Hōpara - Explore Blog 2020

Kia ora Whānau!    We have had an awesome week in Hōpara! This week we have really got stuck into our CHILL CLUBS, Nick and myself have loved seeing the engagement and excitement in their projects. Here are some photos of their projects so far.....    Well done to all Hōpara students who represented Clarkville in Cross Country this Wednesday - We are very proud of you all.  Differing Perspectives Challenge:  Over the weekend it would be nice if you could discuss the following image - What are the different perspectives in this image? (Thoughts, feelings, actions) Reminders/things to know:  Info evening - Wed 5th Y6 info evening @ 6pm, KHS coffee and cake @ 7pm Hōpara website   -  https://sites.google.com/clarkville.school.nz/hopara-2020/home?authuser=0 . This will be our "one stop shop" for group tasks/follow ups. Please remember to comment and give feedback on your child's SEESAW  - their learn...

Kia ora Whānau!  We hope you all enjoyed your holidays?! Hōpara students have returned to school with positive learning attitudes which has been awesome to see. This week we have been delving deep into our Inquiry topic "perspective", students have been asked to look at scenes which portray multiple perspectives and asked to recognise what they are and what reactions and feelings they show. This week we started our new CHILL CLUBS programme, Hōpara students had the opportunity to select a particular "club" that they felt most interested in. Both Nick and myself will be the mentor for two groups.  Challenge: Over the weekend it would be nice if you could discuss the following image - What are the different perspectives in this image? (Thoughts, feelings, actions)                   Reminders/things to know:  Hōpara website -  https://sites.google.com/clarkville.school.nz/hopara-2020/home?authuser=0 . This will be our "one s...

Kia ora Whānau!    Over the last two weeks Nick, Linda and myself have thoroughly enjoyed meeting you all for learning conferences and we thank you for your enthusiasm and support for what we do at Clarkville. Although the beginning of the term was a little strange, the children came back to school positive and eager to continue with where we had left off. Lets hope next term is not so unsettled (fingers crossed).  On behalf of the Hōpara team I would like to wish everyone a wonderful two week break! Keep warm and we will see you all next term!  Term 2 Student Recap "We started this term in lockdown where we received and submitted our work online, we had weekly Zoom meetings and learnt a lot of valuable tech skills. Thankfully we were able to get back to our friends, oops I mean back to the classroom after a couple of weeks of the term starting. We decided to keep online learning going for the rest of the term. We have done lots of fun inquiry and science i...