Meeting Albert Vete by Oh Hsen

Today at assembly we had a special guests come in. Albert Vete and Justin (Asics worker). They were here to present shoes to people who did really well in cross country. Surprisingly I was one of them. Once my name was called out I got to receive my award from Albert Vete. It was an honour to meet Albert Vete and I would like to thank Asics and Albert Vete for giving us amazing running shoes. I will be using the shoes that I have received in the future to improve my running skills.

PBS Holiday Blogging Challenge - created for our learners by our learners!

Our wonderful student leaders were challenged to create and manage our own mini holiday blogging challenge. They have done an amazing job by creating activities that will take our holiday bloggers on a virtual tour around Auckland. There was a wealth of rich discussion as tasks were created and a lot collaborative problem solving to decide who will be responsible for which role in helping to manage the commenting and feedback. 

This challenge has been put in place to grow our leaders and strengthen our literacy skills. To make managing this task easier we have created a spreadsheet where bloggers will post the links to their blog posts and record which blogs they have commented on. 

This morning AJ and Mia introduced the challenge to those who have chosen to take part. What impressed me was the engagement of the audience and the clarity of the instruction. We have borrowed the points system from the Woolf Fisher Summer/Winter Learning Journey that runs over the December and July holidays, so will be giving out prizes to our own holiday blogging challenge champions (and managers). 

Anyone who would like to copy and repurpose this resource is most welcome. Link

Te Taiao o Tamaki: A showcase of learning in LS2

Camp Brochure by Oh Hsen

This is my camp brochure. I worked with Josh to complete it. It couldn't fit on one DLO so we had to make two. This brochure required six panels and it had to have photos. One panel is different from the others. This is because we thought that the back deck was very useful and we did a lot of activities there Like aerobics and mini gamesTh

Kokako Infographic by Oh Hsen

This is an infographic on the Kokako bird. I worked with Fraidoon to complete it. The facts are really interesting, one fact that I did not include was that both North and South Island Kokako birds are really low in numbers. This infographic required Kokako's diet, habitat, predators, appearance, three interesting facts and attributed images. 

Congratulations Oh Hsen and AJ!

Congratulations Oh Hsen and AJ a certificate for being organised for school. Well done to both of you! We have all seen the way you have stepped up as school leaders and made sure our school is set up for a successful day.

Congratulations PBS Summer Learning Journey Bloggers!

Congratulations Daniel! Overall top blogger of the Summer Learning Journey 2016/17!

PBS blogging champions 2016/17 

(L to R) Oh Hsen (3rd =), AJ (2nd) Rachel, Daniel (1st) Alex and Ofa (3rd=)

Today our Summer Learning Journey participants were presented with their certificates at assembly. A huge thank you to Rachel and her team who read and commented on every post. Congratulations and well done to everyone who took part!

Congratulations Daniel, Eric and Oh Hsen!

Congratulations boys for earning your PBS CARE award badges.  Daniel (Confidence), Eric (Confidence) and Oh Hsen (Attitude) these are superb qualities to have. Well done for completing all your challenges.

Building Leadership Skills Year 7 by Oh Hsen and Sylis

This is my DLO on Leadership I did with Sylis. Every Mondays the Yr8s have dance while the Yr7's have leadership. We are doing this to build trust with each other and next year we're going camp and we need to get along with each other. Mrs Anderson gives us really fun and exciting. I really enjoy doing leadership activities.

Congratulations AJ and Oh Hsen

Congratulations to AJ and Oh Hsen, a certificate for thinking of others. Well done boys a superb quality to have and a great start to the term!

End of term certificate celebrations

Congratulations to our fabulous LS2 learners who received certificates at assembly today.

Barfoot and Thompson Writing Competition 

Sustained effort over the term

Thinking like a Researcher

Netball MVP