Commonwealth Games 2022

In 2022 the Commonwealth games is being held in Birmingham England. There are no lockdowns at the moment and most country borders are open.  There will be lots of people around the world visiting the games and of course we will be watching our New Zealand athletes on the television. Obviously N.Z time is way ahead of England time so most games will be at night or early in the mornings. 

Room 3 is learning about the history of the Commonwealth games and why it exists. 

Below is what we used de Bono hats to summarise of what we learned about the Commonwealth history.

Reading Article

Me the Learner

Our inquiry this term is all about 'ME THE LEARNER' We have been learning lots of interesting things and we used Te Whare tapa wha, The Learning Pit, Thinking hats, Growth Mindset, and School values to showcase how I could use all these to make my learning interesting. We focused on a lot of interesting topics about our ancestors being Wayfinders, the solar system, different countries around the world that our ancestors travelled and how they navigated around the world. We had so many questions and there was lots of challenging moments. We were given two tasks to do, and this started Week 6 - Week 10.  We were given recycled cardboard, ice block sticks and had to decorate it ourselves with the materials in the classroom.  

1.  Make a pyramid  - our pyramids needed to be realistic and needed to show 3 dimensions

2.  Make a waka - our waka was to be able to float. Then we had Waka races.

Here are some photos of our inventions.