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Monday, 14 March 2016

Another Version of Five Important Times Related to the Treeaty of Waitangi

Josh's  interpretation of five points that were important to the history of Waitangi.  



Another Interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi

Charyzma looked at a different point of view of the important events relating to the Treaty of Waitangi.  She has considered other perspectives.  It is great to see the diversity within Room 17 in the students' responses to questions and tasks.

Saturday, 12 March 2016

Playing Maths Games to Assist Learning

Games are an essential part of learning. 

They help to endorse understanding, retain concepts and are just plain fun!

They are incorporated in all facets of maths, from beginners to higher end thinking maths strategies.

Learning How to Do It!

These students have been working on developing their skills in subtraction with a new strategy called decomposition.

Time Line of the Treaty of Waitangi

George created this timeline as part of his research into the history of the Treaty of Waitangi.  

He had to find, summarise  and explain five key points that he thought impacted on the history of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Adding pictures and symbols helped to explain his thinking and understanding.




Things That Make Us Kiwi

The class was asked to create for homework a visual presentation about things that make us Kiwi.
They had to look at things that have evolved over time in the history of Aotearoa/New Zealand that identified us as being Kiwi.
This is Savahna's presentation as to her impression of 'being Kiwi.'