Whakatauki: Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2015

Today we learnt about whakatauki (proverbs) and their importance in Te Ao Māori. We found a whakatauki that meant something special to us and added it to this shared resource.
You can visit our individual blogs to see some more of our learning as part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

#kidsedchatnz

Welcome to term 3 team!
We're gearing up for the #kidschatnz Twitter chat next Wednesday. The first chat is using picture cues and I can see a lot of us are really thinking about the prompts. If you haven't visited already, the link is here: http://kidsedchatnz.blogspot.co.nz/2015/07/t3-w2-photo-chat.html 

So you know...this is a pic of us last term after winning the prize for the rocket that stayed airborne the longest (Go Stardome!)

A few highlights from our last day of term 2!

Teach The Teacher Session 9: Samoan Games!

What a fun way to end 'Teach the Teacher' for Term 2. I learnt a new game and I think the teachers learnt it was important to give clear instructions.
This is a game I think I will use for warm-ups in PE lessons in the future.

Jeanett and Saunoa, I am not sure how to spell the name of the game - can you please add it in the comments section below?
Thanks!

Teach The Teacher Session 8: Hockey Skills!

I had so much fun during yesterday's lessons that I had to invite Mrs. Wright to this lesson too. We learnt a few new tricks and I have realised it is REALLY hard to keep your legs bent, keep and eye on the ball but ALSO to look up so you know where you are going!
We have some fantastic hockey players in our class and they were fantastic teachers too!

Teach The Teacher Session 5: Learning About the Samoan Culture

Great work team! I have got some home learning to do over the holidays - my aim is to learn some basic Samoan phrases that I can use in class!

Teach The Teacher: Session 4 Creating a D&D Character

Thanks for the introduction to D&D Johan! I took some great ideas for story writing! 

Teach The Teacher Session 3: Gaming and Consoles

This session reminded me of a game I used to play a LONG time ago - Age of Empires!
I also learnt a bit more about Minecraft and have asked the boys to help me out with tips, tricks and how to's for my niece who is coming to stay in the holidays.
I am LOVING learning such a cross section of new things!
#bestdayever

Teach The Teacher Session 2: Soccer tricks!

Session 2: Arnav, Shahid and Rita taught 4 tricks - Rainbow Flick, Around the World, Scorpion and Step Over. My next step is to practice at home over the holidays.
I kind of got the hang of the Rainbow Flick, but I have a long way to go!
Thanks for encouraging me everyone!

Teach The Teacher: session 1

Today is teach the teacher day! We'll be blogging about the sessions here. Session 1 was with Evanjaline and Nisha, learning about Samoan culture. I'll include their presentation below. It's going to be fun day!