Room 13's Learning Log: So far this week...

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Having had an amazing camp experience the students have been back in the class for 2 days and so far they have:

Researched more information about 3 explorers that all "discovered" NZ; Kupe, Abel Tasman and Captain Cook.
Pretended to be a crew member on board one of the explorers boats/waka and written a letter to loved ones back home.
Explored what it means to be a New Zealander.
Started streamed Maths classes.
Replied to another students letter to a loved one.
And finally waded into the "NZ flag debate" by reading the following links and then designed our own flag to represent our country. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_flag_debate, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11193964)

Whew!!! It's been a busy week so far with more planned to come!

Nina said...: It was fun learning about Kupe, Captain Cook and
Abel Tasman.; March 25, 2014 at 4:50 PM
Nina said...: It was fun learning about Kupe, Captain Cook and
Abel Tasman.; March 25, 2014 at 4:51 PM
Mia:) said...: I loved writing about traveling on Captain Cooks ship and thought it was really interesting finding out about all the famous New Zealand history makers!; March 25, 2014 at 5:37 PM
Evie said...: It was really interesting learning about NZ history. Abel Tasman is a very interesting person! :); March 25, 2014 at 7:43 PM
George said...: I enjoyed drawing the flags. And learning about Kupe, Captain Cook and Abel Tasman.; March 26, 2014 at 7:17 PM
Van Rooyen said...: I liked learning about Kupe, Captain Cook and Abel Tasman. My favourite one we learnt about was Captain Cook. They are all interesting still.

I don't want the NZ flag to be changed :)

By Sophie; March 27, 2014 at 4:02 PM