Te Hiku Kura Film Festival Highlights

 The Te Hiku Kura Film Festival was a huge success. Our students had a great time taking part in the film making process. Our wonderful local film maker, Harley Alexander, has put a clip together of the highlights of the film festival. It is a fun reflection on the effort, creativity and talent  that was shown during the Te Hiku Film Festival!

Please click on this link to check out the photo album from the film festival too!

Waitangi - Raranga Matihiko

Our class had the opportunity to travel to Waitangi last week to take part in the Raranga Matihiko digital learning classroom and visit the Waitangi grounds and museum. This term we are learning about NZ history with a focus on traditional sailing and navigation methods used by early Polynesian voyagers and European Explorers.

We looked closely as the pou surrounding the waka, Ngātokimatawhaorua and did sketches. Whaea Kristina told us about Kupe and we saw his pou with a wheke (octopus). Ngātokimatawhaorua was built to mark the centenary of the Treaty of Waitangi’s signing in 1940 and was built by members of New Zealand’s northern and Waikato tribes. The waka is launched every year in February as part of Waitangi Day celebrations. 

The Waitangi Museum was an amazing learning experience with so many hands on experiences about NZ history. The students were so engaged with every part. In the classroom we had the chance to use the VR glasses (virtual reality), Tinkercad, Sculpt GL, Book Creator and Paint 3D. It was great to visit Waitangi where our learning really came to life. We look forward to visiting again in Week 5. 

Thank-you to Whaea Kerry, Whaea Monika and Whaea Kristina for a fabulous day of learning outside our classroom.

Movie Making - Lowdown of Lockdown

Our class have been very busy this term working on film ideas for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. The theme of the movies is Life in Lockdown. The films are going to be played at our own Paparore School Film Festival next term. 

Our Manaiakalani Film Festival Film entry is called 'Lockdown Friends' and was written and created by Alani, Zana and Koda.  Lockdown Friends will have it's premiere at the Manaiakalani Film Festival on 19th October. 

This is a 'online learning' video we made for our class assembly called 'Te Manga Online Learning'. It gives the audience a glimpse of what online learning in lockdown looked like for Te Manga.

This is a short film we made for our class assembly called 'The Lowdown of Lockdown'.

 

This is a short film we made with Harley called 'Kenny the Pizza Eating Pony'. 

Movie Making with Harley - Kenny the Pizza Eating Pony

Today our class worked with Harley to do some film making. We looked at different camera shots and how to get clear audio using our i-pads. The students worked in groups to re-tell the story of Grace's Pizza Eating Pony Kenny. There is lots of filming that we need to go through but we did manage to make one story which was filmed and directed by Zion and Larell. We used this experience in our writing - click on the link to our class site.

Movie Making with Harley Alexander

Our class has enjoyed having local film maker, Harley Alexander, teach us about movie making.

Harley has introduced the basics of film making to our students and gave the class an opportunity to be part of a film crew.

WHAT DID WE LEARN?

The different roles in a film crew

• Director
• Camera Person
• Sound Operator
• Clipper Clapper Person
• Actors

Things that each person says

• Director - Turn Over, Action, Cut
• Camera Person - Camera Speed
• Sound Operator - Sound Speed
• Clipper Clapper Person - Shot __, Take ___

Different types of shots that are filmed

• Establishing shot
• Wide Shot
• Medium Shot
• Close Up Shot
• Extreme close up shot

Equipment that a film crew needs

• boom pole - sound pole
• Camera - Ipad - use the grid lines
• tripod
• clipper clapper
• clip board
• megaphone (huge film set)
• script

What lock down story do you want to share on the big screen?

Next term we will be sharing our lockdown stories on the big screen by taking part in the Te Hiku Film Festival. The theme of the movies is Life in Lockdown. The films are going to be premiered at the Te Ahu Centre on Tuesday 8th September and need to be submitted by Friday 28th August (Week 6). 

Paparore School has the opportunity to enter two films into the film festival.

You need a good story to make a movie. Check out the  Kerikeri Youth Theatre troupe 

describe the basics on how to tell a great story! 

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!

'Te Manga at Home' - New Zealand Nationwide Lockdown

On Monday our Prime Minister Jacinda Adern, announced that NZ would be going into lockdown in 48 hours to help stop the spread of Covid-19. I was very proud of the way our class responded to this news.  They were positive and thoughtful in their discussion about what was to come. This class are leaders of learning at school and they will be at home too.

Today it is Day 3 of learning from home. I was able to connect with a few students on a google hangout today and I plan to connect with more tomorrow. I have seen lots of different examples of learning happening both online and offline which is great to see. 

Here are a few examples of what students have been doing at home:

ALANI's WRITING:

Covid 19 is a sort of bug that can get into your lungs.If the Coronavirus touch’s your hands it’s ok because it doesn't want to get into your hands, it just wants to get into your lungs. It can get into your lungs by touching, putting your hands in your mouth, picking nose or rubbing your eyes.

By washing your hand with soap in every spot you can stop the spread of Coronavirus.
Covid 19 is a little bug that you cant see.   

TUVA-LISA's Google Slide:



ZION's Google Slide:

 

Learning on our Class Site is FUN FUN FUN

The class have become more independent in their learning through using the class site. They have shown self management, perseverance, kindness and patience when helping each other and resilience when things have been a bit tricky, to just keep on going. I took a few snap shots of the students working on the MATH part of our class site. You can see from the video that math can be a lot of fun!

Te Manga Assembly - Kawa of Care

Our Class Assembly was all about the Kawa of Care. The Kawa of Care is  an agreement between students, parents and the school. This agreement ensures that each learner understands their important responsibilities when using their device for learning, at school and home. Check out our class site to find out more information about the Kawa of Care - click here!

The students worked hard all week to create their skits, learn their parts and film their scenes. We had a lot of fun with our assembly this week and we hope you enjoy watching it and the videos that we made. Please leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment on our blog.

Watch our movie trailer about the 'Kawa of Care'.

Chase, Koda and Mihi found out what happens when you don't follow the 'Kawa of Care' and have food and drink around your device.



Hemi, Chase and Reo work out the best places to sit to follow the 'Kawa of Care'.



Zana found out what happens when you do not zip your bag and Jamie found out what happens when you don't use the strap on your carry case.



This is a video of our assembly, there are a few parts missing, but you'll get to see most of it . We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed doing it!



Our camera had a few issues and cut off part of our assembly. This is the last scene.

Chromebooks - Camera - Action

Some of the students had never taken a photo using their chromebooks, so this afternoon those students learnt how to take a photo using their chromebook and move it to their drive.

The 'oldies but goodies' from our Te Manga class last year were the wonderful IT helpers to make sure everyone was successful!

Check out some of our smiling faces!

Manaiakalani - LEARN, CREATE, SHARE

We are continuing our learning with Manaiakalani and have 1:1 chromebooks in class. The chromebooks are a learning tool to enable the students to make wider connections, access information quickly, create work and share their work online. 

Our Te Manga 2020 Class Learning Site is up and running click on our link to check it out - https://bit.ly/37XHgJh.

Before the students started to use the chromebooks in class they had to learn and agree to following the KAWA of CARE. The KAWA of CARE ensures that students know how to care for and use their device in a responsible way ie. I agree to be in the right place, at the right time, every time I am online. It ensures that they will get the best use of their device during their learning time.

The students signed this document which is kept in class however if you wish to view the document, there is a copy on our class site under the Cyber Smart. 

The students have been creating slides or a poster to share their learning about the Kawa of Care.

Check out Alani's slide deck about the Kawa of Care!

Check out Chase's poster about the Kawa of Care!

Te Manga - Week 1 2020

We had a great start to the term in Te Manga. We have 21 keen and enthusiastic Year 4 learners ready to have a fantastic year. This week the students learnt a little about each other, were introduced to the routines of the class and have already got down to some fun learning experiences. The students have been learning and discussing the 'Manaiakalani Kawa of Care' and they will be ready to start using their devices in class next week. Click on this link to visit our Kawa of Care learning.

Mum's School - Short Film by Te Manga

Introducing the cast of Te Manga's first ever short film called Mum's School. 

Check out photos of our class taking part in the making of our short film with a few having extra special starring roles. 

Mum's School is about a young boy named Kahu who is starting a new school. He thinks his school is going to be a dump, with grumpy teachers and students who are bullies but he is in for a nice surprise. 

Introducing Zav as Kahu, Arahia as Nan, Anahera as Whaea Rewa, Liv as Mrs King and the Te Manga kids as the bullies and the nice kids!!!

This short film is going to be part of the Te Hiku Manaiakalani Film Festival at Te Ahu on Thursday 7th November and some of our kids are going to get to go - yayyyyyyyyyyy!

Check out a few of our scene shots as we aimed to make our first ever short film.