This week's free writing in Room 1

Students reviewing their work...

Reach for the stars

Learning about Marama, who is at the center of our Solar System!

And learning about Vincent Van Gogh and his life story...

Matariki...

Some of our Matariki work and a wonderful book we used as inspiration for our writing and art works.

Writing in Room 1

Students in Room 1 love to write!  They come in early in the morning and start writing straight away! They write messages to each other, ‘reports’ for parents and each other, messages for parents, and the most loved activity.... free writing!

A long story by Louis about him and his Dad visiting the moon...

No time to take my bus vest off,  I must write!

Mindfulness for children

Here is the link to a great article:
https://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/mental-health-matters/mindfulness

Student agency

Below is a link to an excellent explanation of ‘student agency’ by Karen Boyes, a New Zealand  educational guru!

Student agency


...and here are classroom samples of student agency!

Kindness

This week our school value we are learning about is 'Kindness'.  The Ministry of Education has developed an animation to learn about Kindness.

Oat the Goat