June 2024

Growth Mindset

We have been learning that the way we think helps us to learn or it doesn't help us learn.

In the book "The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School," Mr. Fish is nervous about starting school because he doesn’t know how to do the things the other fish are doing. He feels like he’s not good at anything, and this makes him sad. But then, his teacher helps him understand that it’s okay not to know everything right away. School is a place to learn, and with time and practice, he can get better at anything!

This story shows us something called a “growth mindset.” A growth mindset is when we believe that even if we can’t do something yet, we can learn how to do it by trying, practicing, and not giving up.

So, just like Mr. Fish learned how to write his name and do other things at school by practicing, we can learn new things too. It’s okay to make mistakes because that’s how we learn and get better. Keep trying, and remember, you can always grow your brain by learning new things!

Matariki celebrations.

We learned about the Matariki stars and the importance of their return in June. We read lots of stories including some Maori legends, wrote stories and created artworks. The best part was celebrating Matariki with a festival. Lots of other schools from the Aupori peninsular and our whanau joined us here at Paparore School. Each school performed waiata and Kapa haka. They were all so talented. Kaumatua and kuia spoke and we learned some more about the history of Paparore School.

Te Kakano students' Matariki art.

 

Term 1 Week 4

In Te Kakano both the big and small blocks are favourites. We have a number of budding civil  engineers, architects and builders. Week by week the designs are becoming more thoughtful, purposeful and creative.

  So . . . we made block towers in maths. We are learning that the next number in the range 1-10 is 1 more [5 + 1 = 6]. This is also the number that comes after. We kept adding 1 more block, discussed what we had done and counted how many. When our towers were 10 blocks high, we made them smaller by taking away one block at a time, counting back as we went and predicting what the before number would be.

 



The clever Te Kakano students have been thinking and sharing ideas about who and what can help us to be better learners. Did you know that we all have BRILLIANT BRAINS? We know that if we love to learn new things this will help. We have rockets in our  pockets and every day we are developing a positive 'growth mindset' to help us in our learning.                         We say:

💜 "I can't do it ...YET!" 
💚"I'm going to train my brain.!"
💗"I can do hard things!"
💙"Challenges help me grow!"
💛"I can always try again!"
💜"I love learning!"
Recognising letters and knowing the sound/sounds each letter makes in words is very important. Letters make sounds, letter sounds make words and words are how we share our ideas and thoughts with others when we talk and write. We would like to share some of the ways we learnt about the letter Bb today.

In the words of Dr. Seuss . . .

Congratulations!

Today is your day.

You're off to Great Places!

You're off and away!

You have brains in your head

You have feet in your shoes

You can steer yourself

Any direction you choose!