William Kentridge's In Refusal of Time at the City Gallery

Here's a sneak preview of the William Kentridge work The Refusal of Time that we're going to see at the City Gallery next week...

Sāsā

Today we began learning about percussion, rhythm and beat, by learning this sāsā.

See if you can keep up!

Leader & all: Milli milli milli .....
Leader: Patia
Leader: Lua Pati
Leader: Hey hey
All: Hooooo
Leader: Mumai
All: Moo
Leader: Ata mai
All: Ah
Leader: Ita mai
All: Iiiiiiii
Leader: Totala fa
(*** *** *)
1 2 3 4 (turn 1/4) shu!

Leader: Tulolo nofo!

Leader: Sauni!

Play: Lucky Dip

I-time question questions

Today we started planning our next I-time projects. I-time is a time to research questions we are interested in, and to develop a learner skill (like researching, collaborating, thinking, communicating, managing self, etc.). We are trying out using some questions that Yoram Harpaz developed for use in Israeli Communities of Thinking schools to help refine our research questions. We added some of our own questions, and adapted some of his:

What sparked your interest in that question?

What do you mean by _____?

What are your initial ideas about the answer to that question?

Are you and your buddy in agreement?

What other possibilities might be worth checking or looking in to?

How do you think you might go about researching that question?

Why are you asking a question to which you know the answer?

Who do you think might benefit from an answer to your question?

Is your question open or closed?

Do you think you’ll actually learn anything from that since you already know a lot about that topic?

Rongoa Maori workshop - Kawakawa oil infusion with Rongoa expert Arihia

Today Arihia, an Enviroschools Rongoā expert, came and ran some Rongoā Māori workshops for us in the learning hub. After learning about the stories of Ranginui and Papatuanuku being separated in the beginning, and Tane Mahuta covering his mother with forest, we learned about saying a karakia before harvesting leaves for Rongoā Māori. 

Then we learned about the healing properties of kawakawa and other leaves...

Stay tuned for more blogposts explaining what we learned today!

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Tote tray construction | Thursday 23rd October | Can you help us?!

our creative 

tote trays

On Thursday 23 October, M13 are attaching tote trays to their desks so they can store their books underneath their desks. We were wondering if the parents/caregivers could come and help us attach them.

Avie has helped us to create some clever designs so the tote trays slot under our desks without getting in the way of our knees, using drawer sliders from Bunnings and wood.

Please email Amy <amyaustin@islandbay.school.nz> if you could come and help on Thursday!

from Ella, Joe, and M13 

Here's a prototype: