Welcome to Room 14 for term 2, 2020

Check in for the latest news about what the class has been doing.

“Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.”

― Shannon L. Alder

Upcoming events.......

• Queens Birthday Weekend June 1st
• Cross country

The Usual suspects

• Library on Mondays
• Music on Fridays
• Swimming on Monday and Wednesday (starting week 2)

This term we're learning about:

Reading: Skimming and scanning

Writing: Narratives

Maori: Questions, myths and legends

Maths: Place Value, Subtraction, multiplication and division

Social Studies: Assertiveness, A midsummer night's dream

P.E/Fitness: Cross country, large ball skills

Weekly Spelling

Kintsugi

We have been looking at philosophy for the last couple of months (including lockdown). The concept that we looked at this week is 'kintsugi'. This is the Japanese philosophy and art form or taking broken pottery and repairing it using glue mixed with gold dust. Philosophically the children have discussed the importance of identifying something they can improve or "make more beautiful than it was before". So as a physical metaphor for the students some have been bringing in things that are damaged/broken or they can break so they can repair them. While we repair these items we talk about what they would like to fix/improve about themselves or their work, the kintsugi they make then becomes their physical symbol of that. Below the students photo is a short video explaining Kintsugi.