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Term 1 Week 8
Term 1 Week 8
Wednesday - Year 4-5 CRT
The CRT team really enjoyed spending the day with Huarapa on Wednesday this week!
During our music lessons, we revisited some fun rhythm games, passing beanbags and using body percussion. The year 4’s were introduced to the ukelele and learnt the C and Am chords. The year 5’s showed a great example of tuakana teina as they supported their younger classmates.
In Drama, we are exploring New Zealand literature this term, specifically the works of Margaret Mahy. This week, the children engaged in collaborative work; creating role plays based on her story “Down the Back of the Chair”. It was fantastic to see so many children stretching their imaginations and working together.
PE saw all classes increase their heart rates, use a lot of energy and bring maximum enthusiasm in a variety of fitness games that focused on spacial awareness, speed, balance, throwing and dodging skills. Teamwork and communication were two skills all classes excelled in.
In Digital Technology, we focused on computational thinking (to think like a computer). Students were challenged to make algorithms (instructions) to complete a task. Along the way we found errors; this was our chance to use our debugging skills.
The STEAM challenge was to build the longest paper chain possible using only 1 piece of A4 paper in 15 minutes. Huarapa learners found so many creative ways to complete the challenge and reflected at the end about which area their team showed strength in. This helped them to recognise their success, even if they didn’t have the longest chain.
Year 6 - Thursday CRT
The CRT teachers really enjoyed their time in Pūrei on Thursday.
The STEAM challenge was to build a paper basket to hold as many plastic eggs as possible. We discussed what it means to be a team player and the importance of compromise when working with others. All of the basket designs were very impressive and successfully held several plastic eggs.
In music, we got the ukuleles out and practised our strumming and chords. We were very pleased that we had remembered so much from last year. The children continued their focus on beat and rhythm by playing detective using body percussion. A new, fun task was keeping the beat while jumping along a hoop pathway. This included following directions of forward, right, left, and a lot of coordination for students to stay in time through all of the hoops.
In Drama, we used the 1981 Springbok Tour as our framework for devising and creating. Here, the children were given a brief history lesson, which then gave them context for class freeze frames and group role play. We will continue to look at this significant part of New Zealand's history in our next CRT session.
CRT - Huarapa Year 4 -5 - Week 6
The CRT team really enjoyed spending the day with Huarapa on Wednesday this week!
During our music lessons, we revisited some fun rhythm games, passing beanbags and using body percussion. The year 4’s were introduced to the ukelele and learnt the C and Am chords. The year 5’s showed a great example of tuakana teina as they supported their younger classmates.
In Drama, we are exploring New Zealand literature this term, specifically the works of Margaret Mahy. This week, the children engaged in collaborative work; creating role plays based on her story “Down the Back of the Chair”. It was fantastic to see so many children stretching their imaginations and working together.
PE saw all classes increase their heart rates, use a lot of energy and bring maximum enthusiasm in a variety of fitness games that focused on spacial awareness, speed, balance, throwing and dodging skills. Teamwork and communication were two skills all classes excelled in.
In Digital Technology, we focused on computational thinking (to think like a computer). Students were challenged to make algorithms (instructions) to complete a task. Along the way we found errors; this was our chance to use our debugging skills.
The STEAM challenge was to build the longest paper chain possible using only 1 piece of A4 paper in 15 minutes. Huarapa learners found so many creative ways to complete the challenge and reflected at the end about which area their team showed strength in. This helped them to recognise their success, even if they didn’t have the longest chain.
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