Making Connections Before School

We are loving all the connections the Turama students are making to each other before school each day. While playing cooperative games they are building stronger relationships with each other and there is a lot of social learning going on at the same time, eg taking turns, being patient, helping each other, teaching someone else how to play a game, learning to be a good winner and loser, etc.

Students of the Week

Week 3:
Jack - It’s great to see your Active and Thinking Lights shining by being ready and responsible for your learning with a keen attitude.

Amber - You have been self-directing your learning in Maths by learning a new strategy and in Writing by sharing your poems on Office 365. What an active learner you are!

Week 2:
Katey Gillespie - for your super collaboration skills during poetry writing and also for your awesome volleyball skills. Your thinker and active lights have been shining!

Turama News

Miniatures

What better way to spend a rainy day than creating your own wonderland! Turama was a buzz of activity today while the students continued working on their miniatures. It's so great to see their Creative lights shining bright! Students are helping each other out and sharing things they don't have a use for. Here's a snapshot of what they have been up to so far...

Xavier even linked what we are learning in Theme about circuits to his miniature and created a working light to make his fire look like it was glowing!

Volleyball

After four lessons with our specialised volleyball coaches the Turama kids have shown a lot of improvement in their volleyball skills, with a few obvious naturals amongst them. They learnt how to rotate on the court, how to make a forearm pass, a set, a serve and finally today they learnt how to spike the ball. Then they put all of these skills into a game situation. 

Making Connections - Electricity & Circuits

We are at the GET IT stage of our inquiry with students finding out as much as they can about electricity.

Before School Activities

It's been fabulous seeing our students playing cooperative games or doing cooperative drawing before school each day this week! What a lovely way to start the day.