Kaitlyn's Learning Blog

Being part of a team This week we are looking at being part of a team. So often in life we have to work with other people, it could be in your classroom, the playground, a sports field. We are wanting to find out what it really means to be a 'team-player' or someone who works well in a team situation. We only have to look at the sporting victories over the weekend to see how important being a team player is; Black Ferns - World Campions All Blacks - Last minute victory over Australia K4 Crew (Bronze) - Kayaking World Championship Here are the questions! Q1. How often do you work in a team or group in your class? What team or group activities do you do? We work in teams and groups all the time with reading, maths, writing and inqury   Q2. Do you enjoy working in a team with others? Explain why or why not? I enjoy working in a team because you can share ideas and thoughts together and get a new point of veiw. Q3. What are the key ...

Let's Talk About Term 3 What has stuck with you this term? Term 3 2017 is nearly over and in our last KidsedchatNZ for the term we like to reflect.  Put your thinking caps on to REFLECT and talk about some of the things that happened for you during this term. Questions: 1.  What was your favourite part of this term? Probably prouduction.   I had a lot of fun learning the dance and getting into the cast for the school prouduction. 2. What was the most interesting thing that you have learned in Term 3? Graphs in maths that was really fun. We learned about the different types of graphs and it was really cool. 3. What were some of the challenges for you? Tell us why. Maybe casebrook challenge because you had to manage your time better because of prouduction. 4.  Do you have any artwork or blog posts that you would like to share with us? Our Horror Movie Trailer! 5. If you could describe this t...