Space Ponder Week 5

National Storytime - Guess the Book!

Read these 3 clues and guess the title of this popular book... 

Clue 1: The main character wore glasses

       Clue 2: He has a white feathered friend 

Clue 3: This is the first book of 7 in the series

Cybersmart - Smart Footprint

This week in Room 7 the students are learning about what they can include when making an online profile.

Some of these things include activities and hobbies, different learning areas they are good at, or maybe even the pets they have at home.

These profiles will be part of their individual blogs.  

Space Ponder Week 4

Stardome Observatory

As part of our space focus, Room 7 went to the Stardome Observatory today. We learned lots about the life of the sun, and the planets which are known as rocky midgets, gas giants or dwarf planets.

Garden To Table Week 3

Room 7 has been busy in the garden today. The children were sieving the dirt from the compost, removing any large sticks or other foreign objects getting it ready for all of the new planters around the school. Lots of muscle power was required.

Whilst digging up the compost a student came across an avocado stone that had sprouted. It is now potted and taking up residence in Room 7 where we can care for it and watch it grow.    

Parent and Caregiver Survey

We want to hear your thoughts!

Please complete this quick questionnaire about learning with digital technologies.

Click on this link Parent and Caregiver Questionnaire

Background: Owairaka has been on a journey of incorporating digital resources into a range of teaching approaches.  We aim for a blended environment where staff and students have the option to choose the best resources for the learning at the time, whether it is digital or otherwise.  

Ako Hiko: Is a cluster of eight schools who work together to create equity, raise achievement and offer opportunities to all our learners. The basis of the learning is the Learn, Create and Share learning model.

Research: The Woolf Fisher Trust, a research arm of the University of Auckland, send out these annual questionnaires to give feedback to the cluster about how the digital environment helps to learn.  Woolf Fisher collects data from Year 4-6 parents as some of the other cluster schools have digital devices for all ages. The feedback we get from this survey will be specific to Owairaka as well as from the whole cluster.

We would appreciate if you could do this quick survey by Friday 24th May.

Space Ponder Week 3

Road Safety Week

This week is Road Safety Week.  We encourage students and families to be safe on their way to and from school.  Please comment on our blog with your safety message. Thank you!

Space Ponder 2

Garden To Table

Today Room 7 students started Garden to Table. Half of the class cooked up a storm in the kitchen using ingredients from the school garden while the other half tended the gardens and learned about the various herbs, vegetables and fruits growing around the school.

The Vegetables group in the garden, and having pulled some radishes. 

 The Fruits group sampling the delicious vegetable soup they made. Fantastic pumpkin scones ready for eating.