Distance Learning 2021 v2

We are now at the end of Week 5 of Term 1, and we have completed our first full week of Distance Learning. We have had heaps of fun learning from home and we have enjoyed our daily Google Meets. Each Meet begins with a karakia (school prayer) and usually one of the teachers lead us in a fun game. Sometimes we have to run around and find things in our home, and other times we have to answer quiz questions in the chat box. It is so fun to be silly and laugh with everyone from Team 3. 

Then, another teacher shares with us our learning for that specific day from our class site. Next, we are able to share the learning that we completed from the day before. Sometimes the teachers give 'shout outs' to students that they have seen working hard from home. Lastly, we are given any updates or reminders from our teachers. Since this is the first year that the Year 4 students are using Chromebooks in class, we are hearing lots of reminders about how to care for our device while we are learning from home.

The best day was on Thursday because we had 49 people on our Google Meet!  The teachers found out afterwards that some students weren't allowed to join our Meet because we had maxed out the allocated number of people. 

 

Serving Others During the Lockdown

As our country is back in level 3 lockdown, the need around our community continues to grow. I was so happy to receive a text from Antzel's mum asking for him to be excused from his Te Reo Class Google Meet earlier this week because he was out delivering food parcels. What a great thing to be doing Antzel! We are so proud of you! 

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HELPING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY

Today I helped my mum and poppy to deliver food boxes to families who are in need of food. I made sure I wore my mask, my gloves and also kept my distance. 

I feel very happy, seeing families happy when the got the food boxes, especially the children. It is a blessing to help others. Thanks to those who are involved with helping families.

By Antzel.

Distance Learning: Spelling Test

Today we decided it would be fun to have our own Distance Learning team assembly complete with karakia, mihi and waiata as we would any other day of the school term. It was great to see so many students hop on and join us this morning, especially since it was at 9am!

NOTE: Names have been blocked out because it is not Cybersmart to post last names online!

It was fun seeing some faces that we don't see in our general literacy and maths classes as we spent about 30 minutes together. Mrs. Flavelle from our office staff joined us and administered our spelling test. We completed the test using a Google Form, which allowed our answers to be submitted right away. It was fun to learn that the students with a perfect score will be entered into a drawing to win a special treat once we are back at school.

Covid 19: Isolation Begins

Yesterday, we learnt that there would be no more school for at least the next four weeks as we were placed into a nationwide isolation to help prevent the curve of the pandemic from growing too fast. The students of Team 5 were a bit nervous as they left not knowing what to expect.

Students on our first Google Meet.

However, nerves around Team 5 were calmed a bit when it was realised that the teachers were about 90% prepared for what was to come next. The class site changed a bit and teachers began teaching from the front screen instead of the normal maths, reading and writing pages. Videos were also being posted daily welcoming the students to their learning page.

Perhaps the best thing that happened was on the first day of the student isolation period, the teachers of team 5 were online at 9am using Google Meet to catch up with their literacy classes and again at 12:30 to catch up with their maths classes.

We hope to continue this while on isolation, except during the 2 week school holiday period. However, our students will be provided with our very own Easter Isolation Learning Journey that will appear on our site at the end of the term. This is based on our successful Manaiakalani Summer Learning Journey that occurs each year during the summer holidays.

Team 5 we are so proud of you for putting forth the effort to continue your learning while at home!  Keep working hard and joining in our Google Meets!