Maths Fun and Games

Each Friday we have a range of maths games that our students play, and each week they are new activities.  This week the students enjoyed playing live mathletics, QR basic facts, I have who has times tables and of course the attraction of the day, the sphero. Here are some photos and videos of our maths learning today.

The girls are working on their coding to control the Sphero.  They had to consider the speed of the sphero, how long it would roll for, the direction it would go, while some included sounds and a change of lights.

The boys are wondering around the room looking for the card that has the answer to their questions.  Once the find the correct card, they scan the QR code to reveal their next question/challenge.

Sorry, thought this video was a little longer, but these boys are playing times tables "Who has, I have".  A fun and engaging way to practice basic facts.

Food for Thought with Desley Austen

The Food Pyramid

Over the next couple of weeks, Te Kauru students will be learning about food nutrition to ensure a healthy heart. 

14th August 2018

This week the students learnt about the food pyramid and which foods we should eat most of, and which foods are occasional foods. The students enjoyed the first session. Thank you Desley.

2018 Term 2 - Sir Peter Blake Assembly - Leadership Week (05.07.18)

The last week of term was Leadership Week. As part of Leadership Week, classrooms all around NZ have been learning about an iconic NZ leader called Sir Peter Blake.



Sir Peter Blake was an exceptional sailor, leader and team person. His achievements included winning two America’s Cup trophies and numerous line honours in world-famous sailing races including five Whitbred Round the World Races. One of Sir Peter Blake’s sayings was, “If it isn’t hard, it isn’t worth doing. He liked a challenge. That attitude enabled him to take on many new adventures. He sailed to Antartica and then onto South America in order to uncover environmental issues and to show the rest of the world what was happening around us.

He wanted to make the world aware of the pollution that was happening in the oceans. He was a popular New Zealand leader who was hard working, a team player. Sir Peter Blake believed in the incredible potential of young kiwis to achieve great things. He knew that inspiring leaders of any age could be found in every corner of New Zealand.

Our Sir Peter Blake Leadership Assembly was run by Khalia, Tai, Jayden, Rachele, Phillip, Stevie, Chilli, Nate, Dominic, Corbyn and Tawa who spoke so beautifully!

Congratulations to Nate, Chilli, Stevie and Dominic for being recognised as wonderful Year 6 student leaders in and out of class as nominees for the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award 2018!



A huge congratulations to Lochie for being the 2018 winner of this prestigious award. Lochie is a buddy reader in Te Kakano, helps at breakfast club and can be relied on for any job in and out of class. He is kind, respectful, honest, is self-motivated, a team player and a wonderful role model.



We were so lucky to have Jaymie Hilton- Jones, ex pupil and Deputy Head Boy of Kaitaia College, presenting the award. It was wonderful for our students to listen to such an excellent young leader in our community talking about his goals, aspirations and achievements. His korero was very motivating and a proud moment for all his ex-teachers in the room especially Sir!

We are proud that there are many opportunities for students at Paparore School to show their leadership abilities and we have leaders of all ages throughout our school environment!

Te Kauru's Assembly - Term 2, 2018

Tarakura of the Rangitaiki Plains

Retold by Te Kauru

Warriors

Villagers - Gardeners

Villagers - Titi Torea

Villagers - Poi

Tohunga (Fortune Tellers)

Carvers

Taniwha

Narrators

Sound and special effects

To view more photos and the video taken, please click here.  A huge shout out to Mrs Davan's son - Bradley, who videod the assembly for us. The video is in two sections as he accidently stopped the first video.  Enjoy.

Kiwisport with EJ Nathan

Today's session with EJ was very exciting. The students were playing 'Capture the Flag'. In their teams, the students struggled to score any points for the first 10 minutes. They were being 'captured' each time they crossed the line.

As their session progressed, I could see groups of students working out tactics. Some were using distraction tactics, so their peers could run through to steal the ball. Other were scheming about how they can protect their ball from the opponents. It was really neat to see all the students working together to score points.

In the end, the score was 8 - 11. Some rounds, the other team only just missed their score by seconds, as their opponents crossed the finish line only moments before them.