Teach me Tuesday- learning from two cultures!

It was Teach me Tuesday again today. What a success it was. 

To begin, Keita taught us how to say a few basic greetings and words in Japanese. He also taught us how to write these words in "hiragana" (japanese character writing system). We had a lot of fun copying the hiragana and saying the words. Thanks Keita!


Next, Neha taught us about a "Rangoli" which is a folk art from India in which patterns are created on the floor in living rooms or courtyards using materials such as coloured rice, dry flour or flower petals. 
It is usually made during Diwali or other Indian festivals. We made our Rangoli patterns on small pieces of card with coloured rice and glue.

We learnt heaps today about your cultures today Keita and Neha! Thanks for sharing with us.

Peace Week thinking

This week our thinking question was: "Where can you find peace?" These are some of our ideas.

Where can you find peace? By Neha C

Peace, peace can be anywhere depending on     

the person himself. If he is a old man who would prefer to curl up on the sofa and eat cookies while drinking hot cocoa and reading a book near the fireplace.

Sometimes for a mother all she wants to do is get away from her naughty children and just going on holiday for once. However, Sometimes for a mother it can be peaceful to just spend time with her children.

Also for a kid peace can be found in not peaceful things like the most  scariest roller coaster. It might unpleasant to adults but kids you never know what's going on in their heads like for me I would ride a roller coaster while drinking strawberry milkshake.

Where can you find peace? by Annie Z
Peace can mean different things to different situations around the world. To me peace is very important because peace is being happy, having no problems or difficult situations or fights. 
In New Zealand it is a very peaceful place, so "peace" can be found here. Peace means not noisy, and peace in families, e.g. no divorce, work and problems with friends, rules and government organisations. In other countries "peace" means no war and less strict rules. 
So as you can see peace means different things in different situations.

Where can you find peace? by Tamzin H
Peace can be found in many places. To me peace can be found on a quiet beach, but some people find peace in other places like in a quiet room or with their family. Other people find peace with nature. Some people find peace on a tropical island like Hawaii. Some people find peace on road trips or on a plane. You can also find peace snorkelling or fishing another place. You can find peace going on a relaxing holiday.

Where can you find peace? by Lukas M
Peace can be found in many places. It can be found in lonely places like if your'e in a bed and you're reading a book quietly with your room locked so you're completely by yourself. 
You can also find peace on your boat by yourself and you're enjoying the view of the golden sand and sea.

Term 1 is nearly over!

We're reaching the end of our first term in Room 13. At the end of the term it's good to reflect back on what we have learned and think about our highlights and next steps in our learning. 
Today we used writing prompts to think about and reflect on our learning this term. Here are a few of our reflections.

TERM ONE 2014- By Neha C

I really liked:  My statistics survey that is about what clubs we would like in the Skyscrapers community.

I wish I had: done twice as much art as we did and we did a lot!    

I still need to work on: Building my vocabulary and correcting my spelling words.

Something I learnt and now understand: My statistics - creating and interpreting graphs.

I'm most proud of: My writing about the pink panther jewel, (most things didn't even happen it was all in my mind.)

A tricky part was: Working with fractions- that’s what I probably need to work on.

Next term I need to: work on my fractions

I could teach others about: Art.

Reflecting on term 1

- By Saahil C

I really liked: doing my statistics survey and my poetry.

I wish I had learnt: about technology this term or next term.

I still need to work on: recalling my basic facts faster and my division faster.

Something I learnt/now understand: was not to cut something and leave it on the floor. I now understand not to do it because it leaves a mess on the floor.

I am most proud of: my statistics survey, my poetry, my self portrait and my nature trail writing and Teach me Tuesday.

A tricky part was: trying to complete the 5 minute frenzy in under five minutes.

Next term I need to: work on getting my work done faster.

I could teach others: about .P.E.

Team building in the Tipa team

In the first week of school back at Upper Harbour the Tipa team played some games to get to know each other better. Here are some photos of the team building games.

In this game we had to kick the ball up to the Tee and then run around it 10 times before kicking the ball back to our teams. Everyone got really dizzy!!