Week 3

Week 3 was a busy week. We had a fun trip to POW park, had our first Chapter Chat on Twitter, and started learning about the Spirit of Adventure ready for our virtual field trip next week exploring hauroa through a sailing adventure.

The Chapter Chat was lots of fun. A couple of hundred schools participate across NZ and some international. We all read the same book (The Terrible Two) and do a range of tasks related to certain chapters each week. We share our tasks and answer questions during the Twitter chat on a Friday morning. I think they will love sharing their learning with such a wide audience (we only follow other schools) whilst also learning about safe, respectful and responsible sharing online.

We have also been learning about what a good mathematician does. This week we were focusing on how our brain is really working at its best when it is being challenged and making mistakes. We have also talked lots about how we collaborate in a problem-solving group and help all members to share their ideas. To start with we are focusing on place value through our number of the week. These photos show groups trying to double and halve our number of the week.

Aisling was the recipient of the Principal's award for Room 14. I have been impressed with how she is supporting the learners that are new to the Kiwi syndicate in our class.