Kererū 2021 Hits the Ground Running.

 It has been a busy start to our year and even in 11 days we seem to have accomplished so much.  

I always think that there is so much responsibility for our year 5s and 6s to think about.  Sports and P.E. Council, Senior Student Council,  Gate Duty,  Peer Mediators, Librarians just to name a few.  I am really impressed with how this class has jelled together so well.  We have people away for appointments and arranged days off and our wonderful group of students are covering for each other and offering to do duties without anyone having to remind them.  This really is a sign of maturity.

Our writing is off with a hiss and a roar with our Learn, Create, Share philosophy really being tested with our task of creating Ebooks.  We are getting inspiration from the Pobble365 site and creating our stories first.  We are then being reminded this week that when we finish a story that is not the end of the writing process.  We are practicing 'Recrafting.'    Recrafting is going back through our stories and improving them, and being more descriptive in order to paint pictures in peoples minds to make the stories better.

When we are finished the stories we will turn them into ebooks that can be shared.  We will evaluate our efforts hopefully after that.

Looking forward to starting our Rocket Challenge soon and our 1,2,3 Tech Challenge.  Ask your kids what these are.