English - Getting Started

9M has transformed and is now 10M.

This week we have been getting to know each other.  The class has been creating slides which represent who they are.  The aim has been to read through the instructions and create slides which are informative, bright and engaging. They have posted an extract of their slides on their blogs and commented on the reasons behind their choices.  

We have played Scattergories as a 'Do Now' activity and have all learnt how creative Luke is...banana!   As a class we have been pushing ourselves to think creatively and think of original answers.  We have challenged each other, questioned each other and laughed at both ourselves and each other!  

We have also learnt that as a class 10M is competitive, in all areas of school and especially sports!

Globalisation

In Social Studies 9M have been learning about globalisation and specifically at looking at New Zealand exports.  We used google maps to show which countries New Zealand exports to and students added their maps with their research to their blogs.
Christian did some excellent research and found out that in 2018 NZ exports amounted to $39.8 billion USD.   You can see how Christian compiled his research in his map by clicking here and visiting his blog.

Virtual Whare - 9M's House of Learning

Currently 9M are creating and doing some very cool work in Social Studies. They have been on a three day program called Raranga Matihiko - Weaving Digital Futures with Monika Kern and Kerry Leaf from the Waitangi Treaty Grounds Education Centre. Having spent two full days in Waitangi earlier this Term our students got to work and get familiar with applications such as Paint 3D, Tinkercad, SculptGL, Virtual Reality to name a few. Last Wednesday 4th September Monika, Kerry and Tara Fagan from Te Papa Museum in Wellington arrived at school with all of their specialist digital equipment and helped our class put together a Virtual Whare. Pretty amazing stuff happened that day, and the students really enjoyed themselves. Huge acknowlegments to Monika, Kerry, Tara, the Waitangi Education Centre, Te Papa National Museum and the MoE for creating this program so that our students could learn in a 3D world. Here is a taste of what they created

Waitangi Trip for SST

Yesterday our 9M class went to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and the Education Centre. We were enrolled in a two day hands on learning program called Raranga Matihiko - Weaving Digital Futures being run by the Education Centre, Te Papa Museum and MoE.
Joining us were parents Barbara Collier, Stephine Milner, Polly Hall and Ashley Peacock. The students are learning about Kiwi Culture this Term so they all got to visit the museum, the upper Treaty grounds,  Flag pole and big house. Students are gathering ideas and thoughts about an exciting visual story they will be creating using vertual 3D computer programs and tools that will tell their own story from a cultural view point. We are due to go back again for a second full day to start creating their stories and I'm excitied to see what they are going to produce. Today I asked the students to create a Blog post about our trip yesterday, check out their Blogs and see what they had to say.

Capsizing and Rolling with 9M

Today was my first kayaking lesson with 9M.  Every first kayaking lesson brings some anxiety because SAFETY is the most important part of our lesson.  We had 13 kayakers and 9 students without gear.  From the beginning of the lesson every student was respectful and mindful of the importance of safety.  There are already students who have been identified as EXCEPTIONAL kayakers and these people were quick to raise their hands to support others today in our lesson.
Some were scared, some loved the thrill of capsizing and having the autonomy to practise and perfect their 5 second wet exit.  I helped to roll Andrew, who bravely stayed in his kayak, upside down under water, while I rolled him over to the surface again.  I love how students in 9M watch and learn and are able to take on the important steps required to complete tasks safely and correctly. 
Thank you 9M for a wonderful lesson.  You really are an amazing kayaking class!

Andrew Simmonds - Flipping like a pro!

Latitiude and longitude

In Social Studies we have been learning about latitude and longitude.  Latitude is the imaginary lines that go around the earth.  They are measured in degrees, minutes and seconds.  Longtitude lines go up and down the earth travelling from north to south.  This is Kiro's slide deck, please click on his blog to leave him a comment.  

Pink Shirt Day

Last Friday we acknowledged Pink Shirt day at school.  Everyone was allowed to wear pink shirts to raise awareness about bullying. Our school does not want any form of bullying here, whether it be verbal, mental, physical, cyber or anything else.  We do not want it at our school, in our homes or in our lives. We want everyone to be happy and safe and enjoy schooling everyday.

In Social Studies last week we created our own CyberSmart posters and they look fabulous on the wall, here is a sample of a poster that Tyra created.

This is a snap shot of our classroom back wall and all the posters that the students made.

Decimals and Fractions

Today in maths we learned about place value, decimals and where to put the numbers in the columns which helps you to understand decimals and fractions.  We also revised about our decimals points and fractions using apples.

Our learning resources were on the Place Value- Decimals page of our website. 

About us

We are a group of 25 Year 10 students at Bay of Islands College which is situated in Kawakawa, Northland, New Zealand.  Kawakawa is famous for the whare puke designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser from Austria it is also  well known as the only town in NZ that has a train running through the middle of it. There are many other great things about our small town.

We have 6 teachers for our different subjects plus our option subjects. 
Our school has three houses Totara, Rata and Miro.  We are in the Miro House.
Our school day starts at 8.45am and it ends at 3.15pm. Students in our class come from all over the Bay of Islands. 

Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei taonga

Welcome to our class blog for learning. This is where all of the teachers of 9M can share what's happening throughout the term in their class and student work.