MAKING CONNECTIONS TOGETHER

 More great LEARNING TOGETHER - we are making connections together from a text we read.
Connections to things we know or have experienced help us better understand what we have read!

PARENTS AS FIRST TEACHERS

What a great night of LEARNING TOGETHER.

The feedback was overwhelmingly positive about the opportunity to learn about WHAT students have to learn and HOW they learn it in todays curriculum....thank you all for coming.

MORE Maths

Room 15 Making SUSHI.... data showed students wanted sushi as a lunch option...they are learning what a healthy option it is...yummmy!

Room 14 students interpreting the data...what does it mean?.... I wonder why?.....

Room 18 showing of all their amazing visible learning with statistical literacy.....LOOK at how many statements and counter statements they could make!

SRS Census Proposals

Room 5 - Found that the majority of the sandpits toys were broken or unsafe....they want new toys to make our sandpit SUPER!

Room 9 - is showing us where the SRS Maze would go....they presented the data that told the story of our students wanting something different from playgrounds.

Room 17 had a very persuasive presentation of how a SRS MAZE would be great for both environmental and social outcomes.....plus fun for us all!

INTENSE MATHS LEARNING

3 DAYS OF INTENSIVE STATISTICAL LITERACY LEARNING.........

We are learning how numbers tell stories.....

We can interrogate data to make meaning.....

We can use data to persuade others.......

We took a Stanhope Road Census and used this data to make proposals.

Our proposals needed to Communicate and Explain what  would make our school, community and lives better, then Justify it with our data & findings.

We had to present to a panel.....

Marie Math Facilitators from Cognition Education, Gay Swift from Ellerslie Rotary, Anna Gaukrodger from BNZ Bank Manager, Me, Mr Grant from our Board of Trustees, Heather Math Facilitators from Cognition Education.

See more blogs for the proposals....

Talofa Lava and welcome to my blog....

I hope all our families in Samoa are safe and recovering from the storm.

Well we are now at the end of a very eventful year for SRS, including our year 8 campers returning safety from Raglan - thank you to all the wonderful staff and helpers.

What a great clean up or staff are undertaking, especially Mrs Cater and her helping Xmas elves....

We aim to make this website informative, interactive and a great learning tool for students, teachers and families......so please keep checking it over the holidays for updates.

You can also refer to the latest newsletter to read about:

• 2013 school organisation,
• New staff and existing staff in new positions, and 
• General information we think families want to know to start the year.

I have really enjoyed my first term at SRS and have also appreciated all the support and feedback.

I am looking forward to a great 2013 year.

Ia Manuia 

Laurayne