Student posts from Week 2

I loved the market day because the chips that I bought from the market were yum. I was selling the clothes that the fashion girls made. Freya bought my t-shirt that I made. I think it was my favourite t-shirt. It was fun and cool!!!!!! 
by Issy

On Market Day I bought this outfit from the fashion designers stall. I got a dolphin t-shirt and some leggings with strawberries on them. I also got a jacket that they made altogether with Kids Can money.
by Freya

Some photos from our Student Led workshops today. It's great to see our children sharing their passions and interests and learning from each other. Some of the workshops on offer today were; making origami strawberries, drawing animals and dolphins, making posters about pollution, playing table tennis, hockey skills, gymnastics and rangoli art.

Students Blogs from Week 2

Market Day, by Zachariah
On Wednesday I went to Market Day at the High School. I was on the Town Planners stall. I got some bath bombs for my Nan and I was showing the foam board houses. That's what I did at the Market Day.

Market Day, by Zoe

On Wednesday I went to the Market Day, It was the time I was at the market. Firts I went to the concert, it was really musical. Next I bought a few things. I bought an Orio milkshake and some cookies the food group made. My favourite bit was when I helped the Chemical Reactions group sell their bath bombs for two Kids Can cash. It was really fun. All the bath bombs sold out quickly. Luckily no-one turned out a different colour when they used the bath bombs. I had fun!!

Rangoli Art, by Kate

This week LC2 have been learning about Rangoli art. Rangoli art is a traditional kind of art from India. Everyone in LC2 has been enjoying it.

Week 1 Term 3

Week 1 Term 3

Hi and welcome back to another term in Learning Common Two. This week we welcomed Louise, who is replacing Sharon in a teaching role in our common. We also welcomed Keira, a new student to Hobsonville Point Primary, we extend a welcome to her family. We also welcomed back Shay who was with us in Term 1, welcome back Shay, it is great to have you back.

We have started the term continuing our Immersion journey. The students have been enjoying exploring telling stories using different symbols in Aboriginal Art. We have followed this up with writing the story our painting tells.

Andre and his Aboriginal Art

In the middle of Australia a very hot armadillo was looking for some water. She looked and looked but couldn’t find any thing only sand and more sand. She carried on looking for it. 2 weeks later it started to get hotter and hotter. Then she came to a big hole and in that hole there

was some water. She jumped inside and drunk some. Now the armadillo always knew where to get water.

By Kate

As part of our Immersion Journey we have been learning about different types of rubbish and sorting and categorizing. We have also been thinking about what happens next to our recycling. This website has provided us with information and resources on this.

Louise has recently returned from a trip to India working in schools and training teachers over there. We have spent time looking at her images and responding to these and asking questions about their homes and schools. We look forward to where this might take us.

Our Immersion reading this week was around significant places and we have begun reading about The Seen Wonders of the World. This week our reading was about the Taj Mahal and the Colosseum. This has sparked real interest in the children, many of whom have begun their own research about these places.

We have been exploring our geometrical understanding through Tangram puzzles. These have been challenging for us and we have all spent some time in the learning pit. Some of us have really enjoyed the challenge these have offered and have moved to creating our own puzzles and shapes for our friends to solve.

Take a look at some photos from our student led workshops on Friday.

In week 2 we are looking forward to being able to being able to share our learning from last term with a wider audience at the Market Day at Hobsonville Point Secondary School on Wednesday. Come along and support us.

Louise and Kerry

Week 10 Term 2

Hi Families,

It has been another busy week in LC2 as we continue on our Immersion journey.  

We have explored aspects of the Maori culture, in particular art and well known legends like Maui and the Sun and Maui and the Fish.

We explored the importance of the koru in Maori culture and what it represents.

We created our own piece of art.  Korus are tricky to draw!!  We persevered however and we are pleased with the results.

A Place to Call Home

We have been discussing and finding out about indigenous people groups from around the globe.  It made us think about which countries we associate ourselves with.

Ben's Blog Post
We have been thinking about Indigenous people from all around the world.  We started thinking about where we are from.  Kerry suggested that we should do some passports to show the country or countries our countries are from.  We liked the idea.

Text and Photos by Ben.

Tiarna using a mirror to draw a self portrait accurately.

Yara finding the Saudi Arabian flag.

Visual Literacy

We have spent a lot of time responding to 'visual literacy' this week.  One series of photographs we have looked at carefully is the 'Toys' series by Gabriele Galimberti.  Take a look at this powerful collection of photos of children from around the world with their most precious toy.  The children have recorded their responses and wonderings on post it notes.  We will continue to explore these images next week.

Another series we have looked at is on the website boredpanda.com and it is the collection '25 of the Most Dangerous and Unusual Journeys to School in the World.'  These images have evoked some strong responses from the children and some very interesting wonderings such as 'Why would you put your life in danger just to go to school?'  'I wonder if ................

Layla

Zarlia

Zoe

Fractions

We have continued to explore fractions with children opting in to my workshops during which we have watched videos, participated in quizzes and explored fractions!!

Can We Manage Our Time And Resources and Team Building.

On Friday we had lots of fun in the gym engaging in a range of tasks that tested our ability to manage our time and resources.  We also had to work within a team, ensuring everyone had a turn and that we met all the success criteria for each challenge.

The Moon Hopper Obstacle Course

The Ten Basket Challenge

The Bridge Challenge

The Skipping Rope Challenge

The Bean Bag into a Hoop Challenge

The Puzzle Challenge

Have a great week everyone!

Big Catch Up Post Weeks 5 - 9

Hi Families,

Well, it has been a very long time since the last post.  Sincere apologies for that. But......sit back and enjoy this bumper edition which will hopefully catch you up on at least some of the awesome learning that has been taking place in LC2 over the past few weeks.

Projects
We have all but wrapped up our projects now and have begun our new round of Immersion (more about that later.)  Take a look at what each group got up to in the final weeks.

Town Planners
The Town Planners used all the information they had gained from the experts they had met with - David from Isthmus Architects, Mike from Universal Homes and the Hobsonville Point Land Company, to build their own town.  Finally!!!!  Initially they used different nets to create buildings and then they worked with Ray to build a house out of foam board.  Now to think about how to sell these houses!!.....

The town made out of nets!!

Ben working with Ray.

Rico and his foam board house.

The Town Planners presenting their learning to the rest of the school.

The Fashion Group

The fashion group have worked hard with Chantelle transforming a number of garments using a range of techniques.  They made display stands out of pallets with Sharyn's Dad to display all their hard work.  They also decided on a company name and designed logos.

Displaying their garments.

The mood boards where all their designs and ideas began!

Chemical Reactions

The Chemical Reactions group travelled into the city to visit the shop Lush to carry out some more research on bath bombs.  Amy talked to us about the different types of bath bombs and gave us some ideas for our own product!  Vanessa, Will's Mum,  shared a marketing plan with us and helped us to think about our target market, logo, slogan and how we needed to present and package our product.  Thanks to Vanessa, Bridgette (Malachy's Mum) and Kristine (Mikelis' Mum), the production line has started and our business, Bathzilla, is up and running.

     

     

Food Group

The group invented their own recipes and had a go at cooking them.  There was some great problem solving along the way!!  These recipes will be collated and made into a recipe book.  Some of the group had an interest in making lip scrubs and body balms too. They have investigated different ingredients and produced and packaged a range of products.

Some of the research on recipes.

Displaying our products.

All of the groups presented to the rest of the school in a variety of formats.  It was great to be able to share the journeys we have been on and receive some encouraging feedback.

The Chemical Reactions group sharing the movies they made with LC4 of their experiments.

Our New Immersion Journey Begins.....

Our new block of Immersion comes under the umbrella of Digital-Age Literacy.  Before we started to unpack what this means, I asked the children what Digital-Age Literacy means to them.  I recorded some of the responses.....

So far we have looked at a number of images of different people groups and answered questions like 'Where do these people live?'  'How are their lives the same or different to ours?'  (Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness.)  We went on to answer the question 'Who are indigenous peoples?'  Take a look at our responses on display in the hallway outside LC2. We grouped our thinking to make links and connections.

Phoenix responded with 'I think they are endangered people.'  We thought about what the word endangered means to us.  This led us to the question 'Can people endanger other people?'  We are excited to see where this journey goes.  It is awesome watching the children drive their learning and lead it in different directions.

What Else Have We Been Up To?

Team Building.

Our dispositional focus this term has been around team building.  We have been reflecting on the following dispositions - 

-Do I lead when it is appropriate?

-Can I manage my behavioural decisions when interacting with others?

-Do I follow appropriately when someone else is leading?

-Do I support my group or team by doing jobs that need completing?

We have engaged in a range of activities and challenges that require us to take on new roles, problem solve and in some cases, send us into the pit.

Creating a piece of art.

Role playing different situations - exclusion/unkind behaviour etc.

Reflecting on the newspaper tower building challenge.

Literacy and Maths

Using a dictionary

Testing out the instructions we have written.

Sharing the narratives we have written.

Embarking on a spelling challenge!

Practising how to spell key words.

Making our fingers stronger.

Following our interests and carrying out research to make a book.

Drafting our narratives.

The Black and White Disco

What a great way to finish the week!

Have a great week everyone!