Namaste bloggers!
Did you know that last week was World Nursery Rhyme week?
In Tuffery Class we selected our favourite nursery rhymes and created a stop motion animation for them. We then recorded ourselves singing over the top of them. Below are some of our finished animations.
Kia ora bloggers!
This week the Year 5's and 6's were treated to an extremely special trip thanks to Emirates Team New Zealand, Genesis Energy and Spark!
We visited the ASB Waterfront Theatre where we raced Sphero Bolts around an America’s Cup course. It was a challenging navigating but also racing through with speed! We had a great time learning how to drive the spheros and are super excited because we can take this learning back to school and teach our Year 4 peers.
We also got to test some innovative 5G technology at the Spark 5G Race Zone. We learnt about the different factors that can impact on the boat. We also got to design our own boat and then race it using a simulator.
Special thanks to Spark and Genesis Energy for offering us this amazing opportunity. This has definitely been a highlight for us in 2020.
The great news is that the Spark 5G Race Zone is also open to the public so you can check it out too!
GO EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND!!!
Greetings fellow bloggers!
The weather today was rather dreary and many of us played inside as a result. Normally on a Thursday afternoon we would head to the hall for our school assembly, but today's weather prohibited us from doing so.
Instead, Miss Stirling decided to host our Hay Park Way assembly via google Meet! This meant that we all stayed dry but also got to celebrate and acknowledge many of our amazing learners.
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| Miss Stirling setting up for the assembly using google Meet |
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| Tuffery Class listening attentively to Miss Stirling |
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| Garlick Class students being acknowledged for their mahi |
Aloha bloggers!
Last night the Ako Hiko Trust hosted the Ako Hiko Film Festival at Event Cinemas at St Lukes. It was a spectacular event with 7 Ako Hiko schools showcasing some of their amazing films.
In response to the pandemic that is happening all over the world, our theme for this year's film festival was KINDNESS.
Tuffery Class submitted a film titled "The Friendship Levels" written, directed and produced all by students aged between 8 and 11! And just to throw in an added challenge, these students had to deal with a city-wide lockdown in the middle of the creation process!
Congratulations to Miraj, Teva, Jaycob, Dayton, Aarav, Mohit and Ehmarze who worked incredibly hard last term to produce this film. A special thanks also to Gabriella who supported them.
We also had two other amazing groups of students who created movies. You can check their's out below.
Mālō e lelei bloggers!
This week is Tongan Language Week! To celebrate we have been learning a little bit of Tongan from some of our expert Tongan students. We've also been exploring how to use the online voice recorder to make our own audio clips.
As a class we worked collaboratively to create a set of slides that will help you to learn Tongan. We'd love for you to check out what we've created and try some of these new words.
If you have any feedback for us we'd also love to hear from you.
Malo 'aupito! (thank you very much)
Kia ora bloggers,
the seasons have changed and we are now into our the second week of SPRING! It's been so warm in Auckland this year that it barely feels like we even had a winter!
Aside from the lockdowns, the majority of our break times have allowed for us to play outside. But Mrs Eagleson is wondering...
...would you rather... play inside or play outside?
Please leave a comment below with your preference and tell us why you picked that option.
Namaste bloggers!
Did you know that last Wednesday the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults were announced?
Our librarian, Whaea Marianne, ran our own book awards where students from Hay Park got to select their favourite fiction and non-fiction book from the nominees. She noted that it was really interesting to see how many of our students voted in line with the judges, but as for teachers...not so much!
Whaea Marianne then selected students whose book choices were the closest to those selected in the NZ Book Awards finals on Wednesday night. Check below to see who won a prize from Tuffery Class!
Prize winners can collect their prizes from Whaea Marianne once we are back at school.
You can see the official results of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults by clicking here.
If you didn't get a chance to vote, what books would you vote for if you could only choose one fiction and one non-fiction option?
Hello blogging world!
For those of who live in other parts of the world you may not be aware that Auckland has moved to alert level 3. This means that we are back to distance learning for round 2!
We've already had 5 days at home, so for some of us we are starting to get a little bored of being at home. Tuffery Class have been working on some ideas for activities that you can complete while you are home - particularly when the boredom starts to bite!
Below is Mrs Eagleson's DLO (digital learning object) with some suggestions for activities that you can do at home when you get bored. Students in Tuffery Class have come up with some even BETTER ideas and you can check out their DLO's by clicking their blogs over here ---->
*The emoji bookmark is an awesome activity - you can check out how to create one by clicking here.
What are you doing to beat the boredom during alert level 3?
Leave us a comment below with your great ideas!
