slammed the bedroom door behind her jumped onto her bed and SLOWLY started to cry.

Austin:

Max jumped in his bed and duke had to sleep on a blanket. Duke pushed Max out of his bed so Max had to sleep on the blanket Max sat down on the blanket. At Max’s surprize Duke pulled the blanket out from under him. Then he used it as a cover hey!Max yelled.

Paddy:

My life is pretty difficult like everyone else's. But pretty much every person I know works for places like mcdonalds. They all have normal lives but my job is a soldier for the british army. We train hard everyday. My story starts in the middle of training when we are just about to go into battle.”Mike your up for obstacle A”.

Zak:

I sleep in very tall trees.I see a very very yummy person I am going to eat him.Roar.He is as juicy as juice.There is blood everywhere.There are poachers they are trying to kill me but I ran away they are as slow as a sloth.

Liam:

Waking up in my grey house I see myself exhausted. I step downstairs and see my pokemon aren’t there. “Where is my Lucario” I wondered. I went out my house and saw my name. I’m not YoLiamisajedi2. I was worried. I was as worried as a human getting shot. I was JediKillerSithLiam9087. “NOO!!” I shouted.

Jessa:

Tap, tap, tap! There was the sound again. I started to creep towards the window, TAP, TAP, TAP! The sound got louder every second. I pulled up the shutters, AHHHH! I screamed. There at there at the window was a huge green creature. His dark beady black eyes stared right at me as though he could look right through my head. His body was a tub of green gooey slime. His teeth were as sharp as fangs and it made me petrified.

Libby:
They arrive at 5:00 am and get a taxi to take them to there holiday house which is a mansion they arrive at the house at 5:45 am they grab the key and walk in. On the right there was a  kitchen the sink was filthy the fridge did not even work the family was like omg what in the world!!!. You could tell by their faces that they were not happy.

Jarim:
Now it was big pressure on Croatia because if they don’t score they will lose. Croatia scored the goal and they were still in it. Denmark took a shot but hit the post. Now it was croatia’s chance to win. He aimed in the center of the goal and shot, the goalie dived right. IT WAS A GOAL!! Croatia won, the crowd was screaming with happiness.

Rhiannon:

I woke up. I was handcuffed to a pole, in a light yellow room. My feet were tied together, and my waist was tied to the pole. I looked up and there, standing on a platform, was Justin and Lucky.

“Like I said, you ain’t going nowhere without us!” Justin said with a smirk.

He jumped off the platform and landed feet first on the floor with a thud. Lucky rushed out of site and appeared 5 seconds later, beside Justin.

Arley:

“Who are you” I ask

“Zen” he replies “and that’s Willow” he says pointing to the girl.

“Anyway, the monsters heading off to egypt they say he’s climbing the great pyramid of Giza”

“How do we get there” I say

“teleportation pipes” he replies.

Euan:
Once there was a little boy named David De Gea. He lived in Real Madrid in spain. he lived in a little cottage inside a village named Sergio witch was named after a football legend called Diago Sergio.who is David’s idaul He had been always looking up to him and wanting to be just like him , the best goalkeeper in the land.

Kassia:

“Hello” says the man in a deep voice . I didn't answer…..

“I want your ipad!” says the man.

“No way” I yell. Suddenly the man grabbed my ipad and ran away as fast as he could. I slammed the door and ran as fast as I could  to my bedroom. A few minutes later: Knock!Knock !

Caylib:
I walked onto the train looked left and right to look for the killer and in relief…. he wasn’t there. By the time I got to the place I ran to a hotel, asked for a room and went inside the room. I slammed the door shut and had a shower.

Games for Learning

We played Fraction Wall today.  It helped us to learn about equivalent fractions, adding fractions and thinking creatively.  Games are a great way to apply knowledge to real situations.

Things to Remember This Week

This week you need to:
-Do a maths workshop.
-Do a reading workshop.
-Put a post on seesaw showing what you have learned for your maths goals.
-Put a post on seesaw describing what you have learned about reading this week (hint: the strategy we are learning about this week is finding the main ideas in a piece of writing).
-Have a piece of writing of your own choice ready on Friday for us to put on the class blog.
-Genius Hour reflection done by Friday morning.

Genius Hour Reflection

Why do we need to do a reflection of our genius hour work?

Reflecting on what we learn during genius hour is important for a number of reasons. Firstly, so you can share with your teachers, classmates and mentors what you are learning. Secondly, so you can have time to think about what it is you are actually learning. You might be building a lego world and learning which pieces fit best together - but while you were doing this, you also learnt that you need to be organised to make the most of your time, that you need to get the lighting right to get good photos of your creations, that your friend had a good suggestion to help you figure out how to make your lego car look more realistic, which also meant that you were learning collaboration skills ... we could go on and on! You might not know what you will end up learning during genius hour, that is why it is important to reflect on your learning so you can think of all the skills you are developing.

Genius Hour Reflection Process:

-What did you do during genius hour today?  Tell us in a few sentences what you achieved.

-What did you learn during genius hour today?  Tell us about any problems you had, how did you fix them?

-What will your next steps be?  Have a plan in your head of what you need to achieve in the next genius hour.

Student Blogs

You may have noticed we now have links to student blogs at the top of our class blog.  Student blogs are a way for us to share our learning with each other, and with a wider community.  We are using them to share our learning during genius hour, it is an easy way for mentors to see what we have been up to each week.  We are learning about what makes a good learning reflection when we post on our blogs.  Not all students have their own blog, some have chosen to put their genius hour reflections on Seesaw. 

Dictionaries from Rotary

This morning the year 5's were presented with their own dictionaries from Rotary Club of Waitara and Tegel Foods.  Every year our year 5's are gifted these wonderful resources and we thank Mr and Mrs Chilcott and Tegel for supporting Lepperton School.

Genius Hour!

In Kotahitanga we have started doing Genius Hour.  Watch the video to see what genius hour is about. 

Some of our passions include; baking, art, bmx tricks, and raising chickens.  There is a plan to follow for genius hour:

So far, most of us have decided on our passion and are beginning to find a mentor how can give advice when we have problems.  We have to share with others what we are learning along the way.  Some of us are going to create blogs to share our learning, others are keeping a diary, some are creating videos.

Our genius hour projects might take a few weeks to finish, or it might take all year.  When we think we are finished, we have to share what we have created, learned or developed with the class and maybe with the world!

So far, genius hour is going well.  We are learning to set small goals towards achieving our big goals, and reflecting on how well we are achieving those small goals.  It is hard for some of us to plan ahead, but this is a great skill to learn.

Be Internet Awesome

Be Internet Awesome is a new game-based resource designed by Google to teach and encourage internet safety.

It encourages the following behaviours:

SMART - Share with care

ALERT - Don't fall for fake

STRONG - Secure your secrets

KIND - It's cool to be kind

BRAVE - When in doubt, talk it out

Students can practice these behaviours through this game

Be Internet Awesome

Te Wera by McKenzie

         Te Wera

I just got to camp. It was called Te Wera.  I went up to my room. It was the bunk room. We were called Moa. I was in there with Ava, Elise, Bianca, Zoey and Paige. I started to unpack. Next we went down to the dining room. Mrs B said we are going to do some activities like a rope course, spider web and more. After that my mum went. Then we had afternoon tea and we went on the water slide and at the bottom was sheep poo!  I got dressed and then played with my friends. We had tea and went to bed.

    Second day  

I woke up and went down for breakfast. After breakfast I had a shower got dress and went back to the dining room. We are going to do some activities. I was doing camp fire cooking, Photography with Mrs H and bush survival. First we did photography for that we had to write a story about the forest. My story was about what I see, heard, and felt. Next was morning tea we had chocolate biscuits and fruit. Next was camp fire cooking. For camp fire cooking you need a hungry tummy, but I just had morning tea! We started walking to the farm where the cooking was. We cooked banana split, potatoes, marshmallows and bread. My favourite was the bread and potatoes. We had to go back for lunch. I did not what lunch because I had morning tea and went camp fire cooking. I was already full. The lunch was so good. After lunch we did bush survival. After that it was afternoon tea. I love the food we get at camp. Next we had free time. Then we had to go kayaking because on Wednesday it is supposed to be raining. My group and another group went.  I went in a car with Mr Wells and Mrs H. We got there, my group got to go first. It was fun. Callum fell out.  That was really funny! When we got back I went on the water slide. We had tea and then we had a game of spot light and went to bed.

    Third day

I woke up, the other girls were playing cards. I had a shower and then went to breakfast but it was raining outside. For breakfast I had cornflakes, peaches and weet-bix. I played in the dining room for a little bit. We were not going to do any activities because it was raining. Some people stayed in their cabins. At lunch time my dad came out for a little bit. I was going eeling, my dad came. We put our lines in the water and we had to wait. We did not catch an eel but we were going to leave them there and at night we were going to come back. When we got back we went on the water slide again. My dad was holding the hose and spraying people with it. It was my turn. Lee Cooper got dish washing liquid in my mouth. Yuck!! It was so gross.  Mr Cooper said to me that I should not have had my mouth open! After the water slide I had a nice warm shower and got dressed and went back to the dining room, everyone was playing games. I started to play a game to but I can’t remember the name of the game. I loved the game. Next it was tea time. I was serving the food up. The food looks so good. My favourite was the bread because I made it. After that I went down to see if we got an eel. My dad went home. I said to him wait to see if we got an eel, but he went. Ethan got an eel but it was dead and it came off the line. We decided to go back. We were going to leave the lines there and in the morning go and see if we got one. So we went back and went to sleep.

       Last day

I got up, I went down for breakfast. For breakfast there was ice-cream, pancakes, eggs, chocolate and sausages.  It was yummy!  After breakfast we went back to the eeling line. I was still in my pj’s. Kate got an eel, we killed it. Kate called it Bob. The other kids went down the river a little bit more. Leah or Nina got an eel. We started to walk back. My friends packed up my stuff. My clothes for that day were in my bag so I could not get dressed. I put my stuff in the Coopers car. I went in to the dining room and made a card house. Next it was lunch time. For lunch we had burgers and some smoked eel. The eel was so nice. After lunch I went down to play on the flying fox and the playground. Next everyone was going home.

Good by camp Te Wera.

       By McKenzie 

                        Thank you

I would like to say thank you to all of the people that came out to help. Thank you to the teachers for a great time. I am looking forward to next year already.