Saturday 30 May 2015


Break through
Arav and Bobbie carving 
Tyran and Seb creating a digital Māori village



Making a difference to thier new knowledge the team are on a learning pathway.


Friday 29 May 2015

Snap shot #6

What a great week, duathlon, dads in for break through and learners being learners! Thankyou :) 
                  

Thursday 28 May 2015

WALHT: Solve division problems with remainders

Over the last few days, some of our learners have been learning to solve division problems by giving faction answers rather than remainders.

Some understood the concept quickly and moved on to stretch questions (like 1,852 divided by 12) and others built their knowledge using uni-link cubes.  A group of learners was really in the pit at one stage but thanks to their determination and awesome connection-making, they've really advanced their thinking!


Here's Tyran to share his thinking with you...



Wednesday 20 May 2015








********** Who is this learner? ***********


Today is the day history can record when a student initiated a learner led conference.

His parent and I listened, we asked questions as we Built knowledge   with our senses.



He introduced us to how he Built knowledge in maths, he found information in presentations, then showed us in concept how he Makes meaning by fleshing out ideas and considering options on how he will approach his current ideas.

He is currently considering in concept the following aspects that learners and teacher could benefit from if they were available to all:

  • Stonefields school gymn
  • Breakfast club
  • School Mascot
Applying understanding comes naturally to this learner, he stands and recalls how he justified his position on why imprisonment for life is an unjust concept.

He demonstrates how he felt and that people should be forgiven after they have served their time.

But wait there was more.... He shared with us his writing and reading goals ........his excitement said it all.
       The sky is the limit to his learning.    

Who is this Learner? Leave a comment on the Blog and tell me who you think he is? Don't forget to tell me why you think it is him?




Sunday 17 May 2015

Great day a little late 
on the post,
 but here is all the fun.


Saturday 16 May 2015



The Manaiakalani Haka Powhiri 2015 to Malama Honua.


Many incredible hours, intense, 
extremely long discussions over 1000 photo's.

I am happy to share the link with you

 that will open your mind to another dimension.

It is the final masterpiece live her first on our school blog.


Thursday 7 May 2015

Ballet Dancers


A wonderful achievement with our dancers achieving medals for their talent :) 

Monday 4 May 2015

My cartoon by Oliver V


Hero 0.

Episode 1

Hero 0 helps people when they are trouble.
Hero 0 stops the bad guys messing things up.
Here comes the bad guys stomp,stomp,stomp.
The bad guys take the people.
Then all of a sudden Hero 0 saves the people.
The bad guy are angry and say i'll get you next time.
But then the bad guys start to run Hero 0 starts to run to.
Hero 0 is tired but he is not giving up because he wants to
save the people in his city.Hero 0 turns on his jetpack and flies
away.Hero 0 got away just in time.The people were screaming he
shot the bad guys.The people saw the blood on the road.Hero 0
laughed well he flew away.The people were happy.They loved
Hero 0 for the rest of their lives.

Episode 2

Hero 0 is at home watching TV.
The news reporter said "the bad guy we're not dead".
Hero 0 said "what how could this be possible".
Hero 0 was angry he wants to stop the bad guys.
The news reporter said "they were robots".
The news reporter said "the bad guys were on mars".
Hero 0 said that he was going to find the bad guys so he did.
Hero 0 went to mars with his suit on and jet pack.
Hero 0 saw a house on mars.
Hero 0 was super happy.Hero 0 raced there as fast as
Hero 0 could.Hero 0 went through a window. Hero 0 saw
that they were playing a game.Hero 0 got his gun and shot the
table.The bad guys fell down from the chairs.
blood went everywhere.Hero 0 went down to see if it was the robots
again.And it was the bad guys.Hero 0 was happy.

The end

pyramid/troll by Ryan P

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Last term I let some people in my minecraft world but they ended up trying to troll/prank me by blowing things up. #don't let anyone in your minecraft world unless you trust them or if you are keeping an eye on them .😺
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Reading and Writing Goals by Arav J


Arav.jpgWhāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe me maunga teitei.
Pursue that which is precious, and do not be deterred by anything less than a lofty mountain.

reading: I want to make a real book by my self

Reading and Writing Goals By Danny Y

Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe me maunga teitei.
Pursue that which is precious, and do not be deterred by anything less than a lofty mountain.

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What my goals are in my reading and writing by Krysten R


My writing goals  I need to learn / yellow means work on /
my reading goals I need to learn / yellow means work on /
I can write compound and complex sentences (Term1 / Term2)
sometimes I read my writing and see if it is good or sometimes I forget to do it: one word that is a compound(And) : one word that is a complex(because)I could go to a lesson with mrs whaea nin.
What the hidden meaning is (Term1 / Term2)       
read it again and re read and look for keywords that help me in reading time lessons with whaea nin so I no how to do and learn it so I can teach other people what it means.


















My uncle's huge Indian Wedding by Mugdha V


Hi my name is Mugdha. I went  to India on January 7 2015 and on 26 February it was my mom's brother's marriage. It was an Indian marriage. Time was from 11:00 am to 3:00am. I wasn't even one little bit sleepy. During the marriage  the dinner was going on. My family and my mom's brother and his wife ate dinner last. But I ate a little bit earlier. The wedding was fun But I had to leave on March 24 2015 to  travel to New Zealand. Ka kite ano, వీడ్కోలు