Thursday, 31 October 2013
Life Education
We have had two exciting visits to the Life Education caravan with Bernie and Harold. Bernie is very colourful and full of enthusiasm and Harold is the coolest giraffe we know!
We have learnt heaps about how our bodies change during puberty, the stresses we may face and how we can cope with them. We also found out how our brain works and how drugs can affect our bodies.
Did you know that 'homeostasis' means keeping a balance? That's what we are going to try and do in our lives!!
We hope you enjoy the photos. Harold was visiting the Auckland Zoo so we will get some shots of him on our next visit.
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Term 4
Boy we've had a fantastic year in K4 so far! We have been involved in such a lot of new activities and had heaps of fun as we learn.This term we have three major events to look forward to and we will share these with you.
1. Life Education: We are learning all about our bodies and changes that happen during puberty. We are lucky enough to have Bernie at school to teach us in the caravan with her mate Harold. We have our first lesson tomorrow and we can't wait! In class we will read some interesting books, look at websites and if we have any questions we can ask or add them to the question box.
2. Prom: We are learning lots of cool new dances so we are ready for the prom in week 7. We get to dress up in nice clothes and dance all night. It will be exciting!!
3.ALT ED: In week 8 we take part in Alternative Education for a week. We got to choose from activities like horse riding, crafts, paint balling, tramping, band, christmas cooking, high ropes, stage make up and creating your own movies. It will be AWESOME!!!
We will add some photos after these events :-)
Buddy Holly
Last term we went to a stage show at Boys High called 'Buddy Holly'. There were lots of talented actors and actresses and we learnt all about Buddy's life and his music. We thought it was really sad that he died in a plane crash with two other famous singers. What a waste of talent!Well done Boys High!
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Forensic Science with Constable Neil
In week 6-7 we studied forensic science with Constable Neil.
We had a lecture, a crime scene and a court session.
Each class in Kaituna had three sessions with Constable Neil.
Kaituna got to learn about different types of fingerprints and
that everyone in the world has a different fingerprint.
We also learnt that every person's right thumb doesn't match their left thumb.
We pretended that Mrs Hyde's car was stolen and we had to list lots of facts about it. It was fun.
At the crime scene each group was given 3 items. We had to test for DNA and dust for fingerprints. The hardest part was creating a scenario about our scene.
We wrote up our cases, added the evidence and had to be ready to present this to Kaituna Court. Constable Neil was slimy Mr Green, the defence lawyer. He was really good at this! Mrs Little was the judge, 'Judge Iti'. She was fantastic!!
We learnt heaps and had FUN!!
Friday, 1 March 2013
What makes a good blog?
This year, a big part of our digital literacy programme will
be sharing our learning with our community through a class blog. We are going
to explore the blogs of classes who are blogging. This way, we will be able to
decide how we want to use our blog and what we want it to look like. We will
also be able to start making connections with other classes all over the world.
Problem:
What are the features of a good blog?
Unpack by asking
new questions:
What is a blog?
Who blogs?
What are features?
How will we find out?
Research tasks:
Google some blogs - here is a list of some to find:
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