Pītau 2

The world's most dangerous walks to school First we discussed how lucky we are to live in NZ and how we should be very grateful for this. Then for each photo the teacher read an article the accomponied the photo.  There were many comments made by the children including.. "This is sad" "I never new that people that had school had to make such dangerous trips" "I can't imagine what it is like" Children then had to put themselves in someone else's shoes.  They had to do this by describing what the journey was like.  They did this by describing... - What did you see? -What did you smell and taste? -What were you thinking and feeling?

How Full Is Your Bucket? Provocation We read the book 'How full is your bucket?' We talked about how we can feel upset or quite low on days for different reasons. Children could relate to this.  We discussed how sometimes our buckets feel a little empty. On other days we feel great because something really great might have happened. We related this to how now your bucket feels full. Create All children had to make their own bucket and draw or write things in it that made them feel great. This is just a little reminder about the positive things in our lives.  Evaluate / Share Every morning with a peg children mark on their bucket how full their bucket is. This will give the teachers and other children in class an indication of how they are feeling and that they might need some reassuring throughout the day.

We have been redesigning our classroom. Here are some of our great ideas.   Our brief was to make improvements to our physical environment. We came up with some very clever ideas that will be implimented.

Today we set our classroom goal Our class goal in Pitau 2 is for everyone to feel happy and safe. We will do this by…. Showing respect to everyone Having fun Showing kindness and being caring Being creative Including other people Encouraging and supporting others Acting on our school values