The Lion King - Te Ahu - Kaitaia

      

Last term we had an Out of Africa disco to raise money for our 3 junior and 2 middle school classes to go to the movies to watch The Lion King. We have been counting down the day and the day FINALLY arrived!

A busload of very excited kids from Te Manga and Te Tinana headed into town this morning to the Te Ahu Centre to watch the movie. They were so excited, they gathered in their popcorn and drinks, remembered their lovely manners and showed their wonderful Paparore School values the entire time. 

This was a movie event that will be always remembered. We're already looking forward to the next one! 

A huge thanks to the Te Ahu Cinema, our staff and whanau for making this fabulous EOTC event possible.

Home Learning Rewards with Te Tinana

Today the students had the chance to relax and play as part of our home learning rewards afternoon with Te Tinana. Our Te Manga kids had a fabulous time catching up with old friends and reminiscing about their lovely classroom from last year. The kids chose to do a variety of activities including origami, lego, big blocks, car tracks, Mathletics, Reading Eggspress, colouring, drawing and building with all sorts of materials.

A huge thanks to Mrs Stevenson and the lovely Te Tinana kids for being such wonderful hosts!

Topic Study - Tuna Kuwharuwharu (Longfin Eel)

This term the students have been learning all about the Longfin Eel. The New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) is New Zealand’s only endemic freshwater eel. Our shortfin eel (Anguilla australis) is also found in Australia and some Pacific Islands. We also have a recently introduced longfin eel from Australia (Anguilla reinhardtii). 


 The longfin eel is a species in decline which means if it is not looked after it could become endangered. The students learnt about the challenges that the Longfin Eel faces whilst practicing our class assembly. Our assembly item was based on the story Velvet and Elvis. This was a story about the migration journey that the longfin eel takes and the challenges that its faces on that journey. Click here to view our Te Manga Class Blog Assembly Post

The students learnt about digital learning objects (DLO) and they created 3 to share their learning on this topic.

The first was a poster that they created in their topic books about the challenges to the long fin eel. I took a photo and  they posted it onto their blogs.

 They then created a Longfin Eel Life Cycle on google drawing and made a poster on google docs to share five interesting facts that they had learnt. They had to embed the drawing on their blogs and post a photo of the poster too.

 Each of these learning areas required the students to comprehend new learning, persevere through challenges when using the different google applications and collaborate with their peers. 

 We all thoroughly enjoyed learning about this precious NZ taonga and the migration journey that it takes for it's survival.