2021 - How it started vs How it ended

Talofa lava bloggers,

we've officially ended school for 2021! It has been a peculiar year with an incredibly long extended lockdown. Students in Tamaki Makaurau had to stay home for 13 weeks!! 11 of these weeks were spent learning online, before we were allowed to return back to school. 

Some families chose to keep their children at home for the reminder of term 4 and continue with distance learning online. Before we ended the year we held a special google meet to get together one last time as Paterson Class and farewelled our Year 6 students who will be leaving us to go on to intermediate next year. 

How 2021 started

How 2021 ended

We're keeping our fingers crossed that when we return to school in the new year that we'll be able to have everyone back (and not have to wear masks in the classroom!)

Wishing you all a happy holiday and safe summer break! In the meantime you can check out our individual blogs and see what we're up to as part of the Summer Learning Journey! 

Would you rather...? "Our future" edition.

 Bula vinaka bloggers!

You may have seen recently that it is now possible for tourists to visit space! William Shatner (a VERY famous actor from Star Trek: The Original Series) is 90 years old and recently became the oldest person to travel into space. 

After his one-of-a-kind experience he stated that he was "... so filled with emotion about what just happened. It’s extraordinary, extraordinary. It’s so much larger than me and life...Everybody in the world needs to do this, everybody in the world needs to see this.” 

You can get a ticket too, for about $250,000.... (click here to find out what that will get you).

Prince William has also been in the news this week with a new environmental initiative (Earthshot) he is running until 2030. Every year he is awarding $1,000,000 to 5 groups who are working hard on making a world a better place by:

• protecting and restoring nature
• cleaning our air
• reviving our oceans
• building a waste-free world
• fixing our climate

With the ultimate goal being to provide at least 50 solutions to the world’s greatest environmental problems by 2030. He believes we should be "trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live."

William Shatner (actor and oldest man to travel into space) on the left and Prince William (founder of The Earthshot Prize) on the right. 

So this week's "Would you rather...?" is a bit tricky! Would you rather be a space tourist or use that money to save the Earth? 

Leave your opinion in the comments below. Who do you agree with? William Shatner or Prince William? 

Finishing term 3 with a smile!

Hello to our blogging friends!

Today marks the last day of term 3 for schools in New Zealand. We made it! We have spent just under 7 weeks of school online this term (6 weeks and 4 days to be exact). That's 34 days of online learning!

 Well done to all the awesome learners who made the effort to attend (I know some days it was a struggle to get out of bed!) and a special thank you to those learners who had their cameras on! It was lovely to see you all each day (even if we do all need haircuts!😆) 

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Paterson Class used Jamboard to brainstorm some ideas of how to be kind to others in our bubble, when we're online and what we could do once we move to alert level 2. It's a timely reminder for all of us as we continue with the lockdown in Auckland. There are some EXCELLENT suggestions here and so I challenge you to pick one and see if you can brighten someone's day!

Wishing everyone a well deserved break over the holidays. I'm keeping my fingers crossed we head down to level 2 so we can see everyone back at school for the start of term 4! 

Be kind to yourself and to others! See you next term!

Would you rather...?

 Hi bloggers,

this is our final "Would you rather?" writing task for the term! Thanks to Phil @ Ako Hiko for this one!

For today's writing task you'll need to choose which one you'd rather do and give us 3 reasons to explain WHY you have that opinion. 

Our blog ponder for today is: Would you rather...

Leave a comment below explaining which one you'd rather be. Remember to expand on your ideas by telling us why you'd prefer not being able to talk for one day (24 hours) or if you'd prefer to not moving for an hour.

 

The results are in!

 Greetings bloggers!

We have some great news to share today! 

A few weeks ago Eat My Lunch ran a competition asking students for inspiration for their term 4 menu. We had several students write recipes for a healthy and delicious lunch that they would like eat once we're back at kura in term 4. 

The recipes need to be healthy and the ingredients needed to be in season, and of course they have to be delicious so kids will eat them! 

Mrs Eagleson submitted all the entries that were completed, and the results were announced last week! Ten students from five schools had their recipes chosen. Of these ten students, five were from Hay Park School and ALL from Paterson Class! 

Congratulations to Aarav, Axel, Lanisi, Marcus and Layla whose recipes were all selected!

Aarav's recipe was for a club chicken sandwich. Axel's recipe was for fruit kebabs. Lanisi also submitted a recipe for vegetable chicken sandwich. Marcus entered one for mango rice and Layla submitted a recipe for berry crepes.

We are looking forward to tasting these delicious recipes next term!