What is an active learner? We have been working on what an active learner is. Through our discussions we have identified what an active learner does. Here is Telesia's drawing to show what she has understood from our discussions.

Kia ora from Room 7, 2018

Well the holidays have finished and we are back in school. The Christmas holidays was filled with much happiness and activities. Room 7, 2018 have come back to school with eager minds to learn. We are a team of 28 this year. 26 students, one teacher (Mrs Tofa) and one teacher aide (Miss Atuahiva).

We started the year off with a focus on being active learners. This is Alex and Po's work about what an active learner is.

An experience of a lifetime. Our movie about our wonderful camp to the Bay of Islands.

NEUROPLASTICITY

The brain is an important and powerful part our our bodies. It controls our muscles so we can move and speak. It enables us to create, invent and think. It also allows us to feel, laugh and dream. It really is a hard working mechanism and each of us carry them in our heads. 

This week we learnt about neuroplasticity. It refers to our brains having about 100 billion neurons which travels around our brains helping us to think and make decisions. Can you imagine 100 billion? That is a huge number and that is roughly how many neurons we have in our brains. 

One of our activities was to make our own model of neurons. We had fun using the play doh to create our individual neurons.

We would like to thank Mrs Turner for coming in to Room 7 and teaching us about neuroplasticity. 

Glenbrae is a accredited Sunsmart School. This means in Term 1 and 4 all students and staff have to wear hats when outside in the sun. We also learn about why it is important to protect ourselves when we are out in the sun. This is a Powtoon presentation created by Lindakiki and Maara to share their learning about being Sunsmart. Enjoy and please leave a comment.

School holidays

Wishing all the students of Room 7 a safe and happy holiday. Do not forget your reading logs and to continue working on your Wonderings. Looking forward to reading all your blog posts about your adventures in the holidays. 

See you all on Monday 16 October.