Oruaiti School Pet Day

In the last week of Term 3 we ventured out to Oruaiti School to celebrate their Pet Day and Mini Gala. The day started with the 'lambs'. They were led around, had a drinking race and even got dressed up (our favourite is the cutie above). It was a wonderful show.

Next we were able to take a look in the classrooms at all the wonderful exhibitions that the Oruaiti students had created. They were very impressive.

Finally we were able to feast upon the delicious food on sale in the hall! What a great finish to a wonderful day.

The added bonus was the fantastic senior playground at Oruaiti. It gave us lots of ideas as to what we would like in our playground.

Thank you Oruaiti School, we hope to come back next year!

Mathletics LIVE - Te Kauru Nui Maths Hub

Every Thursday and Friday the students in Te Kauru Nui Numeracy Hub warm up their maths brains using 'Live Mathletics'. 3… 2… 1… RACE! The fast-paced and exciting world of LIVE Mathletics is where students can challenge each other to a real-time race that tests the speed and accuracy of their maths skills. For the first 15 mins of the maths sessions, our classroom is absolutely buzzing with maths enthusiasm and excitement!

Term 3 - STEAM Kits - Electronics with Arduino Boards

This term the students have been continuing their STEAM learning using the STEAM Electronics kits. They have been learning how to block code using the program Snap4Arduino. The purpose of this learning has been for the students to control one or more LED lights on an electronic arduino board using code. They have learnt to turn the LED on, make it flicker, alternate the current and slowly dim the LED. Each week the coding expectation has increased, which has been very tricky and the students have shown perseverance in achieving successful outcomes!

To view more photo click on this link - STEAM KITS TERM 3

Te Kauru goes Ice Skating

On Thursday, Te Kauru students enjoyed the opportunity to go Ice Skating in Kaitaia.  This was a fundraiser for Kaingaroa School's end of year camp.

The students thoroughly enjoyed this experience. Thanks Kaingaroa School for providing this opportunity and the Board of Trustees for allowing us to attend.

Te Kauru Nui Students - First session.

Te Kauru Iti Students - Second session.

Term 3 Assembly - Akomanga

This term we have been learning te reo with Whaea Lisa focusing on akomanga (classroom). The students learned the kupu of most the items in our akomanga. They used this knowledge to create simple sentence structures - questions and answers.

Where is ____?
Who has ____?

The students showcased their new learning in a fun and interactive assembly.

Students entering the hall dancing to the song - Poi E.

Jodee introducing our assembly.

Wiremu, our kaiako, is searching for his stationary - toa pukapuka.

After Wiremu, our kaiako, exits the room looking for his toa pukapuka, the toa pukapuka enters, sneakily.

The following video tries to capture the whole assembly. Sorry about the movement, this was recorded by a year 4 student.

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.