My visit to GAFE

                                                                      My visit to GAFE

On Wednesday 12th August the GAFE presenters went to Hobsonville point primary school to present their presentations which had a little twist because some of the learners went along to support the presenters.

When we entered the school first thing my eye caught was the boy who was giving a emotional speech which kind of made me feel like crying.The real moment was when we were split into the groups to do the whole school activities.My first presentation i saw was part of ,my school Divya and Aryan were the first ones too get ormiston primary learners! Then after exploring presentations and activities we all had lunch together all siting in one single bench, man that was tough fitting in cause the teachers squeezed in too somehow!!!But anyways we had so much fun also when traveling through the bus,we sang songs,played games and had votes in the activities.

Then the long day ended with going home i wrote in my blog and the mysterious diary which no-one will ever find about.We ended well YAYYY!!!

From vrishti the ormps fantastic learner!

Zoo trip

                                             Ormiston primary schools zoo trip

On Thursday 21st july 2015 ormiston primary school went to the zoo because we were learning about animal habitats.And the most exited student was angili because one of the elephants names were anglee at the zoo.Everyone in class teased her just because but anyways we all enjoyed looking at the animals.My favourite animal was the cheetah because it is the fastest animal in the whole entire world!!!if you did not know. 

LH1 had the best day ever at the zoo!!!

Maori language week

Maori language week

On Monday we had special guests and they were from Manurewa intermediate/first they did wonderful karakia after that they performed a Hakka in front of habitat 1. After that they actually taught us some of the karakia it was awesome and fun because at the end we got to finish the day with a competition between the girls and boys to present in front of the LH2.

Leadership Experience Fun Masters - Learning Story - August 2015

Learners:  Joshua & Vrishti                                                        Learning Coach: D Wilkes

Learning Area: KCs and Literacy                                                Date: Aug 5

Learning Observed

It was impressive to watch these two learners collaborate togetherto provide the fun part of the ‘Leadership Experience’ as a long awaited follow up to the NYLD that all the Year 6s attended in Term 2.  Vrishti and Joshua co-constructed their activities (which can be found in the presentation that housed all of the other learner’s presentations) and they MCed the games like true professionals.  When the order of appearance changed multiple times they just rolled with it demonstrating confidence and resilience.  They selected some fun games that they participated in at NYLD to recreate at our event and kept the energy levels high for the entire afternoon.  The learners loved doing the Mexican Wave and especially the egg challenge!  Practicing their public speaking, writing and leadership was what they did while the rest of us enjoyed a fantastic afternoon of entertainment and fun!

Evidence of learning

Vrishti & Joshua amp up the crowd with fun & games!

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

While Joshua and Vrishti collaborated they made direct and indirect connections to their experience at NYLD.  The related to others, managed themselves responsibly and participated enthusiastically on the day.  They were enthusiastic and responded to changes with resilience.  The preparation for the egg challenge was great and the modification to the games for a smaller crowd was thoughtful.  They made us curious and they made us laugh!

Next Learning Steps

practice the games write a blog post about the afternoon including their reflections share their learning with family at home

Loud T-shirt day

This is me and ash taking a selfie today because it is loud T-shirt day

term 3 collaboration

Friday 24th July 2015
Term 3
                                                Collaboration 
This week at ormiston primary in Hui Mr.McNeil said that this term will be collaboration themed.Since it was Monday the first day of term3 their were challenges that needed to be completed by LH1.Those challenges also had collaborative activities one of them was my favorite which was Mr.Dyer's. He did the blindfold challenge all you had to do was have a blindfold that covers your eyes and with your teammates help get across to the other side of the obstacle course without touching any of the cones,ropes or any obstacles that is lying around.Man that was a hard challenge but wait their is more next comes Mrs.Dillner with her collaborative activity which was crocodile swamp. All you had do is have chairs layed in a row and then the team stands on the rowed chairs while the last person at the end of the line has to pass on the chair that she/he is standing on but  without falling or touching the ground.Well that was sure a great day i promise myself this will be a fridaytastic memory!!!

Vrishti's Mathematics Narrative Assessment

Learner:   Vrishti (M)                                                 Date: June 2015

Learning Area: Maths - Knowledge                                   Learning Coach: John Dyer

Learning Observed

Vrishti has been working on upskilling herself in mathematical knowledge. This has involved playing a range of games with others in her maths group. In this photo, Vrishti is using a range of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division strategies to reach a range of target numbers. She enjoys playing against her friends and enjoys it even more when she beats them! Vrishti has a good grasp of doubling and halving which she used to good effect in this game. She is more confident adding numbers together and is growing in confidence when using a variety of the other three operations.

Evidence of learning

Vrishti and Yuvika battle it out to see who is the 4 x Tables grand champion!

Key Competencies/Vision Principles being demonstrated

Thinking - Making sense of information, experiences and ideas. Using language, symbols, and texts - Making sense of words, numbers and images. Managing self - knowing when to lead, when to follow and when to act independently. Relating to others - Interacting effectively in a range of contexts. Participating and contributing - Being actively involved in school and the community Curious Collaborative Connected Capable

Next Learning Steps

Continue to develop basic facts knowledge. This will include instant recall of addition and subtraction facts to 20 and instant recall of multiplication facts for the 2, 5, 10 x tables. This will progress to the 3, 6, 9 x tables, the 4 and 8 x and finally 7 x tables.