Shearwaters Thinkery is certainly going to be an exciting and dynamic place this year!
We started with a bang today – some great thinking and commitment to share and help each other succeed.
Thinkery
For all the things I hear and see
I have this thing called a memory.
It holds on fast to what I wish,
To anything quite usefullish,
And everything else, regrettably,
gets lost in my forgettory.
This year Shearwaters class stayed at The Point Woolshed!
The team were incredible!
The class worked with The Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust, Department of Conservation and Trees for Travellers. The weather was incredibly hot but that didn’t stop all the students walking miles and working hard.
Thank you so much to Peter and Gwenda for allowing us to use their amazing woolshed, Lindsay Rowe for spending time and knowledge with us, Brett and Dave for providing water, humour and knowledge, Sarah for providing such detailed knowledge of the past at Fyffe House and all of our amazing parents for making our camp so successful!
Shearwater Camp 2011
Shearwaters joined Brett Cowan on the annual beach clean up on Friday. The class picked up litter from the corner of State Highway One along to the boat park at South Bay. The students found broken glass, jandals, fishing line, parts of craypots, plastics and foam. Although they filled a black bag absolutely full to bursting point they were pleased to see that the beach was pretty clean. Thanks to Brett for joining us and for reading ‘The Waka’ to us at school.
Shearwaters have written a book to show their learning about Planet Earth and Beyond. It is a great narrative and explanation text about their imaginary microscopic creature named after Shearwaters Class at Kaikoura Suburban School.
The class have also recorded the book on Little Bird Tales website. So sit back, relax and click on the link.
Enjoy!
This week has been about creating big questions and action plans to lead our learning for Planet Earth and Beyond Inquiry. Shearwaters big question is:
What would the significance of finding life on other planets be for humans?
Shearwaters have had yet another busy and exciting week of learning about Planet Earth and Beyond. We have been researching and discussing the possibility of life on other planets and whether sightings of UFO’s are true or false. Shearwaters have mixed opinions and we have had some lively debates on the possibilities. So much research is happening in Space and we are very interested in the International Space Station. Neil Armstrong is a hero in the Shearwater class, although a few questions arose whether the landing could have been a hoax?
The class surprised Mrs Rogers with a fact recall the other morning – we hope it surprises you too! (Although we still have a lot to learn and many questions we want answers too).
