Lockdown Day Six - 23 Aug 21

Awa News - Monday 23 August 2021

Over the weekend your teachers have been very busy creating packs to send home and organising contactless pickups of both these packs and devices. We are excited about seeing you all online at 9:45 this morning. Our nickname (code) is Awa.

In our google meet we will have time to catch up, and chat about our learning for Monday. Remember to mute your microphone before entering the google meet. Headphones are a great idea as it stops lots of feedback. Apart from our google meet time you can set your day up as you feel comfortable and complete learning at your own pace. There will also be a teacher in the google meet link until midday if you need extra help as you go. To log back in just use the same code.

Reminder: that it would be great to have little 'kiwi kids' clips emailed to Mrs G (and shared in google drive - pop it in your media folder).

Lockdown Day Three - 20 Aug 21

Awa News - Friday 20th August 2021

Nakita seems to be keeping on with this Awa Lockdown News Idea, so this is becoming part of her morning routine. Collecting facts, writing her script, and then recording herself, and then filing it in her media folder so she can share it to her blog. If anyone else would like to start creating these we would love to see them. Just remember to file them in your media file. Mrs G would love to have people share a photo of them in their family bubbles. These can be emailed to Mrs G .

Mrs Clarke and Mrs Gardiner are enjoying seeing people start to share their work with us. It is great to see you all enjoying your lockdown learning. Again the main focus of learning in our Level 4 bubbles, is having fun together.

We are looking forward to the announcement at 3pm today to find out what is happening with the alert levels.

Reminder: that it would be great to have little 'kiwi kids' clips emailed to Mrs G (and shared in google drive - pop it in your media folder).

Lockdown Day Two - 19 Aug 2021

Awa News - Thursday 19th August 2021

Please bear in mind that this is a student-made video (mum was doing admin stuff).  It is a great idea and we welcome students to do this for themselves to keep a record of what they are doing in lockdown.  

A reminder that for the rest of this week we are focusing on bugs and there are some activities on our timetable below to inspire you in your learning.  Your teachers would love to see your work so remember to share this with us.  This could be photos, emails, or something else.  Remember that for these activities you do not require a device and as it looks like such a lovely day make the most of this opportunity to get outside and do some fun outdoor activities relating to your learning.  Kia Kaha and stay safe.

Again the main focus of learning in our Level 4 bubbles, is having fun together.  

Reminder: that it would be great to have little 'kiwi kids' clips emailed to Mrs G (or shared in google drive - pop it in your media folder).

Lockdown Day One - Awa News 18-Aug-21

Awa News - Thursday 18th August 2021

Please bear in mind that this is a student-made video (mum was doing admin stuff). It was a great idea and we welcome students to do this for themselves even.

This week's plan is designed that devices are not required and that you and your child have the flexibility in how and when you complete tasks. If you have other great ideas please feel free to let us know as well. The main focus is having fun together with a little bit of fun learning added into the mix.

Movie Making with Harley

Today we had Harley the movie man come and work with Team Awa. 

First, we watched a movie called 'incoming call' that Harley had produced.  It took him 3 months to make it.  We were watching it to learn even more about movie angles and shots.  It had a really interesting storyline.

We learned about 'Camera language'

Director says:  "quiet on set"

Camera person:  "Camera speed"

Sound person says:  "Sound Speed"

Clapper person says; "Rob and Kelly. Take 1"

Director says:  "Action"

We looked at how a movie also has a script for its characters and that the angles we use when capturing our movies add to the effect.  This was great to reinforce what we already started learning last term.  

Harley talked to us about how every story has a beginning, middle, and end.  He related that back to our movies and how every movie you made needs to have this too.  He told us that if your movie is 3 minutes long, the first 1 min should be for the beginning, the next minute for the middle, and the last minute for the end.

We got to have a play with some of his gear including the clapper which was lots of fun.  We used boom mikes so we could capture the sound closer to the action.  

After that Harley worked with us in small groups to catch up with what our movie storyboards and scripts looked like.  He was really impressed at the through we were going into and had lots of positive feedback for us all.

Thanks for coming again, Harley.  It's always fantastic to have you.

DDF Dance Group

Today we had a special treat of being able to watch the DDF dance crew perform for our whole school.  Before they started they told us that they would be awarding up to 4 scholarships to students from our school to attend next term's lessons.  

We were all excited and loved to watch them perform.  After they performed they taught us a dance.  Students then had a dance-off and in the end, 5 students were offered this opportunity.  Team Awa had 2 people chosen.  We are so excited for them.  here are some photos and videos of our time with DDF.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Today Matua Hoani visited today to begin working with us around Keeping Ourselves Safe.  We talked alot about needing to know our address and situation when it is important.  We knew that it was when we are lost or when we need help like with an ambulance, fire, or police.

We also talked about how when we are in a shop if you get lost then a good person to ask for help from is shop keeper.

We also talked about what number we ring if we are in an emergency.  We know that we need to ring 111.   When you first get through they will ask do you want Fire, Ambulance, Police?  We practiced working out which one we would need to choose if we were ringing by talking bout different scenarios'.  

We also know that the next thing they will ask is "What is your address?" so they can start sending someone straight away.

Knowing your own phone number and being able to ring it is a great thing too

We also talked about things that make us special