Making Connections

Sitting on the bench with Mother Teresa

If I sat with mother Teresa I would ask what is the most important thing you have ever done? Also, I would ask her what it felt like to be kind and compassionate?

I think she helped lots of people. Especially children. She helped children in the adoption centres by matching them up with parents. Imagine how the children felt to finally get parents that loved them?

She also helped to look after the poor and sick by making sure they felt love, had food and shelter.

I can’t imagine what it would be like to meet her. Now what would you do if you met mother Teresa? If I met her I would feel excited, happy and honoured.

The first thing I would ask her is how does she use her character strengths even when she doesn’t know the people she is helping?

Imagine if everyone was like her, wouldn’t the world be a better place?

By Shyanne

 If I could sit on the bench with  anyone who would it be?

If I could sit on a bench with anyone it would be Angelina Jolie.This is because she is fun and helps people. She does this by giving people money to help them out. She also has lots of children that she has adopted. These children have no parents.

I would like to know how many movies she has been in and what countries her children are from. I would also talk to her about why she helps people and ask for some

ideas about how I could help people when i’m older.

I think Angelina's character strengths would be bravery and kindness.  She shows bravery by going to dangerous countries and helping kids and she shows kindness by giving money to people that need her help.

She also takes the time to talk to people like she isn’t anyone special. If I talked to Angelina I might learn about different ways to help people.

By Meliki

Sitting on the bench with Hillary Clinton

If I had a famous person sit with me it would be Hillary Clinton. Because she will tell me hear stories from the past. When she was born and her books she has written.

When I talked to Hillary Clinton I would tell her that I would have  voted for her as President as I think she has a lot of strengths including courage and percerverance. Imagine having to verse a whole country! Yes Russia! Man she is brave. She also shows perserverance by questioning Donald Trump.

I want to question her about  the school she went to, her parents  and her life growing up.

If this came true I would cry and I would be so excited!!

By ZION TAGA-GALVIN


We have been learning to dig deeper

Our Bodies- Interest Projects

NATURE OF THE PROJECT

Have looked into hauora and mental well-being. Making links to our physical bodies (systems, parts, exercise, processes).

ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVE

Integrate sources of information processes and strategies with developing confidence to identify form and express ideas

SCIENCE ACIEVEMENT OBJECTIVE

Recognise that there are life processes common to all living things and that these occur in different ways

HEALTH ACIEVEMENT OBJECTIVE

Identify factors that affect personal physical social and emotional growth and develop skills to manage changes

First children were asked what is an interest project.

Our responses to ‘What is an Interest Project?’

Here area few of our ideas:

Choose a topic - gather information - make a project - Miyah

Project of interest - Riley

Pick something to work on and make it interesting - Shania

Getting good facts - Jaelen & Oli

Get facts about a theme. Pull out important parts. All earning together. Doing it together. Team effort. - Jordis

Topic - info - make a project - Maia

THIS WAS A GUIDED INQUIRY

Next the teachers took childen through the inquiry process and then children got into groups that they thought they could work well with. We discussed in detail the Key Competencies and how these would look, sound and feel in action within the group. Children then observed a couple of documentaries around the human body. This was the provocation to help motivate interest.

In there groups children discussed and brainstormed  topics of interest. All children were brought to the mat to discuss and elaborate on their ideas. We talked about the importance of coming to a consensus with in the group and some of the skills needed to do this. 

Once children decided on a topic to explore they had to come up with the big idea, driving questions, resources needed and how they would document their learning. 

Children had to decide how they were going to present this information to class. 

Finally once the presentation was over children provided feedback, the group that presented had to evaluate and reflect on the process as well as the teacher providing feedback in the form of a comment.