For me this has been over a year in the waiting! So last week we were 'camping' in the old room (we had moved most of the big furniture out) in preparation for 'the move'.
There was a purpose for the 'camping' situation. We needed to do some 'whanau re-building activities' after our end of term did not finish so well. We re-visited our one6 mantras and discussed how important they are.
We also shared ways we can show we value each other. This was also a necessary discussion as there is too much nastiness in the world and we need to show we support and care for the people we are with 6 hours a day. We completed this learning by creating a small artwork of our hand with a word on it which showed one thing that is special or unique about us. This was arranged in a heart formation on our new wall.
So...Thursday afternoon was upon us. Before the final move I took this quick video of 'theONE6'. As an old woodwork room, it has been the most awesome room and transformed superbly into a flexible learning space for LearningMYway.
It wasn't long before we got started on the transfer of 'the rest of the stuff'! It only took one period to get the stuff in.
"Many hands make light work"
With the furniture in a stack in the room ... i encouraged the kids to discuss how we would design our room.
Some were more involved than others...but those who wanted some ownership talked with myself and their peers about the best place for the furniture. This time lapse shows the beginning of this collaborative effort.
We created some 'zones' with what we had and it started feeling like a great space for learning.
Isaiah couldn't resist blessing our new space with his pukana in his usual Isaiah styles:)
Since we have moved in the kids have enjoyed using our space to spread out and investigate. Friday saw the kids chilling and playing games:)
I would like to take this opportunity to invite parents in to see us learning in this amazing new space. We are quite spoilt in that we will get to work in here on our own for the rest of the year. As of the beginning of 2017 this will be a space for 2 teachers and 50-60 learners. So i am looking forward to seeing 'theONE6ers' make the most of this amazing opportunity and get stuck in over the next 8 weeks:)
Wow! I think its really positive that you have taken all those photos of the experience of moving. It must be an amazing experience to be located in such a different space. I really liked how you included all the stages of the moving journey in there. We're going to be looking at this in the classroom during our sharing session a bit later today so thank you so much for sharing. It looks like an amazing space. Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki. mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Hey Myles. Thanks for leaving a comment...always nice to know a blog post can inspire discussion and thinking from others. It is an amazing space that we have on our own till the end of the year so I am expecting BIG things! Happy to connect with you and your class ... hope to continue it next year:)
Thank you so much for the wonderful comments that you have left on our class page in Taranaki. We really appreciate the feedback and to have so many fantastic comments at once is amazing (and a bit daunting too!) We will be replying to all of them during the next day or so - thank you so much its made our class and teachers day! Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki. mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Jehmial Thank you for leaving a comment on our class page. We are very lucky to have three 3D Printers in our classrooms have one currently in Room Three which we are using to try and get our projects that are related to Christmas decorations and labels. We are trying to do two each which may not sound like but there's 25 people in the class so its 50 projects or thereabouts and some of them are scheduled to take up to four hours each to print so thats a few hours! Do you have a 3D Printer in your class or school that you are able to use to print projects? Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki. mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Tammy Thank you for leaving a comment on our class page in Taranaki. We don't have a shop anywhere near where our school is because we are in the country. The nearest dairy is about ten minutes drive away (and the nearest town is about twenty minutes drive from here)- we also don't have lunch orders here at our school, except on Fridays when we have a menu from the local Four Square so we can't buy anything ourselves on a regular basis. Are you able to buy lunches regularly at your school? Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki. mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Te Anahera Thank you for leaving a comment on our class page in Taranaki. We have had some big discussions in our class about effects on photographs and how much is too much - sometimes when we take photos we have discussions about whether to use affects or not (or do things such as angles and take photographs with or without the zoom). Do you use affects when you take digital photography? Have you taken class slide shows when everyone has used an affect and can you send us the link. Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki. mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Andre Thank you for leaving a comment on our class blog about our Lamb and Calf Day. We have 200 students at our Lamb and Calf Day and 120 or so brought animals this year. 90% of our students live on Farms either as Farm Owners or workers so lots of them have opportunities for raising animals. We have some local farmers who sell Lambs just for Lamb and Calf Day and then buy them back after the competition. Generally the students take two to three months of raising the Lambs, the Calves are slightly longer and we also have students who compete in the AMP shows in our area (up to ten) in calves. They can be a lot of work but some of the students really enjoy the caring and feeding process. We also have a pet section for those students who dont raise Lambs or Calves. Have you ever spent a lot of time on a farm? What pets do you own? Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki. mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Ryan Thank you for leaving a comment on our class page in Taranaki. We have one special project that we run during the year that is something extra that involves filming or extra activities and its been 'Taranaki:Survivor' this year - we have our class do the filming and production, some of the editing etc. Its been running the whole year so its getting down to the final group of students who are all trying to make it into the final team. Mr Webb
Felix Thanks for the comment - we have a 3D Printer in our classroom because we have three in the school and if we are working on projects for them (which we are at the moment) we're allowed to have them in the classroom to print. Do you have any in your school? Mr Webb
Wow! I think its really positive that you have taken all those photos of the experience of moving. It must be an amazing experience to be located in such a different space. I really liked how you included all the stages of the moving journey in there. We're going to be looking at this in the classroom during our sharing session a bit later today so thank you so much for sharing. It looks like an amazing space.
ReplyDeleteMr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki.
mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Hey Myles. Thanks for leaving a comment...always nice to know a blog post can inspire discussion and thinking from others.
DeleteIt is an amazing space that we have on our own till the end of the year so I am expecting BIG things!
Happy to connect with you and your class ... hope to continue it next year:)
Thank you so much for the wonderful comments that you have left on our class page in Taranaki. We really appreciate the feedback and to have so many fantastic comments at once is amazing (and a bit daunting too!) We will be replying to all of them during the next day or so - thank you so much its made our class and teachers day!
ReplyDeleteMr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki.
mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Jehmial
ReplyDeleteThank you for leaving a comment on our class page. We are very lucky to have three 3D Printers in our classrooms have one currently in Room Three which we are using to try and get our projects that are related to Christmas decorations and labels. We are trying to do two each which may not sound like but there's 25 people in the class so its 50 projects or thereabouts and some of them are scheduled to take up to four hours each to print so thats a few hours! Do you have a 3D Printer in your class or school that you are able to use to print projects?
Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki.
mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Tammy
ReplyDeleteThank you for leaving a comment on our class page in Taranaki. We don't have a shop anywhere near where our school is because we are in the country. The nearest dairy is about ten minutes drive away (and the nearest town is about twenty minutes drive from here)- we also don't have lunch orders here at our school, except on Fridays when we have a menu from the local Four Square so we can't buy anything ourselves on a regular basis. Are you able to buy lunches regularly at your school?
Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki.
mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Te Anahera
ReplyDeleteThank you for leaving a comment on our class page in Taranaki. We have had some big discussions in our class about effects on photographs and how much is too much - sometimes when we take photos we have discussions about whether to use affects or not (or do things such as angles and take photographs with or without the zoom). Do you use affects when you take digital photography? Have you taken class slide shows when everyone has used an affect and can you send us the link.
Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki.
mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Andre
ReplyDeleteThank you for leaving a comment on our class blog about our Lamb and Calf Day. We have 200 students at our Lamb and Calf Day and 120 or so brought animals this year. 90% of our students live on Farms either as Farm Owners or workers so lots of them have opportunities for raising animals. We have some local farmers who sell Lambs just for Lamb and Calf Day and then buy them back after the competition. Generally the students take two to three months of raising the Lambs, the Calves are slightly longer and we also have students who compete in the AMP shows in our area (up to ten) in calves. They can be a lot of work but some of the students really enjoy the caring and feeding process. We also have a pet section for those students who dont raise Lambs or Calves. Have you ever spent a lot of time on a farm? What pets do you own?
Mr Webb and Room Three, Auroa Primary School, Taranaki.
mrwebbauroa.blogspot.com
Ryan
ReplyDeleteThank you for leaving a comment on our class page in Taranaki. We have one special project that we run during the year that is something extra that involves filming or extra activities and its been 'Taranaki:Survivor' this year - we have our class do the filming and production, some of the editing etc. Its been running the whole year so its getting down to the final group of students who are all trying to make it into the final team.
Mr Webb
Felix
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment - we have a 3D Printer in our classroom because we have three in the school and if we are working on projects for them (which we are at the moment) we're allowed to have them in the classroom to print. Do you have any in your school?
Mr Webb