Kapo Kapo Learning Story!

On Tuesday the 23rd July Corinna School performed at Kapo Kapo at the Arena in Porirua. The Corinna School Pasifika group preformed their cultural items first. I was in the Samoan group and the girls performed Siva Samoa and the Sasa!

I really enjoyed dancing in front of an audience for the first time at Kapo Kapo!!! I felt really proud because I was representing my whole school and my family. I felt proud when I heard people say "WOW CORINNA SCHOOL WAS AWESOME!"

Here is a link to the Pasifika groups performance! HOPE YOU ENJOY! 

Kapo Kapo Pasifika Group!

The Kapahaka Group preformed too. I was being a role model for others around me. I was confident and proud.

Here is a other link of the Kapahaka groups performance! HOPE YOU ENJOY!

Kapo Kapo Kapahaka Group!

Netball Learning Story!

Every Saturday the Corinna Netball teams have netball at the Mungavin Courts. Us Corinna kids love to play netball because it is a really good exercise for us and a really fun game to play during the weekends. I have been playing netball for about 2 years now.

I have been relating well to others when we have training and at the real game. When I am relating well to others I am using welcome words, being friendly on the court, self managing when my coach is not there & mostly respecting others in my team, and of course my coach and the other team too.

We also have training's every Tuesdays & Thursdays to help us get prepared for our Saturday games for e.g. It makes us fit, helps us to get more used to the game & play it by the rules.

Relating well to others has helped me in training for e.g. when I am listening respectfully to my coach & others while they're speaking, I can learn something that I didn't know & use it when I go off to netball. Training has helped me get fit, be more use to other positions that I haven't played yet!.

Next Steps: To focus on working well with my partner GA & shooting the ball and getting it in the goal.

Chromebook Ambassador Learning Story!

In the library me and my Chromebook ambassador buddy's were presenting our work to a few visitors: new members of the Te Mana o Kupe Trust.

The Key Competency skill I used most was being confident in front of visitors for example, stepping out of my comfort zone to present the learning I do on my Chromebook, to explain to the visitors what we can do and what sort of learning tools we use.

Being a Chromebook ambassador has helped me a lot to step out of my comfort zone and to present my work confidently to an audience. I have to speak in a loud and clear voice so the audience can hear and understand what I was telling them.

I have to give eye contact so they feel welcomed and so they knew who I am telling the information to.

Here is a link to my Chromebook Presentation:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k7AE0EcG0uq7xRe_rsu9q_v0Uv_26CzwuffujYy5U3k/edit#slide=id.p

Good Friday Learning Story!

Every Friday Morning Ngati Awhina has a program called Good Friday!. We have been split into groups in each activities and get to learn more about a subject that interests us.

Here are some activities we do in the morning, music Including, learning how to play a guitar or the Drums and learning how to play the keyboard.  

During Good Friday the key competency skill I use the most is Self Managing, because we need to be able to work on our own or in a learning group and stay focused on what we are doing. I can self manage every time the leader asks us to do something or to teach others what he / she has taught me.

Using self managing skills has helped me to learn to play the guitar and be a role model in front of other kids in my group. It has also given me the confidence to teach other people how to play the guitar, like Ashee-Prayz.

This is some evidence from Ashlee-Prayz's blog:

Writing Learning Story!

In Writing I have been learning to use descriptive language to describe the character & make the reader understand so he or she could paint a picture in their head of what they can see happening in the story and where it’s taking them to.

I can use what I've learnt from my reading to help me describe, explain in my own writing for e.g I came to, sore and tired. My head was pounding & my heart was broken.

I can use my notes from my research (INFO) and put it into my own words to make it sound more interesting, for e.g. I gently opened the door then saw a postman standing right in front of me as if I was in big trouble.

I have also been learning to group all my ideas into paragraphs and put it into order e.g I can order it in what came first, what came next, then what came, after, Then finally what came last!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ptJ7waBSouy9EGoBpkzKuJbUEpnLJKbDRQmnI1axCWc/edit

Next Steps: To use direct speech to show the reader how my reader is feeling and what is happening instead of just telling them. This helps the reader to visualise my story and make it more interesting.

Reading Learning Story!

In Reading I have been learning to research information about WW1, WW2, Vietnam war & the Korean war by reading book's from the school library, school Journals & information on the internet.

When me and my group were researching about WW1 we made little notes using our prior knowledge of the stories we read first. We then thought about what else we wanted to find out and asked some wondering questions.

First we read the information and we had to skim and scan the information to find the answers quickly. We use key words to help us find the information.
When we find the information we need to read it careful and ask our group questions and discuss it so we all understand and can share our opinions.

I am also learning to communicate with my learning team about what the author is meaning and what I think, so we can get a picture in our head and can summarise the key information in our own words.

Here is a link to my Inquiry I've been working past couple of day's

Evidence: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15TqWTYYypX9oM-XSaRPiX0wX4-6I-9iJkIEEiRHHpCo/edit

Evidence: INQUIRY ABOUT OTHER WARS NZ HAVE BEEN INVOLVED

Maths Learning Story!

In maths I have been learning to solve maths problems quickly by using my mathematical skills and using what I already know to help me make connections. 

When I am using mathematical skills I am using my prior knowledge of other strategies I can think of, for e.g Multiplication. I know my times tables so I can use my knowledge of Families of facts to help me solve division problems. 

When I'm using what I already know to help me make connections I am thinking back to when I had maths with Taiki e.g we were multiplying tens and ones, here are is an example of what maths I did. 

13 x 18 = (10 x 10) + (10 x 8) + (3 x 10) + (3 x 8) this is the strategies we use to help us solve multiplication problems with bigger numbers.

Here is a link to my maths practice document I made! 

MATHS PRACTICE!

When I'm solving maths problems I can be confident, Take risks & have a go. I am confident to share ideas with the whole class when my group is stuck on what we did I can explain it by saying First, Second & Third.

I can take risks every time I don't know the answer e.g When my teacher asks me to share our ideas and I have no clue what the answer is then I just think in my head, think of a answer I could say then just take a risk and say it because I might be right.