Celebration with Lights, Messages and Sculptures

Pounamu wanted to say a huge thank you for all your support during our celebration of our student's amazing work about the brain. It was so wonderful to see so many parents enjoying their awesome sculptures. 

We are particularly proud of the diversity of ideas on show. The students spent a long time learning about the brain and how they could create the best sculpture to share their message. We gave the students the opportunity to create their sculpture in the way they wanted and we think the wide variety of models proved that. Some students even learnt how to use Google Docs so they could create their own message boards - now that's ownership!

A fantastic effort from all students and there was a lot of fun on the way! :)

Luma

This is the video made by Alfie, Ollie and Phoenix that was in the brain box at Luma. Here are some other photos;

Being a Scientist

This term we are going to become Scientists. During Week 1 we explored some of the skills a Scientist needs. In these photos we are Observing and Sequencing.

Having decided on the order (sequence) we had to carry out the experiment. We made milk move!

Welcome Back to Term 2!

What an awesome start to the term. The Pounamu students have arrived full of enthusiasm and a thirst for learning! We have been particularly impressed how they have quickly returned back to great learning habits of making good choices of where they sit and who they sit with. 

We have introduced our new concept for this term, Undiscovered.  The students have been discussing lots of different topics and decided whether they felt they were discovered or undiscovered. We want to explore the areas of undiscovered which interests them and we were surprised by their choices. The areas they want to explore are space, under the sea, shadows and, in particular, bacteria! Yikes, I think the mentors are going to learn a lot too! :)

Pounamu Assembly Video - We learnt...

Wow! The term has flown by with lots of learning. Our vision is to set up the students for success which includes setting up clear routines, building relationships and coaching them to be able to manage themselves and make good choices. We also had a lot of fun on the way! ;)

LUMA Models ready to go!

It has been an extremely busy Term One learning about the brain and how we learn best. The students also learnt how to create models too, which required having a go and learning the skills to produce a model for the LUMA exhibition. The students were given the choice with how they communicate their learning and you will certainly see a diversity of models on the 11th May!

Our brain song

This is the song we will perform at assembly next Thursday to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Please help us practise the verse we need to;
Ms Taylor - verse 1
Ms Dockerty - verse 2
Mr Bailey - verse 3
Ms Tetli - verse 4