BABY SHARK CHALLENGE

Today's Make it Monday challenge was proudly brought to you by Kosmo!

The HOOK for today's Make it Monday was singing the Baby Shark Song - (It is one of our favourites but be warned... it gets stuck in your head!)

We were challenged to make a something so that scientists could see the sharks in their natural habitat.

We were given success criteria, that we needed to meet.  Then it was time to WONDER...

We brainstormed all our ideas and thought about the things that we needed to learn in order to meet the challenge.

Then it was time to EXPLORE.  We went in to Wonderland and learnt all about 2d and 3d shapes. 

After we had found out some new information, we went to the CHECKPOINT STATION.  This is where we stop and REFLECT on what we have learnt so far.  The teacher listened to us explain all our learning.  Afterwards, we could go to ACT next door in the Rainbow Room.

After we made our inventions, we REFLECTED.  Did we meet the success criteria?

The we had to be EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS and explain our invention to the rest of the class.

HE AHA TE ĀHUA? WHAT IS THIS SHAPE

Today we learnt the name of shapes in Maori.  Mrs Ruawai helped us by showing us a slideshow with all the shapes on it.

Pa Jack came and helped us learn the Maori words.  We needed to check we were saying them right.



We practised saying the names of the shapes and we had a worksheet to do.  Some of us made puzzles with Maori designs on them,  We played a matching game too.

By Jacob N and Elliot

MAKE IT MONDAY - SPACE

"Can you make something that you would find in space?"  

That was the challenge that the Koalas reading group set the rest of the class today.
They HOOKED us in with this cool video...

Space?!  We were HOOKed.  But we had a couple of questions about the Success Criteria.  

We WONDERed what a 2D shape and 3D shape was?

Then we had to EXPLORE.

 

  

 

Then it was time to ACT.  We made spaceships, aliens, rockets and planets.  

   

  

  

When we did our REFLECT we had a lot to say...

 

Lloyd & Zac W - Made a rocket.  Next time they'd make a parachute to slow the rocket down when it reaches space.

Oliver & Quinn - Made a rocket with seat belts.

Harlem - Made all 7 planets, but next time he'll make an astronaut to visit the planets.

Layla, Nina & Lauren - Made a galaxy BUT next time "We'd take the flag off".

Amelia, Fai'ana & Charlie - "Made aliens and a big rocket. Amelia says "Some things didn't work out for us.  We made different stuff so it looked creative".

Connor & Dominic - "It has boosters and it can drive".  They used tinfoil in case the rocket crashed in the water so it was waterproof.