Year 7&8 All Blacks Experience.

 Students Learning about the history of the All Blacks and the Culture that embodies what its like to be an All black! A really nice trip for parents and their whanau. 

 

STEM Programme

 Room 6 had the Privilege of being apart of a 2 day stem programme and they learnt about natural disasters particularly earthquakes. Here is a snippet of what they experienced. 

This is what our last 15 minutes of every looks like!

 I really enjoy singing with class at the end of every day it really brings joy to our class. It is a great way to end off your day with some lovely singing. 

Music Session

I had the opportunity to teach our years 7&8 students how to play the guitar. We had some fun learning new chords. 

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Community Swimming Sessions! Student enjoyed their swimming lesson today. Awesome to see my students take every opportunity to learn new swimming skills.

Digital Dig Activity- How well do you know your chromebook?

 Awesome Task to do with your students! They get to collaborate with their peers and figure out the most efficient way to use their digital devices. Malo le fa'amalosi! 

Room 6 Animations!

 Room 6 got the opportunity to use google slides to create their own Animations! Check out what they created. 

Celebrating our Culture Day at the Polyfest!

Our Day at Motat.

We were apart of an awesome STEM day at Motat where our students got to experience innovation through problem solving! Very glad we went. 

 

Student Pepeha

 

Student Pepeha! Today students learnt about the different areas in our lives that contribute to our identity!

 

Classroom Description.

 

Room 6 is a class with a range of abilities, passions and talents. I have a high concentration of Samoan and other pacific island students in my class. One focus this year has been to ensure they are aware of their cultural identity in relation to their samoan culture bringing their samoan language alive. We have started this year talking about expectations of learning in our class, and how they will be successful in reaching their learning goals. My students will understand the definition of what it means to be transformed as a person spiritually, physically, Mentally as well as transforming their cultural identity as a Samoan and a New Zealand Samoan. What I mean is that they are transforming their New Zealand Culture as well where they are learning the Te Reo Maori Language and understanding Maori cultural protocols and in their Samoan Culture. I understand that transformation does not just happen the person needs to be actively involved in the process to transformation. Understanding their attitudes towards learning is important because what they put in is what they get out. Transforming fixed mindset to growth mindset where my students are looking beyond what they can do and pushing their motivations to greater heights. I really want to help my students see that vision because only then they can be motivated to learn and put in the hard work. “They need to picture themselves achieving their vision”. We have been working together to collate our classroom norms so that they understand how they need to behave and learn in our learning environment. There are some fantastic, bright and interesting personalities and some that i am looking forward to working with and seeing grow and develop into lifelong learners. Room 6 understands that we are all on this learning journey together and that no one gets left behind. We are one big and unique family that will work together to aim high to achieve our goals. It is an honour to have the opportunity to teach room 6 this year I am looking forward to Seeking the heights with my lovely students this year.

Nau mai, haere mai

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