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Shout out to Rebecca @ Paparoa Range School.

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Shout out to Rebecca @ Paparoa Range School.

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Rebecca has been keeping everyone entertained and engaged with interesting blog posts of work she's done and instalments of a story she's writing. Her ANZAC slide is really special.

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Katie was panicking! What was she going to tell her Mum, Cassie. Shes never lied to her Mum before so she told her the truth. "Umm when I was in the bath, the room trasformed into the ocean and there was a palace, and I meet a lady, she said she was a little old and she was a queen, but she didn't want to be queen anymore so she made me queen, but now I dont know if I can do all that queeny stuff I would rather be a princesess!" "OK" said her Mum very confused. "I'll show you tomorrow night" Katie begged "Ok fine, now go to bed, it's way past your bedtime".
Finally it was nightime the next day. Katie got on her togs and so did her Mum. They played in the bubbles for a long time. Katie was starting to get worried why was it not working. Wait! She forgot her tiara. She quickly got her tiara. Then the room was filling up with water. "It's working!" shouted Katie "What's happening!!" screamed Katie's Mum, and in seconds they were floating on the ocean. "Mum your dress is so pretty" and it was, it was gold with silver sparkles. The bath tub was turning into a submarine and they went to the palace door. When Katie opened the door of the submarine Katie and her Mum lite up and turned into mermaids. Katie's Mum had a yellow tail. "Woah" Katie's Mum looked very astonished. Katie knocked on the door, Adaline opened the door. "Hello Queen Katie" "Hi" Katie said "Adaline theres somthing I need to tell you" "Ok what is it" I don't think I can be a good Queen, so mabe my Mum could maybe be the new queen, and I could be the princess" "Thats a wonderful idea" "Mum how would you like to be the queen" "Really of corse but only if Katies the princess ok" Cassie and Adaline went of to do some queen training after a few hours. Cassie and Adaline came out a room "Alright see you tomorrow" "OK bye" and Katie and her Mum swam back into the submarinew . They zoomed back to the surface. They were back in the bath, that was so much fun and they both laughed.
Now Katie and her mum have baths everynight!! The End

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Katie was panicking! What was she going to tell her Mum, Cassie. Shes never lied to her Mum before so she told her the truth.

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This doc includes blog links of participants in today's Meet. Great idea thanks Kylie Bellis

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Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Teacher Meet: Blogger Shout Out Meet Chat: April 15

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Manaiakalani PLD - Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Teacher Meet

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This week's Meet was an open invitation to contribute to a SLAM. First up a SLAM is designed to be a fun and collaborative opportunity to share. Participants had a maximum of 1 minute to share an inspirational idea, strategy or a tool they've tried!

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Year 7/8 Teacher at Pt England School. She shares load of great reflection, practical tips and links to her Class Onair Episodes.

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How would you treat a pupil who came to you and said they were feeling overwhelmed? We teachers are experts are listening compassionately and supporting others through hard times. So why is it that we struggle to do the same for ourselves? This evening I attended a webinar lead by Clinical Psychologist Dr Natalie Flynn and Dr Nina Hood of The Education Hub.
Teacher Wellbeing
At the moment, teachers are really struggling to allow themselves to feel stressed or low. We are going through a global pandemic. We are being asked to teach in a totally different way and it is hard. We must acknowledge that it is hard. And then we must stop beating ourselves up for not meeting high expectations.

A good first step for teachers, as suggested by Dr Flynn, is to comprise a list of all of the things that you are expected to do. Then negotiate, prioritise, work out what can feasibly be done and set a time to do it. You wont be able to do everything and that has to be okay.

We absolutely cannot compromis...

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How would you treat a pupil who came to you and said they were feeling overwhelmed? We teachers are experts are listening compassionately and supporting others through hard times. So why is it that we struggle to do the same for ourselves?

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Helena is a BT in a siloed class at New Brighton Catholic. Over the week she has seen the power of the blog and now realises she needs to have a greater understanding. I asked her to do a professional blog and post her experiences today and she has. This was to support her understanding of blogs as well.

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New Zealand was placed into Level four lockdown in late March. This event would have seemed completely unprecedented at the the beginning of the year. But as is the job of a teacher it was a time in which we had to be adaptable.

What we had
We were in a fortunate position to already have a class site. As a beginning teacher I felt fortunate to have this prior to lockdown. The first few weeks of Term One were spent learning how to make the site accessible to the students and how I could use it in day to day classroom life. This time has proven to be vital as the site is now our gateway to learning and part of every day classroom life. Having anticipated the possibility of online learning our students had been talked through the sites that they would need to access. This included our classroom site, the blog as well as additional online learning sites.

What we created
We were fortunate to have a great base to begin online learning and one that the students were familiar with. We became Youtubers within our own homes creating videos and Screencastifys to teach our children virtually. We adapted our practice to create online lessons that our students could access through the class site. Google Meet became our new way to touch base with students daily and the amount of professional learning that occurred in this time was immense. It was a time in which I gained a variety of skills that I believe will benefit my class in the future.

What we learnt
Never before has learning drastically shifted to an online format in this way. The first week was a time to establish what worked for our students and what did not. I was also able to establish the expectations that I had for my students and myself. I think that what I learnt was the importance of being realistic. The happiness of my students is the main priority and sometimes a bike ride and some baking will impact them more positively. Some students found the routine of online learning stimulating and familiar. I found myself receiving work left, right and centre. This was where the blog was highly beneficial. I was able to direct my students to one place where all of their learning would go. In a time where we might feel distant, it was also a wonderful way to share our learning together. Students have the opportunity to comment on each others work as well as whanau and support staff. The format for commenting of positive, thoughtful and helpful has meant that i'm able to give students next steps for their work. The blog has been a significant and highly useful tool as we learn online.

How we will move forward

People are life long learners and lockdown level four has been a true testament to that. As we continue online learning and as we progress down the levels it is undeniable that further learning curves will occur. I am feeling positive about the learning journey so far and looking forward to seeing the growth in my students and my professional learning over the coming months.

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Shout out to Viliami T @ Glenbrae school.

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Shout out to Viliami T @ Glenbrae school.

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Viliami is a great blogger who not only likes to blog his learning activities from class but also his research and knowledge about topics of interest to him.

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This week I made a explanation about Barack Obama, Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States Of America and the first African American to become a president. Barack Obama reminds me of Nelson Mandela when he became the first black president of South Africa. Just like Nelson Mandela Obama fought for his role as president. I remeber watching one of his speeches and then he invited his anger manegement translator and it was so funny. Till this day I still think Barack Obama is the best president the United states Of America ever had.

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This week I made a explanation about Barack Obama, Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States Of America and the first African American to become a president. Barack Obama reminds me of Nelson Mandela when he became the first black president of South Africa.

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Richie is a keen blogger who likes to share his work. He has been working his way through his learning activities as well as the Smart Learner Blog Challenge

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KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK, it was 1 am, my 2 sisters and I were home alone
because our parents were on a business trip out of the country.
We first thought it was our parent's home early but then we saw
somebody or something dressed in black from his head to his toes.
All of a sudden we hear someone breaking in from the back door.

We quickly but quietly ran upstairs and went into our parent's room
because it was the only room with a door that could lock and had a
cellphone. My sister Janie quickly found the phone and dialed 111.
The operator told my sister to stay on the phone and hide, so we
went to the toilet and locked the door.

It was so quiet that it was like nobody had ever been to our house except
us. We decided that we would go out to check if they had left, we
completely ignored the operator telling us to just wait for the police.
We slowly opened the door and as we were opening the door it was forced
open by someone, it was the robbers not one but three, they knocked us all
out and put us in the back of their car.

We soon woke up and heard sirens behind us; it was the cops following us at
high speed. The chase had gone on for at least 45 minutes before the car
ran out of fuel. We were safely returned to our homes with our parents
waiting, it turns out that the people that took us were wanted by the police.

From that day on we were never left at home alone and if our parents had a
business trip they would take us with them.

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KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK, it was 1 am, my 2 sisters and I were home alone because our parents were on a business trip out of the country. We first thought it was our parent's home early but then we saw somebody or something dressed in black from his head to his toes.

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Amazing tips for online learning, totally reshaped my thinking and has had a huge impact on keeping students engaged in distance learning.

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With the world in lockdown every teacher is having to make adaptations for online distance learning. To help speed your learning journey, here are seven top tips that I've curated from the experts Harry Fletcher-Wood and Dr Nina Wood at the Education Hub.

1. Students attention spans are going to be far shorter. We know that there are many distractions for children at home and they are definitely not dedicating six hours of their day for school work. We don't want to overload parents either - if there is too much content and they have multiple children things get very tricky. A couple of hours of learning a day is great. In fact, my 11 to 13 year old students tend to clock out after about 90 - so I make the most of them!

2. Your learning activities need to be simple. We don't have the chance to meet face to face with students, to answer questions as they arise, so our tasks need to be easily introduced and explained. It is helpful to use a similar format each week (or the same format they would use at school), to further simplify the task. You want the students to put energy into the content itself and not interpreting the task. I've been structuring my lessons the same each day and sharing student work as exemplars.

3. Now is NOT a great time to introduce lots of new digital tools, unless you know one or two are definitely going to make your life easier. Ideally, you would be hearing from lots of teachers who have used this before and can talk you through the use of the tool. If you get too ambitious and use too many new tools, you are overcomplicating your tasks and the students may disengage.

4. Allocate a set time for social interaction and then move into the teaching. It is so important to give the learners a chance to communicate and share their thoughts and feelings. If you attempt to alternate between the lesson and off topic conversation, things can get messy and you can confuse your learners. I always start my sessions with 5- 10 mins of sharing before we get started with the content.

5. For some students, communicating via video chat can be daunting. They may be anxious about being put on the spot or being asked to share their thoughts with the class. You can alleviate this anxiety by allowing them to type their thoughts or questions using the chat feature. This is also a fantastic way of quickly getting answers to your questions!

6. Social cues break down over video chat. I'm sure you've noticed this when chatting with a group of friends or family members. In larger groups, there can be several awkward pauses or moments where everyone speaks at once. It is far more challenging to 'read the room' due to lag and/or frozen screens. It is important to pause regularly and check that your students are following. Using the chat box is a great quick way to get a read on how your students are doing. If the answer is 'no' or 'I'm okay' ask the students to type that!

7. Try and get consistent messaging and timetabling across syndicates and the school. Ideally everyone would have similar expectations - e.g. all teachers are allocated an hour, 30 minutes for a video call and 30 minutes for work completion. Then all literacy teachers teach at the same time to avoid timetabling conflict. We also have set times for different teams, so if students are sharing a device they can take turns at joining their class for a video call.

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With the world in lockdown every teacher is having to make adaptations for online distance learning. To help speed your learning journey, here are seven top tips that I've curated from the experts Harry Fletcher-Wood and Dr Nina Wood at the Education Hub. 1. Students attention spans are going to be far shorter.

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Always great to visit Room 9's blog and looking at the work the students are doing from home.

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We are Year 4 and 5 learners at Glenbrae School in Auckland, New Zealand and our teacher is Miss Smith.

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Shout to to Felix from Marshland School, Christchurch (Te Ara Tūhura)

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Shout to to Felix from Marshland School, Christchurch (Te Ara Tūhura)

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Felix has shared his love of art and writing and asks some good questions of his readers.

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Kia ora fellow bloggers. Today I and my brothers have been working. What have you been doing today?
For work today though one subject I enjoyed the most is writing.
We got to write about what mankind invention would you celebrate.
I chose art because I love art and art lets me express my feelings.
next time I wish to use better pens for my art.
Do you agree you are good at art? Comment down below.
Goodbye and have a great day.

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Kia ora fellow bloggers. Today I and my brothers have been working. What have you been doing today? For work today though one subject I enjoyed the most is writing. We got to write about what mankind invention would you celebrate. I chose art because I love art and art lets me express my feelings.

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Shout out to Room 8&9 and Room 5&6 at New Brighton Catholic

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Shout out to Room 8&9 and Room 5&6 at New Brighton Catholic

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These classes are using the power of sharing by email to allow whānau to share their children's learning from home.

https://nbcrm8.blogspot.com/

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Shout out to Mia @ Yaldhurst Model School, Christchurch (Uru Mānuka)

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Shout out to Mia @ Yaldhurst Model School, Christchurch (Uru Mānuka)

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A wonderful example of science learning shared by Mia.

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Welcome back to another blog post!

Today I will be talking about dissecting a flower.

I chose a rose that was growing in our garden.

Dissect means to take apart, or to cut open to study the insides of an living object or thing.

I know, it doesn't really sound nice does it?
Well, luckily it's a flower.

So I started by taking apart some of the petals, I even cut open the hip or the rose, which you will learn what that is if you don't know already in my drawing.

I made a google drawing explaining all the parts of the rose.

I also added some words in to describe the textures and looks.

I thought it was really interesting looking into what it looks like in a rose, it also had some really peculiar textures on the inside of it.

Have you done some similar things like this?

What did you do it on?

Would you like to try to dissect a flower too?

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Welcome back to another blog post! Today I will be talking about dissecting a flower. I chose a rose that was growing in our garden. Dissect means to take apart, or to cut open to study the insides of an living object or thing. I know, it doesn't really sound nice does it?

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Emily has been documenting her life in her bubble from the day they stopped being in school. Students have been able to connect with her this way. Emily asks great questions of the reader to engage with.

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Ingredients

2 cups self raising flour

2 cups finely grated raw carrot

1/3 tspn bicarbonate of soda

1. Mix all ingredients in bowl, mix well

3. Cook at 300oF (gas 3-4) for 30-50minutes

1/3 cup butter or margarine

1 1/2 tspn vanilla essence

1. Mix all ingredients in bowl, mix well

2. Add the icing to cake tops when cool

What have you been baking?

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Ingredients 2 cups self raising flour 2 cups finely grated raw carrot 1/3 tspn bicarbonate of soda 1. Mix all ingredients in bowl, mix well 3. Cook at 300oF (gas 3-4) for 30-50minutes 1/3 cup butter or margarine 1 1/2 tspn vanilla essence 1. Mix all ingredients in bowl, mix well 2.

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Shout out to Rongomatane @ Makaraka School, Gisborne.

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Shout out to Rongomatane @ Makaraka School, Gisborne.

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A great example of how junior class teachers can share student learning on the class blog with learners who do not yet have their own blogs. Their teacher Mrs Hannah has been sharing great welcome videos on her site and has found some neat ways to share learning on their class blog too.

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After Rongomatane saw the Makaraka Staff video that they shared, they were inspired to do the same. After a few attempts to get the videos sent through (sorry guys, technical difficulties), it's ready to go. The main theme that I got from watching this video, is how much we are all missing each other and can't wait to see one another again. Perhaps that's why we love to catch up during our Google Meets. Thank you, parents, for taking up the challenge. Our tamariki are very lucky to have you! Stay tuned for Rongomatane's next crazy adventure😜And a big thank you to my son, Ethan for putting the video together. "It takes a Village!"

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After Rongomatane saw the Makaraka Staff video that they shared, they were inspired to do the same. After a few attempts to get the videos sent through (sorry guys, technical difficulties), it's ready to go. The main theme that I got from watching this video, is how much we are all missing each other and can't wait to see one another again.

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Shout to St Francis of Assisi Kakano Blog

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Shout to St Francis of Assisi Kakano Blog

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Great example of email sharing to the blog. Also check out the explanation of DNA by a Yr1/2 student. Absolute magic.

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This YouTube video is of Hrihaan's understanding about DNA. And the picture of his drawing. He noticed one day from my book and recognised the DNA double helix and I saw his interest about it and asking me lot of questions. I provided information as much as I could by moulding it into simpler version. Then after a week I found him drawing this and explaining to his little sister. Then I gave him play dough to get more explanation from him.

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This YouTube video is of Hrihaan's understanding about DNA. And the picture of his drawing. He noticed one day from my book and recognised the DNA double helix and I saw his interest about it and asking me lot of questions. I provided information as much as I could by moulding it into simpler version.

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A great reflection as a teacher and parent from Eugene who is a teacher at Rāwhiti School in ChCh.

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Introduction - New Zealand went into level 4 lockdown on 25th March. For the next four weeks, all schools and businesses would be closed and social distancing would be in effect while the nation worked to slow and stop the transmission of COVID 19. For teachers, this meant that we had to change how we delivered content to our students, met the needs of our students (both academic and wellbeing), as well as fulfilling PD and management requirements.

At Rāwhiti School we were well placed for this. Being in our third year of Manaiakalani, we have had extensive PD that supports the delivery of a digital curriculum. Our students are set up with Gmail, Google Drive and blogs, and teachers have Hapara to monitor student work.

Here are my thoughts on how effective distance learning has been.

Workload - In our studio, we are fortunate enough to have four teachers. Everyone took responsibility for one curriculum area to post onto our studio learning site. My responsibility has been maths. Each day I have made a Google Slide with a series of maths activities and problems. These are all optional and levelled with entry questions set to Level 2 of the NZ curriculum and harder questions set to around Level 3 or early 4. Rather than having the same maths focus for a week, each day has a different focus. This has ranged from number knowledge practice to strand problem solving and investigation.

Marking maths work and commenting on blogs has taken up the majority of my workday. By using Hapara Teacher Dashboard it is easy enough to see who has completed a daily task. Having said that, only about 25% of our students have correctly copied the tasks from our learning site and successfully placed the work into their Google Drive.

My question here is what else can we do to make sure our students are using digital learning to its full potential? Clearly, the instructions and videos put onto the site to access the learning has not reached the majority of students. It may be that there are students who are accessing the learning but who are not filing their work or blogging it correctly. I can only give feedback on work that I can access.

It is also worth noting that, like many teachers, I have children of my own. My boys are 7 and 5 years old. My wife also works from home. Being the "teacher" has meant that I have taken on the responsibility for my children's learning too. To make this engaging for my boys often takes time away from my teaching. It is a difficult balance to achieve, with some days being better than others.

Connecting with Families - The last part of each workweek has been taken up with contacting families to check on whanau and student wellbeing. I have been able to regularly connect with most families. Many have appreciated the contact, many have questions. Often I would chat with parents about how they were managing and what school would look like for the foreseeable future. Those that I couldn't contact by phone I have emailed.

To be perfectly honest I find making these phone calls difficult. Many families are under a lot of pressure. At times it felt as though my calls added to this, as clear as I tried to be with my communication. In part, this is due to nearly all our distance learning is conducted through the internet. Several families do not have a device suitable for the work being set.

Google Meets - My first Google Meet with students was at the end of Term 1. No one attended. Not to be deterred, I hosted another one at the start of Term 2. I wanted to connect with my kaiawhina so I sent a mass email to both students and parents. This time I have about 14 students attend. It was a pleasant catch-up and I was impressed with how quickly my students followed Google Meet protocols.

I now regularly host a Google Meet every Tuesday and Friday to discuss maths and other learning. There is often about 10 students attending these with various questions. The most common questions are around how to make a copy of the maths work, and how to file it correctly.

Independence - I have been impressed by the independence and initiative of those students who have accessed the distance learning. The work they are producing is creative. One area that can be improved is having students show how they solve the mathematics problems. Some students are showing how they turn the word problems into equations, most students are putting just the answer to the problem. How can I make my expectation for visible problem solving clearer?

The Future - What can we take away from this experience when "normality" resumes and we are back in the studio with our students?

Giving choice to students choice in the work they do

Stick to a theme

Have a range of work for different abilities

Posting work to the learning site

More students need a suitable device for home - how can we make this happen?

Students need near-constant blogging and commenting - everything needs to go onto their blog each week

Can a version of our planning be loaded to our learning sites to support independent learners or those who are unable to get to school?

Here is a painting I did of the view south towards Banks Peninsular from New Brighton Pier. Just because.

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Introduction - New Zealand went into level 4 lockdown on 25th March. For the next four weeks, all schools and businesses would be closed and social distancing would be in effect while the nation worked to slow and stop the transmission of COVID 19.

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Emma Naden teaches this class of year 3 students. Emma is a BT who has just started teaching. Imagine that - not even a term into your first year of teaching and you go into lockdown? Emma has found a way to share the work the learners and their families are emailing to her and to provide some feedback as well. Check out Week 2 of distance learning in Room 5.

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These little people had only been at school a matter of days and in their own classroom for less than a week before lockdown - look at the LCS and whanau engagement happening here!

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As a country we celebrated Anzac day in very different ways this year. At Pt England school we have shown the Anzac spirit by thinking about others. This was the theme of Fridays live streamed assembly.

Ashleigh was inspired to remember our Anzac's with some great writing and she also decorating the footpath.
Awesome work.

What did you do to remember our Anzac Tupuna?

Post a comment to share!

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As a country we celebrated Anzac day in very different ways this year. At Pt England school we have shown the Anzac spirit by thinking about others. This was the theme of Fridays live streamed assembly. Ashleigh was inspired to remember our Anzac's with some great writing and she also decorating the footpath.

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Shout Out to Cayden @ Pt England School. 

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Shout Out to Cayden @ Pt England School. 

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Great blog with loads of videos, images and writing sharing his learning. I like the way he makes videos for an audience.

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I am a Year 3 student at Pt England School, Auckland, NZ. My teachers are Miss Scanlan, Ms Tumahai, Miss Szymanik and Mrs Carruthers.

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Shout Out to Miss Ashley and her year 7/8 children. They have been using their class blog as a place to revise the learning from the day before, while writing quality blog comments. Love this example of using the class blog for distance learning.

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Today we read the last page of our article about teh 1918 pandemic.

Link to text - http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/content/download/41195/459530/file/SJL4_2018-Pandemic.pdf

Page 29
New words and their meanings
Devastated - shocked
Definite possibility - Might/probably
Contribute - Helping
Industrial farming - using machines to help with farming

Then we wrote in our words about the information

Wesley- There was a flu that killed 9,000 New Zealanders. Since 1918 there were three more flu's in New Zealand pandemics in 1957-1968-2009. Then in 2019 there was the forth pandemic called Covid-19 which is a Type A virus. .In 2020 we have better living conditions, better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in 1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.

Michael-By the end of december 1918 a flu killed 9,000 people, and heaps of people died in the war. In NZ the death toll in a few months was a thousand in the war that took 4 years. There were 3 different pandemics in 1957,1968,2009 and 2019, in New zealand. The virus in 2019 was called covid19 a short word for coronavirus. Covid 19 got nz to alert 4. In nz there were 16 deaths, 1,065 recovered and 1,112 confirmed. But these days we have to stay ½ meters away from people, but we can stay home and have a chitty chat with your friends at your home. In 2020 we have better living conditions, better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in 1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.

Mariah.l - There was a flu that killed 9,000 new zealanders. 19,000 New Zealanders also died in the war during 1914-1918.
There were 3 more serious flu's in New Zealand, in 1957-1968 and 2009. Now we have another one in 2019/2020 called (Covid-19) or Coronavirus.16 people died because of (Covid-19).In 2020 we have better living conditions, better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in 1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.

Eh Htoo- there was a flu that killed a lot of people and there were already a lot of deaths in the war. In New Zealand the death toll in a few months was 9 thousand and in the war that took 4 years were 18 thousand. There were 3 other one in 1957, 1968, 2009 in 2020 we have better living conditions, better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in

1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.
. And in 2019 there was another pandemic for the virus COVID-19 (which is also a Type A virus). In 2020 we have better living conditions, better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in 1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.

Davlyn- By the end of 1918 there was a flu that killed heaps of people plus deaths of the war. A few months later nearly 9,000 people died there were three other influenza pandemics, in 1957,1968, 2009 and 2019. The flu in 1918 is a virus that is around the world, the virus is called covid 19 the 19 comes from 2019. But these days in 2020 we have ways to communicate and we have better medicine. In 2020 we have better living conditions, better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in 1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.

Railey- By the end of December 1918, the world's problem was finally over, but sadly there were about 9 thousand and about 18 thousand people in the world and also in the war. But!There were also 3 other influenza pandemics, they started in 1957, 1968 and 2009.and also another virus. But luckily In 2020 we now have better living conditions. compared 100 years ago. And also another devastating thing that has happened during 2019, there is a virus called Covid-19(type A) and has been spreading all around the world. In 2020 we have better living conditions, better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in 1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.

HOPE - By the end of December in 1918 the pandemic was over. But there were a lot of deaths. In a few months the death toll was nine thousand, for New Zealand there were about eighteen thousand people that died during the war. There were also three other influenza pandemics and they are 1957, 1968 and 2009. There was a definite possibility for the outbreak on the scale of the 1918 pandemic. There is also another pandemic called covid - 19 that started in 2019 (It is a novel coronaviru (type A), which is why it's called COVID-19). The Covid - 19 started in china then it started to spread all over the world, In NZ we have 1,112 confirmed, 1,065 and 16 deaths but all worldwide there is 2,682,225 confirmed, 732,647 and 187,330. In 2020 we have better living conditions and better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in 1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.

Lily U - In 2020 we have better living conditions, better ways to communicate (internet, TV, phones) and better hygiene (showering etc) than the people did in 1918 so we are less likely to get a virus like the flu. However, we are increasing our chances of getting a virus because of industrial farming, and international travel.

Senitila- In the last month of the year in the 1918 the pandemic was finally over. But there were many deaths. A few months later the death toll has moved to nine thousands, In New Zealand there is

Next we did a timeline activity

It looked like this...

When put in order, it looks like this...

Then we had some comprehension Q+A to do.

Here are Wesley and Davlyn's answers.
NZ's killed by the Flu:_9,000___ Over a ____4___ year period.
NZ's killed in WW1: __18,000____ Over a ____4 year___ period.

Why is the 1918 flu known as Spanish Flu?Because it was first in Spanish.

Why did some people think the 1918 flu was a return of the plague?Same effects

What medical knowledge was learnt from the 1918 flu? How important self isolation is

For every 1 European that died of the flu in NZ,5Maori died. This was because the europeans had better immune systems

Is it true that RMS Niagara brought the flu to NZ? no How do you know? Because there were already cases
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Why was this virus so deadly? Because they all were so close and they were in unsanitary condition

If you caught this virus, what happened to you? You will get pneumonia and cyanosis

Who were the heroes during this crisis? The boy scouts and people who volunteered

What limitations did people living in 1918 have during this crisis? (hint: think about what would have made it hard for them to survive this time, things they didn't have then that we have now). Better medicine

Why is November 1918 known as 'black November' in NZ? The most people died in november from the plague

Name 3 things that increase the likelihood of a pandemic happening and explain why they do so:
don't Stay home so you do catch it
Do not shower so you get germs.
Do not wash your hands
Name 3 things that decrease the likelihood of a pandemic happening and explain why they do so:
Better houses because they are warm.
Better hygiene because they don't get affected.
Technology/better knowledge because we know more about the body.

Explain what a vaccine is and how it works.

Explain what is happening in these pictures - write in your own words.
At the time 1918 there was a deadly flu then people made an unproven spray that would make you not get the flu. Then they started getting more people to get sprayed then a whole lot of people were lining up for the spray but they got the flu for staying next to each other. Then random people and kids went overseas to help the people at the war. Like kids delivering food and adults making coffins.

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Link to text - http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/content/download/41195/459530/file/SJL4_2018-Pandemic.pdf Page 29 New words and their meanings Devastated - shocked Definite possibility - Might/probably Contribute - Helping Industrial farming - using machines to help with farming Wesley- There was a flu that killed 9,000 New Zealanders. Since 1918 there were three more flu's in New Zealand pandemics in 1957-1968-2009.

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Shining Stars, Room 16 Pt England School. 

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Shining Stars, Room 16 Pt England School. 

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This is the most active class blog I have ever seen. Shout out to Sue Dywer and room 16. This is a beautiful example of blogging in a year 1 class. Super cool. Please check it out.

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Marble runs are great fun. You all liked building up runs with our one in the class but you can make one at home . Cruze and his big brother Eziaz collected up milk containers, egg cartons boxes and tubes to create little tunnels or bridges for marbles to run along. They started to build it from the bottom and worked their way up to the top. Here are some pictures to give you ideas on how you could build your own marble run. Thank you to Cruze's Mum for the photos and ideas and well done to Cruze and Ezias for the great building job.

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Marble runs are great fun. You all liked building up runs with our one in the class but you can make one at home . Cruze and his big brother Eziaz collected up milk containers, egg cartons boxes and tubes to create little tunnels or bridges for marbles to run along.

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I only recently discovered Phil's blog. I love the detailed reflections and clear layout. Well Worth a read.

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Well, what a week! I feel exhausted from just a couple of days of distance learning and I don't even have my own class to teach! But my overwhelming feeling is of pride in the wonderful teachers and leaders in the Ako Hiko cluster (and all over the country) for the amazing effort they have put into making the transition to distance learning as smooth as possible.

I'm extremely grateful for the collaboration and support the lead teachers of schools have been giving each other, the enthusiasm with which teachers with differing levels of experience have adapted their sites and set up Google Meets with their classes and with the gusto with with students have been posting on their blogs. This post is really to share and celebrate the awesome successes I have seen already.

I've been really impressed with the class sites I've seen with teachers considering how to make them visually appealing to students while keeping them simple and easy to navigate. This is true from new entrant classes up to Year 7 and 8 and also from beginning teachers through to more experienced staff. Here are a few examples:

I've also been inspired and enthused by students posting on their blogs and seeing teachers and support staff leaving positive, thoughtful and helpful comments.

And I also need to acknowledge the vast raft of support that has come from the Manaiakalani Outreach Programme and from facilitators around the country. I couldn't imagine being in the role I am in without the advice and expertise that is oozing from such an amazing group of professionals. Thanks team!

Moving forward my efforts with the cluster will channelled into blogging and engagement. I'm asking myself (and others) how we can best support students to blog independently and effectively, especially those who haven't had any practice at this (check out some 'how to' videos o the Ako Hiko Cybersmart site). In terms of of engagement, students seemed engaged by the Google Meet sessions. Our challenge may be how to keep the enthusiasm and engagement up as the days and Meets go on.

Ngā mihi.

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Well, what a week! I feel exhausted from just a couple of days of distance learning and I don't even have my own class to teach! But my overwhelming feeling is of pride in the wonderful teachers and leaders in the Ako Hiko cluster (and all over the country) for the amazing effort they have put into making the transition to distance learning as smooth as possible.

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Shout out to Benjamin @ Saint Mary's School, Gisborne

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Shout out to Benjamin @ Saint Mary's School, Gisborne

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So creative to act out the life of a soldier

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ANZAC DAY
I decided to reinact a video instead of painting.
Remember, O Lord, all those the brave and the true, who have died the death of honour and are departed in the hope of the resurrection to eternal life. In that place of light from which sorrow and mourning are far banished, give them rest, O Lord, thou lover of men.
TRENCH LIFE

We wrote letters to loved ones

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ANZAC DAY I decided to reinact a video instead of painting. Remember, O Lord, all those the brave and the true, who have died the death of honour and are departed in the hope of the resurrection to eternal life.

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Shout out to Sakshi@ Panmure Bridge School

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Shout out to Sakshi@ Panmure Bridge School

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An amazing effort from someone who was not only new to NZ but had only been in LS2 3 days before lockdown, and had never used G-suite or blogs before. All her digital learning has been done through distance learning. Just amazing!

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LI: To know the achievements of Captain Tom Moore

The above DLO is a teacher created CARE Award task in the category of respect. The above DLO is a research on Captain Tom Moore, a retired soldier who has fought the second world war. I found interesting that he had completed a 2.5 kilometer walk at the age of 99 even though having a hip surgery. I gained a lot of knowledge about his life, quotes, achievements and inspirations after making this DLO.

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The above DLO is a teacher created CARE Award task in the category of respect. The above DLO is a research on Captain Tom Moore, a retired soldier who has fought the second world war. I found interesting that he had completed a 2.5 kilometer walk at the age of 99 even though having a hip surgery.

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Shout out to Takahē team @ Wesley Primary School

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Shout out to Takahē team @ Wesley Primary School

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Engaging and connecting with a huge number of their students via Class Dojo.

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Today was the first day of Term 2 and our first day of Distance Learning at Wesley Primary School.
Miss Grigg and Mirs Alluri posted activities on our Class Dojo Story and nine students participated and shared their work with the teachers. The students were asked to follow the instructions to make a mountain out of paper or make a mountain out of something in their house. They could also make a maths pattern out of fruit.
Here are some photos of the students'efforts.

Well done Ofa, Wycliffe, Kardius, Shawnee-Lee, Audrey, Paladin, AJ, Kahlia and Cephas! you did a great job today.

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Today was the first day of Term 2 and our first day of Distance Learning at Wesley Primary School. Miss Grigg and Mirs Alluri posted activities on our Class Dojo Story and nine students participated and shared their work with the teachers.

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Shout out to Pyper @ St Patrick's School, Greymouth

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Shout out to Pyper @ St Patrick's School, Greymouth

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Great presentations and reflections Pyper!

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Hello everyone! Here is another one of my theme tasks, and if you don't already know, our theme this term is animals! (as you will see in the next post down) For this task we had to draw an outline of the animal we chose (mine is a zebra) and then draw lots of different shapes and lines. After we had done that we had to color it in, here is mine. Enjoy! (also this task is called zentangle art)

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Hello everyone! Here is another one of my theme tasks, and if you don't already know, our theme this term is animals! (as you will see in the next post down) For this task we had to draw an outline of the animal we chose (mine is a zebra) and then draw lots of different shapes and lines.

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Shout out to JWDOD Hub at Westland High School  

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Shout out to JWDOD Hub at Westland High School  

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Sharing the kindness during Lockdown

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We have been thinking a lot about 'Kindness' while at home on lockdown.

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Welcome to our class blog, we are a class of year 7 & 8 students at Westland High School in Hokitika, New Zealand.

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Shout out to Rūma Kōtuku @ Hokitika Primary

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Shout out to Rūma Kōtuku @ Hokitika Primary

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A great home learning slideshow!

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Kia ora koutou! We start today's slide with a celebration of some learning at home. I know several of you are working on these challenges - ka pai to mahi!

On Tāite (Thursday), Hākui and I will not be actively teaching online (we have a Senior Leadership Planning day), so this slideshow is choc-full of activities, to see you through until Paraire (Friday).

Remember you can always look back at previous slides if there was something you particularly enjoyed. Have fun, and escape into that sunshine every chance you get!

Nā, Whaea Tiff

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Nga mahi mā ngā Tēina: Wenerei me te Tāite

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Kia ora koutou! We start today's slide with a celebration of some learning at home. I know several of you are working on these challenges - ka pai to mahi! On Tāite (Thursday), Hākui and I will not be actively teaching online (we have a Senior Leadership Planning day), so this slideshow is choc-full of activities, to see you through until Paraire (Friday).

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Shout out to Luisapeta @Edmund Hillary School

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Shout out to Luisapeta @Edmund Hillary School

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Luisapeta's Blog
Luisapeta has been an active blogger and very creative. She is creating slideshow presentations with photos of her doing daily activities at home with her family. She has been posting her learning regularly on her blog.
She has been sharing her learning on her blog regularly. Go Luisapeta! Awesome. Her regular blogging has encouraged and inspired many other students in class and they are into blogging as well.

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I am a Year 5 student at Edmund Hillary School in Papakura, Auckland, NZ. I am in Room 9 and my teacher is Manpreet.

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Shout out to our junior blogs

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Welcome to our class blog, we are a class of Year 1 students at Hokitika Primary School, Hokitika, New Zealand.

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Shout out to Te Waka Ako Syndicate @ Waikowhai School 

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Shout out to Te Waka Ako Syndicate @ Waikowhai School 

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Many many individual students blogging their experiences and learning. Teachers doing the same on the syndicate blog.

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What is noticeable about all these certificates is the commitment of these students to their online, independent, distant learning. They are learning heaps and heaps regardless of being on lockdown and missing their friends. And so many others are doing the same.

Ms Sands awarded certificates to
Maddison and Daniel in Hauraki.

It is soooo cool to see so many students blogging what they are doing at home and activities set by school. We are all enjoying reading them. Many are also commenting on other students work which is encouraging for them and inspiring!

Mrs Jones awarded certificates to
Pao and Austin in Manukau.

We love seeing the science experiments, the coding exercises, the art activities, the PE activities all being completed. Keep sharing these extra activities especially so we can award House Points. We have a heap of house points awarded already.

Miss Daly awarded certificates to
Hosanna and Anthony in Waitemata.

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What is noticeable about all these certificates is the commitment of these students to their online, independent, distant learning. They are learning heaps and heaps regardless of being on lockdown and missing their friends. And so many others are doing the same. Ms Sands awarded certificates to Maddison and Daniel in Hauraki.

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Heaps of enthusiastic engagement in learning that is shared.

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Namaste Everyone, Today I wrote part 2 of my frog story. If you haven't already here is a
link to Part 1. Part 2 is about Jim going on adventure to somewhere in the USA or could it be in New Zealand or even Canada! Here is a link to Part 2 .
Part 3 will be coming out on Monday the 27th of April at 3:00pm GMT 12 right here on my blog.

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Namaste Everyone, Today I wrote part 2 of my frog story. If you haven't already here is a link to Part 1. Part 2 is about Jim going on adventure to somewhere in the USA or could it be in New Zealand or even Canada! Here is a link to Part 2 .

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Shout out to Maddison @ Waikowhai School

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Shout out to Maddison @ Waikowhai School

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Excellent blogging and commenting throughout lockdown. Interesting posts.

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Kia Ora bloggers!! Yesterday, I wrote my own story, it's called The Trampoline Jumpers. I also watched a short movie of a Dad building a trampoline for his daughter for her birthday. That night animals were jumping on the trampoline and their dog wanted to do the same thing. In the morning she went outside and her dog ran and jumped on the trampoline. Here is a link to the video.

And here is the link to my story slideshow.

Blog You Later!!

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Kia Ora bloggers!! Yesterday, I wrote my own story, it's called The Trampoline Jumpers. I also watched a short movie of a Dad building a trampoline for his daughter for her birthday. That night animals were jumping on the trampoline and their dog wanted to do the same thing.

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Awesome blogging commitment and variety. Plus excellent positive comments on many other blogs.

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I really enjoyed writing these poems because they really got me thinking. I needed to write sentences that rhymed, that had the right punctuation and also, that were creative. I like writing poems because there are a lot of different types of poems. I write them because you could talk about anything and it is very playful.

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Shout out to the Kākano Hub blog - Year 1/2 students are posting very regularly by emailing.

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Shout out to the Kākano Hub blog - Year 1/2 students are posting very regularly by emailing.

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Kākano Hub Year 0 - Year 2 St Francis of Assisi Catholic School

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Shout out to Ms Barrow @ Karoro School. 

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Shout out to Ms Barrow @ Karoro School. 

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You are doing a great job of running an online classroom and we are so proud of you.

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We have been thinking about how our lives have changed over the last month. What are some positives and what are some negatives about these changes? How are we now spending our time with the Covid19 Lock-down in place? Here is a grid with a link to each child's letter to the teacher about how this is going for them. It is great to read the positive things that our children are doing with family.

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We have been thinking about how our lives have changed over the last month. What are some positives and what are some negatives about these changes? How are we now spending our time with the Covid19 Lock-down in place? Here is a grid with a link to each child's letter to the teacher about how this is going for them.

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What a wonderful range of presentation methods being utilised on your blog posts.

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Shout out to Yolanda @ Pt England School

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Shout out to Yolanda @ Pt England School

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She has got into a wonderful habit of blogging and commenting, with 80 blog posts so far this year

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Thus week for Maths we are learning about half, wholes and quarters so that means what we are learning is all about Fractions for this term. We are learning to read the time. My walt for this weeks maths task is we are learning to Understand the basics of whole, half and quarters and using the same language to tell the time.

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Thus week for Maths we are learning about half, wholes and quarters so that means what we are learning is all about Fractions for this term. We are learning to read the time. My walt for this weeks maths task is we are learning to Understand the basics of whole, half and quarters and using the same language to tell the time.

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Shout out to Mrs Robins and Miss Ireland @ Karoro School

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Shout out to Mrs Robins and Miss Ireland @ Karoro School

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You are both doing a tūmeke job of running an online classroom during lockdown and we are all so proud of you both. Your students are putting up some wonderful blog posts. Tino pai to mahi,

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During Term One we got to have a Lego Creations Day. Rachel from House of Bricks came to our school and set up four different lego stations for us to work through during the day. We worked in mixed groups across the school. We had a great day where creativity and teamwork where visible everywhere. Have a look at our photos that show you what we got up to.
Skills we used during the day....
-problem solving
-teamwork
-creativity
-maths
-designing, testing, modifying designs

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During Term One we got to have a Lego Creations Day. Rachel from House of Bricks came to our school and set up four different lego stations for us to work through during the day. We worked in mixed groups across the school. We had a great day where creativity and teamwork where visible everywhere.

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A future Master Chef!

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Because we are in lockdown we have to stay home.

Everyday my parents and I go for a walk, every morning and afternoon. We see a lot of people down at the Dunkirk Reserve walking too.

Te Puna Wairua has a video call site to keep up with each other on work.

Most of the time I watch movies and eat popcorn, all I can hear are the birds because there is not that much cars and it is the same with the stars, the stars are bigger and brighter because there are not that much buildings in use.

One time my parents and I were soo bored, we played a game of golf and the winner gets a peanut slab! Unfortuiately I did not win the penut slab, my dad did.

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Kia Ora, I am a Year 8 student at Tāmaki Primary School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Te Puna Wairua a Bi-lingual unit where we speak Māori and English. My teachers are Whaea Lee, Matua Punehu and Matua Andre who is also my Kapa Haka tutor.

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Lead Facilitator @Kootuitui Ki Papakura

Cam has been very supportive through her blog posts and sharing her knowledge and skills set with everyone through her blog. It has really helped with the delivery of teaching and learning in these times.

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Officially, it is school holidays at the moment, but I know that many of us are currently occupied with the task of transitioning our practice to suit the 'new normal' of lockdown. There has been a flurry of activity and discussion online about this transition, much of it focused on issues of access and gadgetry. Questions of access centre around the infrastructure - who has devices? Who has internet? How can we provide for those who are missing out? The gadgetry includes all manner of sites, apps, services and tools that are being made available to 'support' schools to lead learning remotely. The lolly scramble of resources and advice can be quite overwhelming, especially as we all want to make sure that we are keeping up, creating equity and 'doing it right'.

A wise woman once told me that 'any teacher who can be replaced by a computer should be'. When we centre our discussions on the device, on the app, on the site, we forget the most valuable resource for learning is the teacher. I would like to see our discussions focus more on the teaching, and how to support teachers to amplify their expertise in a remote learning model. Those of us who are part of the Manaiakalani Programme are incredibly fortunate to have been well-prepared for the situation we are currently experiencing, through the Learn, Create, Share pedagogy and the kaupapa of Visible, Empowered, Connected and Ubiquitous learning.

So how do we ensure that when we take away the physical and social structures of the school day that our model for teaching and learning holds up? Now we are thinking beyond issues of access, and looking at what is going to make an impact. Let's look at each element of our pedagogy in turn to see how Learn, Create, Share can act as a vehicle for effective remote teaching practice.

Teachers each have their class site as the central hub for teaching and learning, this remains the same whether our students are in the classroom with us or learning remotely. We know that managing learning through the site allows teachers to focus on high leverage teaching practices, and empowers learners to take greater ownership of their learning. By adding in rewindable learning resources such as video explanations and demonstrations, we can achieve A4 learning, ie anyone, anywhere, anytime at any pace. These elements are things we have already recognised as components of effective teaching practice. To maintain connection with our learners, we can schedule face to face time using Google Hangouts Meet. A hangout may be a 1:1 conference between teacher and student, a small group, or a whole class. These meetings should be recorded, which allows them to become a rewindable resource as well as safeguarding teachers and students.

When we build in opportunities to create, we push our learners to engage deeply with their learning in order to make something new to show their understanding of skills and concepts. Create is not about busy work, it is an opportunity for learners to think, discuss, apply, synthesise and justify. Teachers can support the focus on higher order thinking through creativity by providing/co-constructing success criteria that connect the quality of thinking to the level of achievement. Visual presentation and digital fluency skills may also be developed through the creation of DLOs, but we need to be careful to keep the learning focus (whatever skill or concept we are teaching) squarely in our sights. Our feedback in blog comments should also focus on these success criteria.

While are students are learning remotely, there are all sorts of creative ways that they can demonstrate their understanding. This blog post shows how students have created sets of objects from around their home to demonstrate an understanding of fractions. We can see that this student has had to think about how to represent fractions using physical objects, and shows some understanding, although this could be developed further. Non-digital artefacts can be captured through photos, video and audio recordings.

Sharing adds depth to learning by inviting others' perspectives and feedback, and through the reflective thinking required to write a quality blog post. Sharing is also a crucial part of staying connected with each other while we are all in our respective bubbles. Students who have individual blogs can share their learning regularly and independently. Teachers can amplify students' blog posts by reposting them on the class blog, drawing attention to them during daily hangouts or greeting videos and writing quality comments. If learners do not yet have their own blog, the class blog can be set up to receive posts via email. Here is a great example of parents supporting their children to share by photographing and emailing student created artefacts to the class blog.

Commenting on blog posts allows us to engage learners in sharing ideas through discussion, a high leverage teaching practice. Although this discussion may be asynchronous, which is different to in-person discussions, the time lag allows all participants to spend time thinking about their responses and contributions. Teachers can support discussion by asking thought provoking, open-ended questions and explicitly teaching learners how to monitor and respond to comments on their blogs. Class blogs can also be used to post provocations that require students to respond to the teacher and each other, using evidence to justify their position.

There is little that is certain as we look ahead to the coming term, the remainder of the school year and beyond. What I feel sure of though, is that we have an excellent framework for leading learning in uncertain times, through Learn, Create, Share. The confidence that I have is definitely helping to ignore the bombardment of 'gadgetry' offers in my inbox, and I would encourage any teacher or school leader who is concerned about the move to remote learning to remember effective practice and stick to what we know.

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Officially, it is school holidays at the moment, but I know that many of us are currently occupied with the task of transitioning our practice to suit the 'new normal' of lockdown. There has been a flurry of activity and discussion online about this transition, much of it focused on issues of access and gadgetry.