TinkerCad - An program to develop mathmatical conepts and science ideas.

Micah Searle's Batman kit.

My Maths Reflection on Learning in Statistics

 My Maths Reflection on Learning in Statistics

What I’ve got better at or improved upon. 

I now know I’m better at understanding what a bar graph is and how to draw one accurately. I also have learnt about probability and that some events are more likely to occur or happen than others. You can even use fractions and percentages to show them.

What I still need to work on:

While we looked at line graphs, I still need to do more work on that. I know how to read them but find it difficult to plot the points. 

What I enjoyed and what could be better. 

I really enjoyed the Kahoots since they were fun plus playing the number spinner games where you had to guess which number might come up. I would like us to reflect more because I love reflections. I think we could do them every lesson even it’s just speaking.   

Who Am I

 Who am I? 

I am delicious and covered in gravy with onion and mushroom sauce. I am sometimes served with potatoes and vegetables and sometimes served with chips and salad. Sometimes I can be overcooked and different people like me cooked differently. Sometimes you need a special knife to cut me. Who am I?

Who Am I

WHO AM I?

I have chocolate coloured hair, not long not short. My eyes are sky blue. I am tall, not short, I am tall for my age I think. I want to be a rugby player when I am big. My favourite colour is red. I love to go camping, to go to the beach and boogie boarding. I have a really fluffy cat her name is cute, my brother has a fluffy cat too. Dogs are my favourite pet but I can’t get one in my house. I have been to 3 different countries and I drove through the south island to Gisborne.

WHO AM I?

Our Kereru Hub website for 2021

Here is our new Kereru website for 2021 -  We hope you enjoy it and use it to help you. https://sites.google.com/makauri.school.nz/kereruhub2021/ 

My Mihi maker Pepeha

This is a link to my pepeha made in Mihimaker on Gamefroot. I would love to know how to embed it into the blog so it works from the image. Any feedback welcome.

Click here and press right arrow when it loads.  

Different Levels of Questioning

For our Reading Inquiry we are learning to develop the way ask questions. We are using Google Jamboard to post questions as a group. We then classify them into Level 1, 2 or 3 questions. Sometimes we think of easy questions which are easy to answer and don't require us to think deeply. If we want to challenge each other we have to try and ask questions that get each other to think deeply and use what they already know.

Erosion of drains next to our school.

We have been looking at the erosion of the drain walls next to our school. We noticed that the drain right next to the school had little erosion yet lots of agapanthuses plants. The drain over the road looked a lot worse and even some of the fence posts were just hanging. Not much vegetation was on that side apart from Leaderbrand lettuces a long way inside the fence. Could this be the problem??

Science Fair Project Ideas

Hi All,

We hope Term 3 has started well for you all at Kaingaroa. At Makauri we have a few events coming up which we are excited about. One of them is the Tairawhiti Science Fair. It's about creating things to solve problems in our community and sharing them with each other. Some of the problems we have been trying to solve at our school and in our community are the rat problem, recycling rubbish, and stopping the use of plastic. We also have a wasp problem in the summer.  We would like some ideas and solutions for some of the problems that you may have at your school that we might be able to investigate ourselves. If you have any ideas that might inspire us, please let us know. 

Kereru Hub Teaching of Fractions

Kereru Hub have been consolidating their learning of fractions by teaching fellow students fraction concepts. This involved designing a 25 minute lesson in groups of two that they would teach to another group of learners (2 to 3). They received feedback from the learners after each lesson so they could go back and improve parts of their teaching.

Below are some photos and how they thought it impacted on their practice.

Cultural Diversity at Makauri

In the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, we decided in Kereru Hub to investigate what it meant to be a New Zealand in 2019 from a cultural perspective.

We made projects from different cultures and last Friday we brought in a food from that culture to share. Here's a photo. We would love some comments or would love to know what Kaingaroa school have been up to. 

Waipaoa River Post

Maths Workshop Weeks 1 & 2 - Making statements about and comparing graphs - Statistics

Mr K's New Role - Across School Leader,

Dear Parents of Kereru HUB,
Tim Kirkpatrick has been successful in becoming an Across School Teacher for the Gisborne Community of Learning. This involves him working together with other Gisborne teachers on professional development initiatives for the 24 schools who are part of the collective Community of Learning.

Tim will be part of the Kereru HUB three days a week and work as an Across School Teacher two days a week. This is a career opportunity for Tim as a Teacher and Leader, to develop his professional capability. We, at Makauri, will most certainly benefit from this professional learning. Tim’s role will be covered by Mrs Lawler working alongside Cheryl Johnston and Nic Somerton from the beginning of next term.

If you have any questions, please do call in and discuss with either Tim or myself. We congratulate Tim on this appointment.

Judy Nicoll
Principal

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