Week 7 Term 4

SMRF the table and fill in EXACTLY what you need to create your structure.

Do you have any of the materials?


Term 3 Week 4

WALT describe and analyse a problem.

Look at these ideas for improving our bush area (brainstormed by Hauraki). Pick one idea and think about ways to solve the problem.

Use a page in your art book to explore and design your solutions. Make sure you have a heading that explains which problem you are trying to solve.

Term 3 Week 3 Friday WALT compare information from personal experiences.SMRF the doc into your Inquiry File. Thinking back to your Tiritiri Matangi trip and the bush we walked through, how was it similar and different to the school bush we have? Then analyse those similarities and differences and write a generalisation about the thinking you have done or noticed.

Monday W4 Term 3

Movie Making

SMRF this presentation into your Inquiry folder.

Today we are going to find out about different types of camera shots that we can use effectively in our videos.

You are going to see examples from real movie makers, then we are going to use our chromebooks to take different types of shot if we can.

This will help us to plan our movie that we make this term.

Term 3 Week 2 Monday

WALT take notes from a presentation

SMRF the doc to your Inquiry file and follow the instructions

Term 3 Week One Monday

WALT define technology

This term we will be investigating technology and the design and creation process. To start with we need to define what technology is.

For starter knowledge, we are going to show things that we think are relevant (examples of technology) and things that are not relevant (not examples of technology).

Please SMRF this map into your inquiry folder, then zoom out to 50% to see all the photos you are sorting.

Remember to make a statement about what you think technology is at the bottom of your page too.

COOK ISLAND WEEK W2 T3 Here are a few video clips to watch, read and listen to about the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The first is about an artist in NZ, the second about the country and what businesses are doing to keep the environment clean and not spoilt by too many tourists, the third is 7 facts.
Term 3 Week One WALT record relevant informationFor starter knowledge, we looked at things that we think are relevant (examples of technology) and things that are not relevant (not examples of technology).Please SMRF this note taking map into your inquiry folder, then use it to write anything you think is important in the definition of Technology Video Clip Remember to make a statement about what you think the important point about the clip is, at the bottom of your page too.

Accessing Information

Our job is to find relevant information to answer our questions.

1) Choose your 5 most interesting questions from your Tiritiri Matangi or Zoo document.

2) Copy them in to the question area. Find information that answers this, (cross check it). Remember to add the link too.

Te Waka Ako Term 2 Week 3 Monday

WALT describe the particular survival needs of an endangered NZ animal

Choose an endangered NZ animal from this list and add your name to the spreadsheet.

SMRF this define map (saving to your Inquiry folder) and then research and record the specific needs of your chosen animal.

Possible websites for endangered species:

http://www.nhc.net.nz/index.html http://www.endangeredspecies.org.nz

Te Waka Ako Term 2 Week 2 Tuesday

WALT identify different parts of an idea and how they are linked

SMRF the Part Whole Map then with your chosen animal transfer their needs from your describe map. Think about the kinds of pollution that affect them. Look for ways pollution impacts this animal's needs and think about any solutions that are happening already or that could happen.


Te Waka Ako

Term 2 Week 2 Tuesday

WALT analyse information using different perspectives

SMRF PMI map to your Inquiry folder

Explore the monitoring websites.

Note the good, bad and interesting things you find as you access this information about our environment/habitats.

Te Waka Ako

Term 2 Week 1

WALT describe characteristics and attributes

SMRF the Describe Map (save to your Inquiry file)


Te Waka Ako getting to know you scavenger hunt