Celebrating a great day !

This week we made an iMovie to record our response to a visit  from Reggie Dabbs, as part of The Revolution Tour, to our school last week. Dabbs came to speak to students about self-esteem and to promote anti-bullying in schools. The students were so inspired by Reggie Dabbs, that I thought we could do something to record the impact on us. I asked student's to write down a personal highlight on a sheet of white paper.

The celebration for me was that two students chose to write quotes, which we had discussed earlier in the year.  I was so proud of all the students of choosing a positive message, I think they are great role models ! It was just one of those moment when I felt so privileged to be able to teach these amazing students.

Here is our iMovie ...

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Measurement PD

Level	NZC		National Standards
Level 1	Compare Objects Directly Order & compare objects ·      Length ·      Area ·      Volume + capacity ·      Weight ·      Turn(angle) ·      Temperature ·      Time By direct comparison and/or counting whole numbers of units	1.	Compare objects directly
		2	Compare using self chosen units. ·      Learning in direct comparison ·      Learning A & B is the same as C
Level 2	Create and use appropriate units (standard) to measure.	3	Using standard Units to measure in whole numbers
		4	Measure using scales
Level 3	Using linear scales & metric units. Multiplicative thinking Standard units of measurement	5	Choose & use standard units of measurement. Time introduces To the nearest tenth.
		6	Use Arrays to find areas & volume ( Whole numbers)
Level 4	Using appropriate devices to measure length, area, weight etc Decimal numbers Perimeter and areas of irregular shapes	7	Making conversions. mm-cm-m-km Using whole numbes Regular shares ( squares)
		8	Making conversions Using decimals Introducing  irregular shapes eg. area & perimeter of triangle

Sharing my Whakapapa

Here's what:

I have been learning about Whakapapa at my Level 2 Te Reo paper with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

So what:

Tonight I took the opportunity to share my personal Whakapapa with my class. My whakapapa talks about my grandparents on my mother (Jill Biggs) side and my father (Douglas Biggs) side. I say that my grandparents were born in Āwerika ki te Tonga (South Africa).  I talk about my bother and sister, and that I am the oldest sibling, while my brother is the youngest sibling.

Here is a recording of me sharing my whakapapa in class tonight:

So what:
I am proud of myself for standing up and speaking in front of my class. I think this has given my valuable insight into how it may make my students feel when they are asked to speak in a second language in front of others. I felt nervous that my pronunciation was not correct but the encouragement from my teacher changed this anxiety to a feeling of accomplishment.  I hope to do the same for my students.

First 2 weeks using iPads...

It has been an exciting start to Term 2 as the school has embraced the introduction of iPads. Further to my first post on setting up the iPads. We have now installed a few apps, using Meraki, which has been brilliant! It is so easy to assign apps to each device and then install the apps on the iPads.

In addition, we have started a Wednesday morning coffee group before school at 8am for staff to practise using the apps and to share ideas. I am really enjoying sharing what I have learnt about iPads, apps, Google Drive etc and learning from my colleagues. At this stage we are sharing 14 iPads between the classes. The first issue we encountered was how were we going to save students work? The solution at this stage is that students will use the Google Drive app to achieve this.

Students are able to sign into the app and instantly add photos, videos, documents.Once this has been done, students sign out of Google Drive once they are finished with the iPad. Students are then able to view these pictures and videos at home, school, anywhere where they can log into the google account.

To upload photos or videos that are already stored on your device:

1. Open the Drive app.
2. In the top right, touch the + button.
3. Select Upload Photos or Videos.
4. Touch one or more photos or videos in your camera roll to upload it to Drive.

Issue:
How do we add these videos to blogs?
I have created a short video to explain how I think we can do this...