Term Four Inquiry

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi

Everybody has something to offer, a piece of the puzzle, and by working together we can all flourish

Hook

This term is going to be a BIG one! We have CAMP! Yes, in week 5 we are off to El Rancho!

Our teachers have written to us asking us for help. They want our input into the making up of our activity groups. We have to make sure each whiringa is represented in our group and we need to make sure we have the social skills we need to be able to work well together.

So now our task is figuring out what we know already and what we need to find out. Can we do that? Of course, we can!

Hook Letter Term 4 2023

Check out the video of El Rancho that Mrs Lunn made from when she visited with Mrs McIntyre.

El Rancho 2023.mov

El Rancho Website

Wonder

Today we brainstormed what we need to do in order to complete the task of getting our groups sorted. We worked in small groups to record our ideas. Then we all came back together to collate our ideas.

Check out our collective ideas...

Explore

At camp, your days will be spent working in teams. We are sure you have heard the word 'teamwork' before, but what exactly does it mean? What skills do you need to be able to be successful in your team? How do you decide who should be in your team? What do you do once you are IN your team!!!

Let's find out...

Teamwork - Mrs Lunn

In this workshop, we will discuss what teamwork is and what you need to do to get ready before you start acting as a team.

Watch the videos, discuss what you have learned about teamwork and see if you can identify anything the characters do BEFORE they start working in their team.

Teamwork - what is it?

How to work together as a team

Workshop 1: Teamwork makes the dream work!

In your group think through each of the steps for establishing a team. Decide together on what is a positive outcome of doing each of the steps and write these in the middle column.

Think about what that means for YOU. What do YOU need to do to be able to complete that step in your group? Write your ideas in the final column.

Grayson thought through all the implications of what establishing a group would mean for him.

The boys were busy thinking about all the positives for each step of establishing a group

Workshop 2:

Rules, rules, rules!

We talked about needing rules for teams to be able to work well together.

Watch this video and think about what makes this team so successful.

Then write your ideas on your organiser.

What makes a team work?

Te Whiringawha - Mrs Whitta

When working with Mrs Whitta you will work through the Whiringa and identify which strand you are most suited to.

Once we have looked into ourselves we will act out different scenarios looking through the lense of each Whiringa. This will help us to see that a successful group of people is when we have a variety of Whiringa involved.

Whiringa Squares

This square represents you, we will each colour our squares in to show how we are split into the 4 strands. Which strand do you think you are best suited to?

Blue represents the Ariki Strand

Red represents the Tohunga Strand

Yellow represents the Mangotoa Strand

Green represents the Aronui Strand

Scenarios

Once we have identified our Whiringa we will look at acting out scenarios using only one Strand of the Whiringa.

This will be a very entertaining way to explore why it is important to work with all four Strands where possible to create tau/balance

Social Skills - Mr Lion

Understanding Empathy

In the two workshops with Mr Lion, we first looked at what we mean by empathy. We discussed how people experience situations differently and that empathetic people try to understand and acknowledge the feelings that people have. Working in groups, we looked at different situations and anticipated the range of possible reactions people might have.

For the 2nd workshop, we started to look at some of the things we could do to help when people are upset. With so many kind and caring tamariki in Poutama, students had lots of ideas to show how they could be empathetic and thoughtful toward their friends and classmates.