Cross Country
Ōrongomai Cross Country 2020 Here is a video of some moments from our 2020 cross country. We had a wonderful time filled with laughter, challenge and support!
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Term 3 Week 7
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Outside the Monster Box!
This week in Ōrongomai, we have opened up more boxes to expand on our Monsterbox Learning. Music Box Tōtara have opened a music box and have begun to explore how sound and music is made. We have also been listening to live and recorded music to expand our knowledge of different musical genres. Inventor's Box Kereru have discovered inventor's boxes this week. They have been planning and developing models of machines. Lock Box Kāhu have been racing against the clock and using their problem solving skills to work together to open a lock box. Soon they will be collaborating in teams to plan and create their own lock boxes for others to try!
Snapshots of our learning in week 4.
Our Monsterbox learning has continued this week as the children write the story of the little girl and her three monsters. We have been improving our descriptive writing by including features such as powerful verbs and similes. Monsters are featuring a lot in Active time too. We are making our own monsters and designing monster boxes for them. Some of us have opened the Inventor's Box and found out about Rube Goldberg and his crazy contraptions. We have started designing and testing our own Rube Goldberg machines to feed our monsters. It takes a lot of resilience and we've had a few fails but we're heading for success as our machines get more complicated.