WE SAVED JACK!

Here is our photostory about how we saved Jack.  We used the Riverdale School Inquiry Model called Te Ako Retinga to help us find a solution for Jack's problem.  Our teachers think we did a pretty awesome job.  If you like our video, please leave a comment in the section below.  We love feedback!

NGA MATAPONO!

Over the last few weeks, you would have seen a few posts about our learning surrounding Nga Matapono.  These are our Riverdale School beliefs.  To be a successful inquiring learner, we believe we must be Creative, Competent, Effective Communicators, and Self Managers.  Here is a video celebrating all that we have learnt over the last few weeks.  Enjoy!

BEFORE SCHOOL FUN!

Today Mrs Lunn and Miss Crowther put out the dolls' house and the rocket ship for us to play with in the morning.  We had a blast!

OUR CLASS TREATY!

On the 6th of February, New Zealand celebrates Watangi Day.  It is a special day remembered by all New Zealanders as the day the Maori and European people decided they could live together peacefully in our beautiful country. 

We had our own signing of the treaty.   We made up some rules that we will obey in our classroom and we each signed the treaty with our very own fingerprint.   We even made multiple copies of the treaty,  just like they did all those years ago.  

Our class treaty looks like a fern frond... because we are Piako which means learning seeds.

THE THREE LEGGED RACE!

Today we had to work with our learning partner to compete in a three legged race.   We had to tie our legs together and work as a team to win the race.   Here is a cute photo of Zia and Naomi after their race.

FRIENDS IN KNOTS!

In today's team building game,  we stood in a circle and put our hands in the middle. We had to hold someone else's hand and then untangle ourselves without letting go.  It was pretty tricky!

We found out that when one person was the leader and helped us by giving us directions, we were able to work as a team to get ourselves free.  

Check out our happy faces in these photos. We had lots of fun!

BUDDY BALLOON WALK!

We are learning how to work as a team.   Today we had a challenge to walk in a line with balloons but... we weren't allowed to hold the balloons with our hands.  

We found out it worked best when we walked really slowly and used little steps.   We had to watch where we were going so we didn't crash into things! We had to work as a team!

We had a blast!  Learning is so much fun!

OUR FABULOUS FIRST DAY!

We had a great first day today!

We played a game called Hop in the Rabbit Hole.   We balanced a hula hoop on top of four cones. Our team had to hop in without the hoop falling off. It was harder than you think!

We learnt it was best to go in one at a time and that we needed to step in carefully!   We leant to take turns and to be patient today!  Go us!!!