The class were told on Tuesday afternoon that we would be participating in #GSPD2016 on 3rd February. This happened to be the third day of our school year!
By the looks of what went on throughout the day... I think it was a great success.... as well as some interesting observations!
Throughout the day the kids added their answers to the question...
Here is the room AFTER i had constructed it the way I wanted it...
And here is the room AFTER deconstruction...
I decided after having 'constructed' theONE6 as to what I thought was THE PERFECT classroom design layout, to 'deconstruct' it and pass it all over to the learners in my room.
I got to thinking... what is something I could do on the FIRST day back to demonstrate clearly that this was THEIR room as well as mine, that THEIR voice matters, and that I want them to have opinions about things and to be confident to share them.
So DAY 1 will involve some discussion about the ultimate classroom design.
Okay... so Day 1 is over and we didn't really get to 'discuss' great classroom design... but what was interesting was that when the kids first came in no one really commented about there being no desks, chairs, tables set out. It was rather hilarious... they all just grabbed cushions, bean bags and chairs and sat on those in a group. Not one of them asked about the furniture. On reflection...I should have waited for one of them to ask...and we could have worked like this until then!
After morning tea I decided to set them the challenge of designing our space. To work in groups, pairs, or individually to come up with a classroom design which 'makes sense' to how a classroom works!
Here is a short video of the process...
Anyway, the end result is a room which will be workable and most importantly is one THEY have had a say in.
It was an interesting experiment to carry out. It did not have the impact I thought it would...by that I mean a lot of the kids would have been just as satisfied if I had done it already. Why? I would LOVE some feedback about that. So all you lot in theONE6... reply and comment about whether you think it is important to have a say in the room design OR whether it doesn't really bother you!
As 2015 draws to a close... all of us in 'theONE6' would like to wish all of you a
MERI KIRIHIMETE
Merry Christmas!
We have LOVED connecting globally this year and have great fun Mystery Skyping, sharing learning, and chatting with many kids from various parts of the world!
Especially to ...
Pernilla's class in Sweden, Mr Dorland's class in Surrey, Canada, Ms Nathan's class in Wellington for our Dubsmash rivalry, our Global Read Aloud collaborators Mrs Shultze in Wisconsin and Mrs Karg in Texas, a BIG kia ora to Laura's class / school in Connecticut, Mrs Vanderwal's class in Toronto, our #NZreadaloud peeps we connected with in Term's 1, 2, and 3 especially Susan Brocker and Ella West our authors of 2 awesome books ... and there are likely more ... this is from us to you!
An awesome activity using the kids understanding of reflection, rotation, and translation to create an original kowhaiwhai pattern.
First thing they all do is inquire into what kowhaiwhai is and complete a little bit of research to get an understanding of its cultural significance.
Then we shared some 'koru' shapes - specifically trying to come up with some 'different' shaped ones so we could create a truly original pattern.
After the kids had used up a lot of newsprint practicing koru - they came up with a shape they liked ready to make their stencil.
Then they went about figuring out what transformation they wanted to use for their pattern.
After the patterns had been created we started the dye process.
Select 3 colours, apply the lightest one first, apply in the space not directly on top otherwise it will turn poo brown, let the colours mix on their own, and then leave to dry.
Once the dye part is complete, they leave them to dry. When dry the 'inking' begins. The trick with this stage is "don't rush it".
Take your time, persevere with this, get your corners and edges smooth and it will turn out KA PAI!!
Here is ONE which is complete!
As the others get finished I will add them to this post:)
Ka pai with this one above Sharn - STUNNING:)
Love the simplicity of yours Mikayla:)
Chloe your 'roundy' one is effective too:)
Waimarama - this is stunning - love the 'warm' colours:)
Pearl yours is effective too the way you used rotation.
This morning saw theONE6ers' settle in for what will likely be our last Mystery Hangout for the year!
Today we were trying out a different platform too called
Appearin.com
Wow...how easy was that! Like creating a private living room for the Hangout to take place!
As usual we started by finding out which Hemisphere they are in, then used longitude lines to break it down to East or West. After we had found out they were in North West Hemisphere we asked if they were in Canada...YES they were.
We then kept narrowing it down using longitude and latitude until we found out where they were!
Surrey in British Columbia, Canada.
After we finished the Mystery Hangout we chatted for a bit and our kids performed the Tikatonu Haka for them. Thanks Mikayla for starting that off...if you hadn't we might still be waiting!
A big KIA ORA to Mr Dorland and his Grade 6 kids for spending some time with us this morning. Some were amazed that it was after lunch Tuesday for you while it was 9.30am Wednesday for us!
Here is a short video of PART of the hour long Hangout:)
