DINOSAURS!

Quinn G, Zachary and Oliver W presented their Dinosaur challenge to us.  We had to make or do something based on dinosaurs.  They came up with the Success Criteria for us and told us how we will know if we are successful.

First we WONDERed what we could do or make about Dinosaurs and then we went into the EXPLORE phase of Te Ako Ritenga.

We had to attend the Checkpoint REFLECT station so that we could prove that we were ready to move to ACT

Then we planned what we were going to make in the ACT part of our challenge.

                                       


 The final stage of our Inquiry process, is REFLECT.  This is were we stop and check if we have met all the success criteria.  We had a big sharing session in the afternoon and everyone got to show off their fabulous creations.

GENIUS HOUR - EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR

Today for Genius Hour, we focused on the Nga Matapono belief of being an Effective Communicator.

We could do or make ANYTHING we liked so long as we were being...

 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS.  

Conrad and Amon made this microphone to help people speak loud and clear at our Piako Rua assemblies.  Have a look at Amon explaining how it works.  It's pretty cute!

 "We are Effective Communicators when we take turns to talk" Brooke

"We are Effective Communicators when we use gestures" Amon

"We are Effective Communicators when we use kind words" Keira

"We are Effective Communicators when we write neatly so people can read it" Max

"We are Effective Communicators when we look at the person who is speaking" Maddy

"We are Effective Communicators when we wait our turn to talk" Ryla
                                     

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You can help us at home, by talking about what we did today and what we think makes us an Effective Communicator, and reminding us to do some of the things on our chart above.