Tuakana-teina is an integral part of Maori society. It's an amazing model of how buddy systems are beneficial as the tuakana/expert helps guide the teina/younger or less experienced person. This concept creates a rich learning environment for both parties as both are able to learn from each other. Here are a few pictures of us with our buddy class doing some reading together :) Thank you room 5 for being patient with us and helping us learn!
Welcome back to a fun-filled term! Our tamariki were super excited to be back at school and this has already been a very busy week for us all, but it's great to be back :) We are working alongside one another really well and also checking our answers/work when we do our activities. Our shared book this week was 'A good idea' and during our discussions, we found that the animals felt hot - through predictions using pictures for clues, but we didn't really know WHY they wanted to to all be under the shade, so we took a little walk outside and found the big tree to do some physical research. We talked about what was making the shade outside room 10 and when I asked the kids to stand under the shade, and then asked them how they felt, they said they felt, "cold" and "freezing" and then when I asked them to step outside the shade, into the sun with the question, "How do you feel now?" They responded with, "nice and warm" an...
Yay Derron! You must off worked really hard. Well done!
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