Agapanthus Artworks

This term we created artworks based in our local environment. Around the western fence line of our school we have numerous agapanthus plants.  During the start of term one these plants are in full bloom. The agapanthus flowers were our inspiration and motivation for our artworks.

The process we went through for creating our artworks included observation, sketching in pencil, painting in acrylics and highlighting with vivid. We ended up with a wide variety of paintings and some of these are included in this post, along with photographs from stages of the process.

                  

Changes To Assessment At Karoro School

This week in our digital classroom we have been the first class in the history of Karoro School to complete P.A.T. testing online.  We worked on Reading Comprehension and Mathematics.

Many of us thought that it was easier to complete these tests online because we did not lose our place when putting our answers on our marking sheet. We were really focussed because we wanted to give every answer our best attempt.

Our teacher thought we were smart learners.

And then something even more exciting than Statistics happened... our Chromebooks arrived

Matthew investigates the length of Mitchell's face.

We continued recording our measurement data for our statistics unit.

Molly makes a mark to measure Emily's height.

Josh measured Gage from shoulder to elbow.

Ruma Tahi has set off into the new year with purpose and an enthusiasm for thinking and learning! Yay! This year we are starting our statistics unit. We have been asked by Velociraptor Clothing Manufacturers to create new uniforms for schools and sports teams.  We started by brainstorming what aspects we would need to consider.  Then we practised taking an unbiased sample around the classroom of foot measurements for shoes.

Stay tuned to see where we go to next...

Introducing Ruma Tahi

Ruma Tahi is the senior class at Karoro School. We are a mix of Year 7 & 8 students who are working towards a successful transition to secondary school.