Term 2 Week 3 - 100 Nights Home Reading - Congratulations

The Te Manga students have continued their home reading since being at home. They will get their paper certificates when we're back at school but in the meantime they can enjoy their digital reading badges, which they can post on their blog. Check out our amazing readers ...

Term 2 Week 2 - Reading Groups Online - Bugbix for Breakfast

Last week the reading groups, JK Rowling and Margaret Mahy read an article called, 'Bugbix for Breakfast'. This is the link to our learning on the work on our class site.

Reading Purpose - One third of the world's population is in lock down. What do you think people are eating around the world at this time?

During one of our online discussions, the student's were asked two questions: Why do people eat insects? and Why don't people eat insects?

This is what they thought ...

Kaydee - I think people eat bugs for breakfast because they have vitamins and are very healthy and nutritious. I think other people don’t eat bugs because they are scared of them and they think they're not healthy and also some bugs can be bad and 

poisonous.   

Tuva-Lisa - I think people eat bugs because bugs can be good for you and because they have vitamins. I think people are scared of eating bugs because some are poisonous and bad for you and some people are scared of them.

Chase - It is cheap and easy to farm bugs.eating food in their own environment
People in NZ don’t know what bugs to eat and might get sick.they are creepy-crawly and dirty.

Millan - People eat it for their health and protein and fat. Because they live in a disgusting places and spread diseases

Grace - Because they have lots of vitamins in them.Because they can carry lots of disease. 

Koda - I think they eat them because they have lots of protein. People don't like to eat them because they could be poisonous. 

Lucy - I think people eat bugs because bugs have vitamins and protein. That might be the only supply of food for them to eat. I think people don’t want to eat insects because some of the people think of bugs as creepy crawly things with lots of legs. People might not want to eat them because people think they come off the ground with all of the germs. 

This was a very interesting topic which gave us all lots to think about. The students made posters and slides to share their learning. Check out Alani and Edmon's great google slides.

ANZAC Day 2020

The Ode of Rememberance

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them

The Te Manga students have been using our class site to learn all about ANZAC Day. Please click on this link to view our class site.

In Te Manga students have made poppies at home, created ANZAC artwork, done ANZAC colouring and made ANZAC biscuits. 

Our class hangout this morning was a chance for people to share something that they know about ANZAC Day. Larell and Kaydee told us about their family members who served in WW2. Tuva-Lisa showed us her great granddad's medals. He had so many. Cooper did some beautiful ANZAC art which had a pictures of his two great grandfathers who fought in the war. Lots of the students brought their beautiful poppies! Oscar has been doing a project about his Great Granpa Tom who fought in WW2. Oscar  and Yvette shared told us about him and they have part of his parachute. If he was still alive it would be his 100th birthday on Sunday so they are going to have a celebration for him.

It was great to listen to these stories and to see all the wonderful poppies that the students had made during the week. 

This year we will have to commemorate ANZAC Day a little differently due to the lock down, as we will be unable to go gather in a large group for an ANZAC service. 

 However there are lots of ways that we have found that we can still commemorate ANZAC Day. How will you and your whanau commemorate ANZAC Day this year?

Term 2 - Te Manga - Proud and Passionate Leaders of Learning in the Heart of the Community

The students in Te Manga have been super busy since the beginning of Term 2 started.  They have impressed me with the learning that they are doing at home.It has been great to keep in touch at our hangouts each day and the students are using our google hangout timetable for whole class catch ups and group sessions really well.

During our whole class catch up today we had lots of people who were keen to share what they had been doing at home. Not everyone chose to share today which is fine, hopefully they might want to share next time.

Today Tuva shared some photo's of her making - Kolakako or Swedish fudge cake with her mum. They looked delicious. We hope she will share the recipe on her blog. 

Larell talked about all the learning he has been doing about ANZAC Day. He found out that there were WW1 mascots like dogs, horses, bird, cats, rats and even donkeys. He made an ANZAC poppy and shared his learning on his blog. 




Kaydee watched a science experiment on 
our class site and did the egg and vinegar experiment. That one didn't work but then Kaydee and her dad did one with baking soda and vinegar outside and it exploded all over her dog.

Jamie has been adventuring around his farm picking mushrooms and trying to avoid stepping on spiky bushes.

Mihi's mum made her and Anahera some bats. She put them on a rope  and when you pull the strings it moves. She said her sister keeps beating her!

Edmon shared  his science experiment that he did with his dad. It was all about surface tension, he explained it really well. We all thought it was very interesting and you can find out more about his experiment by clicking on his blog here. 

Millan told us that he has been helping do jobs at home like the rubbish, recycling and helping his nan. He's also been getting a lot of math done too! He
also told us that it's his little sisters birthday tomorrow, she is turning 1!

Carrie talked about the reading she has been doing, how she has been working out her technology and she also helped make a delicious brownie too.

Kaiora made snow at home! We couldn't believe it but he told us he used baking soda, water and salt. He was able to make snow at the beach! How cool is that! 

Katarina told us that she made the most delicious cheese scones. She felt so proud of herself because they're using hard rocks. Well done
Katarina.

Yvette has been busy working with her boys, she even did one of their PE activities with them; as many burpees as you can in 5 minutes. Way to go Yvette.

We were really happy to see Sir this morning too. He has been very busy having meetings with lots of principals and teachers. He was very happy because Mrs Windleborn made him banana muffins and they
were delicious. Lucky Sir!!!

I told everyone that I have been enjoying catching up with everyone each day. I have also loved all the mushrooms that are growing around where we live. We have been mushroom picking and I love mushrooms. I could eat mushrooms for breakfast, lunch and dinner! 

We have been at home for 4 weeks now but it has not stopped the enthusiasm that our class has for learning and the enjoyment we all get from catching up with each other!

Paparore Teachers Love to Read

WALT use videos to share books with our students.

Mrs Neki had a great idea. She said that the students are able to see their own teacher during google hangouts, but they are not able to see all the teachers.So she suggested that all of the teachers could share a book that we enjoy via video and post the videos on our class sites for students to enjoy. We thought this was a fabulous idea.

Take a look at Mrs Neki's reading The Gruffalo. If you would like to watch all of the videos, please click on the link to our Te Manga Class Site.

Term 2 - Day 1 - Check out these wonderful learners!

Term 2 - Day 1 is done and dusted! What a fantastic turn out it was from the class at today's hangouts. I was so impressed with the effort that the students put into their learning today. We had a whole class catch up, 2 math groups and then 4 small hangouts throughout the afternoon for those who needed some help.

Some of the students have learnt to add extensions to their chromebooks, namely the grid view for google hangouts and Screencastify and are becoming more confident when presenting their screens to share learning or troubleshoot any tech issues. I really am impressed with our class.

I have read some excellent pieces of writing today presented on google slides and in docs. I have also learnt a lot today thanks to the students who posted their learning on their blogs and Grace who shared her learning with me on a hangout.

Keep up the great work Te Manga!!!

Check out the 'Mission Impossible' video below that is on the topic section of our class site. 
I have already received a few finished plans and those students are ready to get started!

School Holidays at HOME

Our school holidays have been a little unusual this term due to the nationwide lock down. It has been great to catch up with Te Manga students over the past week and find out a little but about what they have been up to during the school holidays. 

The students have been keeping busy with lots of different activities: bike riding, birthdays, helping with jobs, fort making, art activities, writing, making google slide decks, research projects, baking and even getting a new pet pig!

We were even lucky enough to have Mrs Davan join our class today. It was lovely to see everyone's smiling faces. We are looking forward to more catching up next week when Term 2 starts.