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Posted by Megan on October 29, 2017

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Making Positive Friendships.

We have been looking at how some of our choices, such as our friends, can impact our emotions and our feelings of happiness. As part of this we have been exploring the concept of being an " Upstander " not a " Bystander " when we see someone, especially our friends, being treated unkindly. We did an experiment with two identical apples. We imagined that they were one of us. One we cared for and looked after, while the other we treated unkindly. At the end both of the apples looked the same on the outside, yet when we cut them open, the one that was treated unkindly was damaged. We compared this to ourselves and identified that; "Even though we may look strong on the outside, negative words hurt us." "Sometimes we can't see the damage that words do on the inside." "Good friends don't hurt others with words." "We can choose not to be a bystander and watch as these things happen to others." Being ...

Year 8 Rolleston College Visit

Today our Year 8’s, Luke, Rachel and Kate had a visit to Rolleston College, the local high school. When we arrived Mr Shaw, one of the senior leaders, greeted us at the reception for a tour. We were interested in seeing the school's facilities for performing arts, so Mr Shaw agreed to show us them first. We went upstairs and made our way to the performing arts studios. The first room we went to was the music room which had 3 keyboards and a acoustic drum kit. Then we went to the sound proofed music rooms. These rooms are for lessons, one room has a grand piano, another one has an electric keyboard and a guitar and the last one has another keyboard and an electric drum kit. After that we went to the drama room which had a very high roof and a massive window opening up into Foster Park. In the drama room students were rehearsing drama acts and doing some singing. We then walked through some of the classes. In the robotics class, taught by Mrs Ford. The students were 3...

PBL - Designing Tools to Teach Preschool Skills

This term our focus for Problem Based Learning is to use our knowledge of the Technology Design Process, along with knowledge of preschool skills, creativity and their imaginations to design a 'tool' for teaching preschool aged children something new. This week we began the process by interviewing a range of experts, such as Ms Fidow, Mrs Clarkson, learners in Te Kete Kakano and the children and staff of Blossoms preschool to find out what skills they thought it was important to develop before starting skills. We also looked at the tools that captured the attention of the children; what colour they were, what type of tool they were, and how the learners interacted with them. From here learners will start to come up with their ideas and the designs. We look forward to seeing what comes out during the planning stage.

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