Term 2: Week 1

Welcome back from the school holidays everyone!  We're going to be practicing our distance learning for the first two weeks of the term.... 🏘

Please follow your school timetable, check your emails at least twice a day and keep in touch with your teachers.

Our Global Studies work will simply involve finishing the 'Assessment 1' activities that we have already made a good start on together, prior to the holidays.  There is no rush, or need to panic.  I am here to support you with these 3 tasks...
a) Draw a Pepeha Poster, b) Learn your Pepeha and recite it orally, c) Use the essay scaffold on Google Classroom to finish your SEXY Pepeha paragraphs (essay).  You are being asked to type this onto Google Classroom. 

We will also hold a fun 'live' Kahoot quiz each Wednesday at 9:30am via Google Meet - there are prizes that will be redeemed upon our return to school, so please do your best to connect. I will copy and paste the Google Meet link into an email and send it to all students in 7F1 at 9:25am each Wednesday morning.  This will also be a really nice time to say 'hi', to ask any questions and to look after each other!  If you do not have access to a phone or computer that has a camera, do not worry!  I will simply post the Kahoot quiz for you to complete on Google Classroom. 

Take care, and please be kind and responsible when online.  Please also remember to send me an email about any 'school troubles', as I do not want you to worry about any class work. 💚
Miss Kindley  👋😃

PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

• We are PLANNING our essay using a writing scaffold
• We are CONSULTING with family members to learn more about family ancestry/whakapapa and experiences
• We are APPLYING the SEXY acronym to structure our paragraph writing
• We are PERFORMING our Pepeha, in PREPARATION for SHARING

Success Criteria:  

• I can identify what the SEXY acronym stands for in paragraph writing
• I can attempt to apply the SEXY paragraph structure to my writing
• I can learn (memorise) my personal pepeha in Te Reo
• I can submit my completed Pepeha poster for marking
• I can retrieve information from a range of sources to respond to 7F1's Weekly Current Events Quiz

Activities:  Distance Learning

1. Please ensure you work to finish your Pepeha poster during our distance learning period.  Although this was due prior to the start of the lock-down, I am very happy to collect these in once we return back to school.  If you have lost your original work or do not have A3 paper at home, please don't worry.  You can use any paper you can find at home. 🙂👍

2. Go to page 12 of your Pepeha slideshow on Google Classroom.  Type in the name of your mountain, river, ocean, etc if you have not already done so.  Practice reading this out loud -  your challenge is to learn your pepeha off by heart. 🤩

3. Go to Google Classroom.  Use the essay scaffold to continue your SEXY paragraphs about your Pepeha poster. Remember, we have already made a very good start on this during class time, in your exercise books. Please have a look for your exercise book in your school bag, and type this onto the template on Google Classroom. 

4. Keep up to date with current events - please try to join me at 9:30am on Wednesday mornings for a catch-up + fun quiz.  
If you missed our 'Google Meet' session on Wednesday, you can play Week 1's game here!  

5. Any questions? Please do not hesitate to send me an email.  I'm here to help if things sound tricky....   relax, there is no pressure.  We're just continuing the work we have already started...

Thank you and I shall look forward to chatting to you during our fun 'video-chat' Kahoot quiz this Wednesday 15th April, at 9:30am!  😀