Category: Leanne Jackson

Insect Hunt

Mrs Jackson sought help from the children to find out the best way to make an insect hotel. Read more about 'Insect Hunt'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Mathematics, Science, English, Participating and Contributing; Posted 8 days ago By Leanne Jackson

Passion Projects Dance

If dance was their passion then children from Poihipi and Ohaaki teams joined Whaea Leanne each week during Passion Projects. Read more about 'Passion Projects Dance'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged The Arts, Science, Health and Physical Education, Technology, English, Thinking, Relating to Others, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 3 months ago By Leanne Jackson

Tornado in a Bottle

She had made it at Pippins and wanted to share it with Room 11. The children were fascinated watching May create a tornado by shaking her bottle of water. Read more about 'Tornado in a Bottle'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Mathematics, Science, English, Thinking, Managing Self, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 3 months ago By Leanne Jackson

Building a Classroom Community

Children who had come from different classrooms needed to come together to create an environment where we could all feel safe and learn. Read more about ' Building a Classroom Community'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Social Sciences, Health & Physical Education, English, Oral Language, enviro, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 4 months ago By Leanne Jackson and Whaea Margo

Participating & Contributing Creates Stars

Room 11 knew there was a taniwha, Horo-matangi, in the lake. We also knew the waiata 'One Day a Taniwha' so we decided to create a dance item around it. Read more about 'Participating & Contributing Creates Stars'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged The Arts, Health and Physical Education, English, Learning Languages, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating & Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 7 months ago By Leanne Jackson

Flower Art

The change of season from Winter to Spring was our inspiration. The concept was simple. Flowers - using colour, layers, and shapes. Read more about 'Flower Art'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged The Arts, Mathematics, English, Thinking, Managing Self; Posted 7 months ago By Leanne Jackson

Fair Sharing

To do this we had to learn some key mathematical ideas including vocabulary, symbols, words, and what the numbers represent in a fraction symbol. Read more about 'Fair Sharing'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Mathematics, English, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating & Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 7 months ago By Leanne Jackson

Freezing

In this story, Dylan had been helping his dad collect firewood and was feeling very cold. Dylan and his Dad came up with different ways to help Dylan get warm. Read more about 'Freezing'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged English, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Technology, Learning Languages, Te Reo Māori, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 10 months ago By Leanne Jackson

Catching Snowflakes

Warm jerseys, gloves, scarves and beanies were part of our daily wardrobe. We could see snow on the mountains behind Lake Taupō-nui-a Tia. Read more about 'Catching Snowflakes'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged The Arts, Visual Arts, Mathematics, Oral Language, Managing Self, Thinking; Posted 11 months ago By Leanne Jackson

100 Days at School

We marked the days by collecting large ice block sticks. When we had collected ten of them we put them in a bundle. Read more about '100 Days at School'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Mathematics, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 11 months ago By Leanne Jackson