Friday 1 December 2017

Summer Learning Journey 2017-2018


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Friday 29 September 2017

C'mon guys, get Firewise!

This week we have been learning how to keep ourselves safe if there is a fire. We learnt that we need to Get Low, Get Out. We also learnt that if our clothing is on fire we Stop, Drop and Roll.
Some fire fighters came in their fire engine. They talked to us about the clothing they wear to be safe in a fire, and the things they do to put a fire out. 









They also showed us how they use the hoses to put the fire out. That was our favourite part!

Monday 11 September 2017

Swimming Lessons!



We have been lucky enough to have two weeks of swimming lessons! We have been learning how to float and kick. Our swimming instructors showed us how to move through the water without sinking. We had great fun learning to swim. 

Tuesday 22 August 2017

VISY Recycling Centre

Last week we visited the VISY Recycling Centre in Onehunga. First we spent some time in the classroom learning about  how the different types of rubbish are sorted and packed to be sent away and made into new things.






































Then we put on safety helmets, glasses and vests and went for a walk to watch the trucks deliver the rubbish to the centre. Large bulldozers push the rubbish onto a conveyor belt and then it goes into the machines that sort and bale up the rubbish.




There are five types of rubbish that are recycled at the centre:
1. Plastic
2. Glass
3. Paper and cardboard
4. Aluminium
5. Steel

We learnt that it is really important to only put items that can be recycled in our recycling bins. Soft plastics like shopping bags and chip packets get stuck in the machines.
We also learnt that we should wash our recycling before putting it in the bin because then it wont smell so bad at VISY!






































We had a great time on our visit to VISY and we learnt a lot. Now we can use that knowledge to take better care of our environment.

Thursday 17 August 2017

New World Little Garden

This term our Inquiry is Sustainability. We will be investigating how we can create a more sustainable environment at Wesley Primary School. New World Supermarket kindly donated a box of their Little Garden seeds to us so we are growing them to plant into our Garden to Table gardens. Seeds need water, soil, and light to grow. We are watching our seeds carefully for signs that they are starting to germinate.











Wednesday 16 August 2017

Garden to Table

 Last week at Garden to Table we harvested different vegetables and herbs to make Vegetable Fritata. We needed to find parsley, kale, silverbeet, spring onion, and beetroot leaves. When we got to the hall we prepared the leaves for cooking and cooked the fritata. While we waited for it to cook we tried to identify different plants by looking at their leaves. Some of them were a bit tricky! The vegetable fritata was delicious and many of us went back for a second helping.





















Tuesday 15 August 2017

Kiwi ball with Coach Marko

This term we are learning how to play Kiwi ball with Coach Marko. Kiwi ball is a lot like Baseball. You hit the ball off a tee and then run round the bases. The fielding team have to collect up all the tennis balls and return the baseball to the tee before the batter makes it home. Kiwi ball is lots of fun.




Monday 14 August 2017

Vector Talk

We learnt a lot about Electrical Safety when Vector came to Wesley Primary.
Here are our top tips for keeping ourselves safe around electricity.

Electricity and water don't mix! Keep plugs and chargers away from water.

Never overload a plug socket. Use a multi board.

Don't put anything metal in an appliance or a socket.

Stay away from transformer boxes and power lines.

Don't go near damaged power lines.

Don't use any appliance or charger that has a frayed cord. 






Thursday 25 May 2017

Maths Fun on the Whiteboard Table

In Maths, we have been using our new whiteboard table to help us solve maths problems.
Here we are solving the problem:
Mrs Parore is hanging out her towels to dry. She puts 2 pegs on each towel. If she has 4 towels, how many pegs will she need?

We drew the towels and used counters to represent the pegs. We used a strategy called repeated addition to solve the problem. 
As you can see 2+2+2+2=8.
We can also write this as a multiplication equation 2 x 4 = 8
It's fun to draw on the table because we know we can rub it off!




Thursday 11 May 2017

Cybersmart with James and Gerard

This morning we learnt about our digital footprint.
We talked about what digital means and how everything we do on the internet can be seen by someone else. James worked with some of us on the ipads and Gerard helped the rest of us on our  Chromebooks.





Here are some samples of our work. Smolleygordon worked on the Chromebook and made a Screencastify of his learning.



Hamna used an app on the ipad called Explain Everything to record her thinking.

Monday 8 May 2017

Garden to Table Term 2

Today was our first day of Garden to Table for Term 2. 
We split into 3 groups to do some weeding, planting, watering and harvesting. Today we harvested Kale leaves so that we could cook Kale Chips.





Next we washed and prepared the Kale for cooking. We also made the pikelet mixture and cooked the pikelets. 





Lastly, we ate all the leftovers and tidied up the kitchen and hall. It was such a fun day!



You can find our Garden to Table recipes on the tab above.