All the ways to be smart

As part of our deep dive into Teamwork, we have been reading 'All The Ways To Be Smart', by Allison Colpoys and Davina Bell. 

 

'All The Ways To Be Smart' is a lively exploration of how each one of us brings something different and special. 

 

When we're part of a team, we bring our 'ways to be smart' to the group. More different 'ways to be smart' make our team stronger.

 

 

We have been exploring our personal 'ways to be smart' through drawing, painting and writing. Our individual artworks will together to make one, big piece of Autahi team art. 

 

 

All our individual pieces of art working together make the collaborative artwork extra special. Visit Autahi to enjoy our completed artwork and see all the different 'ways to be smart' that we bring to our Autahi team.

Teamwork in Action!

 They say "Teamwork makes the dream-work" and we have definitely been seeing that as we dial up our strength of Teamwork in Autahi! 

Through our story for the week, Frederick by Leo Lionni, we learnt that not everyone in a team plays the same role. In fact, we learnt that each of us brings our own special strength to our Autahi team. 

Some of us use our Zest and Humour to keep our teams spirits high!

Some of us use Creativity and Curiosity to inspire our team!

Some of us use kindness by making sure that everyone feels included!

The first group of 'lookers' viewing the creation & a team of 'builders' re-making the creation with their 'lookers' support. 
 

We then practiced our learning through a challenge; in groups of four, we were challenged to re-create some pre-made creations using our classroom objects.  The challenge was, only two of the team mates were allowed to view the creation (they were called the 'lookers') and only two of the team mates were allowed to re-make the creation (they were called the 'builders'). 

More building and communication in action!

This challenge saw us using our communication and listening skills to reach success - which we totally did!

Dreamwork! Our creations look just like the original

There might not be an 'I' in Teamwork, but there is most definitely a 'WE'!

Autahi's Big Wharewaka Adventure

This week, the Autahi explorers headed to the waterfront for an epic morning of exploring with both our Wharewaka walking tour AND a tour of the new city library. With so much to see, hear and think about, we will be talking about this trip for weeks and drawing on it for further learning.

In the meantime, here are some highlights from our day, told through photos and the pictures the children drew to 'catch their memories' when we got back to school.

For some people, the bus was the best part of the trip.

The Wharewaka is home to several waka and they made a big impression.

It was exciting to have the chance to get up close and touch them. We learnt that one is decorated with albatross feathers, which symbolise peace.

Our memory drawings from this special day are on display in Autahi. Please come and take a look.

Zero Waste at Worser Bay School

Keep calm and recycle on!

In Autahi this week, we were bin-credibly lucky to have Lorraine, the Waste Educator / Kaiako Para Kore from Wellington City Council come in to teach us about rubbish, recycling, composting and more!

Here we explored the can-tastic world of recycling! We sorted recyclable materials into four piles - metals, cardboards, soft plastics and hard plastics. We were pretty shocked to hear that any materials that can't be recycled end up in the land fill!

Then, we were so fortunate to meet Lorraine's eco-mazing pet worms! Did you know that worms have FIVE hearts? Well Autahi sure did! We loved getting to peek at Lorraine's pet worms and their completely home-made soil. It really inspired us for our own composting here at Worser Bay School!

Have a chat with your child at home about what house-hold objects can be recycled or composted!