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  Chinese New year Learning to draw Dragon heads from a tutorial. Dragons, dragons everywhere ! Creating and sharing
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        Room 14 - Learning, Creating, and Sharing in Week 2! Learning:   The class was given a Math Problem. They read it, discussed the question in pairs, then shared their thoughts with the class to check that everyone understood the question.                                                            Creating: Now the thinking, strategizing and creativity begins!  Some chose to go at it alone, while others worked collaboratively to solve the problem.    "Creativity is intelligence having fun!" There was definitely a lot of thinking going on!    ????????? ..... ????????????..... ????????.....                       "Mistakes are proof that you are trying."                                     A-Ha!!!  We realized there were so many ways you can figure this problem out! We were onto it!... 👀 -We wrote down a multitude of equations using different operations. -We even drew pictures to help explain our reasoning. -It also helped to write down words to clarify our mat

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  Watch out for Room 14...........here we come !👻 We are a lovely bunch of Year 3 and 4 students, bright and lively, ready to learn.  Our teachers are Whaea Rhoda and Mrs. Southcombe.  We like to begin our learning with our class Karakia. Karakia Timatanga Manawa mai te mauri nuku  Manawa mai te mauri rangi Ko te mauri kei au He mauri tipua  Ka pakaru mai te pō Tau mai te mauri Haumi e, hui e, taiki e! Embrace the life force of the earth Embrace the life force of the sky The life force I have gathered is powerful  And shatters all darkness  Come great life force Join it, gather it, it is done. On the first day of school... We are learning more about each other, by sharing information about ourselves. We are on our way to.... The New Windsor way. Being Confident An important part of our day is solving numeracy tasks with a partner.   Listening to each other and showing respect. We are being collaborative Showing respect for other's ideas.   "It is your turn now" Our first