Something I Found On The iPad

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I found this video on the iPad. Listen carefully. What is going on here?

Where The Wild Things Are

Watch Zach, Kayla, Liam, Jacob and Brooklyn perform a version of the very cool story "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. The video was filmed and edited by Maia.

 
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Where's My Teddy?

A page from the picture book by Jez Alborough

Here is Jared, George and Traylan's version of Where's My Teddy by Jez Alborough. I think they did very well. They recorded it one hour after getting the script.



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Flax Rock Rocks!

Ezra, the supersonic climber!

We went rock climbing at Flax Rock and we loved it. Highly recommended! Room 6 were enthusiastic rock climbers and showed real Parkvale PRIDE, especially determination and enjoyment. I loved how the students supported each other. Check out their blogs for creative posts about their experiences!

Thank you to all the parents who made this possible!

Matilda showed super determination!

Flax Rock Rocks! - Video Maker

Master Chef Champions!

Master Chef - Video Maker

Our Master Chef day was so much fun! The Minions ended up overall champions, after winning the Brunch and the Spaghetti Tower Challenge. The lunch challenge was a six way tie, because we ran out of time to judge that. I was so proud of how all the tribes worked together, showing teamwork and putting Parkvale PRIDE into action. A huge thank you to the parents who helped on the day. Without you, none of this awesomely engaging learning opportunity would've happened.  

Judges' plates for our Brunch Challenge.

Designing a new swimming pool

The rich task - key tricky word - compound shape!

Today, we did self assessment of where we thought we were on our rich task progression. It was a tough rich task and us teachers had many debates on ways to work it out.

Room 6 assessed what we could do well and what our next steps in learning are. Click on the cluttered notes on our Padlet and you can scroll through which each student wrote.

Created with Padlet

Battle of the Banners

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We have our cooking day for Survivor Camp tomorrow. Today the tribes painted their banners. Watch the trailer to enjoy some of their creative process. Which tribe has the best banner? We have yet to vote on this. Your comment will help decide the outcome.

The Warriors

Minions

Green Thunder

Bubble Survivors

Golden Ferns

Blueberries

Tribe Logos

Warriors

Blueberries: Champion logo!

Our Survivor Camp tribes had lots of fun, designing and creating their logos. It was great to see the creativity and teamwork. I think they have all designed logos which represent their tribes effectively. Congratulations to the Blueberries, who won our logo design challenge, after receiving the most votes, beating the Warriors by one vote.

Golden Ferns

Bubble Survivors

Turquoise Minions

Green Thunder

Watch the making of these great logos, in the exciting trailer, "Which Logo Will Survive?".

Which tribal logo do you like best and why?

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Survivor Tribes

The countdown to our Survivor Camp on Thursday has begun. Here are the tribes. Who do you think has the best name? Why?

Tōtara Hub Sports Pals Rule!

George gets whacked by Ezra!

On Friday, our Tōtara Hub Sports Pals (Mary, Cameron and Kory) took our whole hub in a three game rotation. They taught us the games and then we played them on Paki's Paddock. We were split into six mixed teams across our hub and we had so much fun together. Everyone was fully participating and contributing. It is great to see the Tōtara Hub culture growing strong!



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