Financial literacy lesson with PWC tutors Kobe and Frank

Our Financial literacy tutors this year are Kobe and Frank. They both work for PWC and are auditors. 

The lesson we learnt today focussed on making money, aiming to make more money and considering the risks. This was through a game where each team member had to throw a bean bag on an amount of money. The closest amount was $5 and the amount further away was $20. A lot of teams aimed for $20 but it was hard to achieve. The team who won the most money aimed all their bean bags on $5. Kobe explained that sometimes we aim for the biggest amount but the risk of achieving that goal is higher. 

After the bean bag game, we learn about NEEDS and WANTS. Some of our students identified needs which are actually wants. This is a great way to reflect on what our needs are and what our wants are. Kobe explained needs are essentials which we need for survival. He also explained that wants are our personal consumption. For example, Playstation 5 is not a need. We don't really need it but we would want it. It is a want and not a need. 

Our next activity was spending our income we earned from the bean bag activity. Each group had the money they earned from the activity to spend. There was a sheet of activities with costs and we had to decide what we were going to spend our money on and how much we would save. It was a great discussion to have about what we really needed and what we could do without. 

After morning tea, we learnt about Lender and Borrower. A lender is someone who lends something to another person. A borrower is the person asking for something. Frank taught us about being a responsible borrower and being wise as a lender. We have to choose who we lend our belongings to. Do we trust them to return our belongings? How valuable is the item to us? We finished off our lesson with role plays about borrowing and lending. 

Celebrating Matariki at Te Oro

Today, our class travelled to Te Oro with Room 8 to celebrate Matariki through learning about tikanga Maori, raranga and art. It was a wonderful learning experience for all the students who attended. Room 7 have been to the workshops before and they had the chance to choose another workshop yesterday. We learnt about why Matariki is celebrated and how it is celebrated. We especially appreciated the korero given by the kaumatua and Whaea Lorna about tikanga Maori. 

At the workshops, we learnt about raranga - weaving, Maori art patterns and symbols, plants, taonga and looking after the land because it looks after us. At the end of the workshops, we showed our work and shared how we made our art work. 

It was a fun time enjoyed by all of us and a great way to celebrate Matariki. 

Hayden shares 10 buildings which are of interest to him

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Site manager Namesh talks to our class about the construction business

Today Shakthi Construction site manager Namesh visited our class to talk to us about construction and the careers people can have in construction. Namesh is from Shakthi Construction who rebuilt our Junior School. It was a great opportunity to listen to him talk about different careers in construction and also the jobs architectures have. A lot of our students are keen to pursue a career in construction because there are many different roles to work in. Namesh also encouraged the girls to think about working in construction. He finished off his visit by giving each of our class builders pencils. 

Pick a Path maths quiz created by Soane, Sione and AJ

 Sione, AJ and Soane created this Pick a Path quiz using google slides for one of their Maths activities. Have a try at answering the quiz. Super impressed with the animations used in this Pick a Path quiz.

Arman's statistics investigation about Covid in New Zealand

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10 buildings that are of interest to Alijon

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Jaydin shares his favourite character from The Jungle Book

 

Finding out about the migration of birds

 Jasel decided to find out about the migration of Bald Eagles. She created a google drawing to teach others about her findings.