Being A Learner - Using Devices to Support Our Learning

This term the Kakano Teachers want to incorporate the iPads and computers more into their teaching and learning programmes in Term 2.  We have dabbled in Term 1 and are excited about the students enthusiasm and the opportunities that the devices provide.     

Please ensure that the home apps that your child has on their iPad are suitable for school and are age appropriate.  

For the students who are bringing their own device can they please have the FREE apps listed below.   

Apps:

• Pic Collage - great for creating and sharing learning
• QR Reader - accessing websites safely
• iMovie (comes free with iPad)
• Blogger - A Google tool
• Dropbox - A place to store files
• Mathletics - A programme that the school provides a free subscription for
• Reading Eggs - - A programme that the school provides a free subscription for
• Lark - great for creating and sharing learning
• Wonderbox - an exploring and creating app designed for young children
• Chatterkid - Oral language, sharing our thinking and creating app
• You Tube - a place to support our learning
• Google Suite - Chrome, Classroom, Slides, Docs, Drive, Sheets, Gmail, maps

Great Apps which cost that we will be using on the class iPads which you may choose to purchase:

• Explain Everything
• Easy Blogger

Here is a picture to help you find the apps:

Here are the Google Apps:

Being A Learner - Our First School Cross Country

On Friday 15th April Room 2 and Room 3 ran in their first School Cross Country at Linwood North School.   We had to do a whole lap around the field without stopping.  We had trained at fitness time for this event and we were very excited about running!  We ran in our house colours to earn house points.  

We ran together as we are all Year 1 students.  

A big thank you to the seniors who helped show us where to run.  

Congratulations to all students who tried their best!  

Waiting for our race

Watching others race.

We were lucky!  It was a beautiful day!

Ms Smith giving us instructions before we head off.

At the start line, ready to race!

Our senior leaders who showed us where to run.

Natalia running in first.

Maryanne came in second.

Desiree's Aunt helping her run.

The girls coming in. 

1st = Natalia, 2nd = Maryanne and 3rd = Desiree

Jakob in Room 2 came 1st.

1st = Jakob, 2nd = Mataio and 3rd = Jayziah.

  

Being A Learner - The Letter of the week is Rr

Learning About the Letter Rr

Each week we focus on a letter to learn, read and write about.  We do this through phonics, singing, reading stories, handwriting, alphabet activities, letter writing, playdough, Language Experience, make and do and lots of other things.  

This week we are learning about the letter Rr.  We will learn its name, its sound, how to write and recognise it and about some things that begin with this letter.    

The teachers love planning exciting learning experiences to help us learn our letters.  

Room Three what can you think of that begins with Rr?

Being A Learner - Our Trip to Spencer park

Being Respectful and Responsible Learners: Exploring Spencer Park

On Thursday 6th April Kakano and Karawha went on a fantastic day out to Spencer Park. We went to the beach and built sandcastles, played in the super fun playground and visited the petting zoo where there were chickens, doves, rabbits, kunikuni pigs and mice! It was such a great day. Thank you to all the parent helpers, you were all amazing and made our day extra fun!

Being a Learner: Hh is for Hippo Biscuits

On Monday 4th of April we iced Hippo Biscuits for our Language Experience activity. They were delicious and tasted like vanilla. We loved the black icing, it was exciting to try something new!

Being a Learner: Cooperating

Today we were learning how to do activities together as a team. We had to work together to make ourselves into a big caterpillar. Look at how we went!

Being a Learner: Literacy Week

This week is was Literacy week. Everything we did revolved around books. We read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and made bar graphs in Maths. 'No David' inspired us to draw portraits of our emotions, 'Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons' helped us to write number sentences. Throughout this short week we have read many other stories, we really enjoy reading in Room 2.

Here we are listening to 'Green Eggs and Ham' over the intercom.