Weaved Fish and LIfe Ed.

It has been another fantastic week in P2!  We have started reading our novel "Pay it Forward" by Catherine Ryan Hyde which ties in perfectly with our Inquiry this term of Making a Difference.  All students have come up with exciting and thoughtful ways to make a difference in our class, community, country or even our world and are working towards putting their plans into action.  From making woollen hats for new born babies to creating an animated video to inform about Global Warming, to creating a booklet of ten minute games for our class to use as brain breaks.  Its all happening and the excitement and enthusiasm is catchy. I have even started making hats and baby blankets myself over the weekend.

Matua Hori was very patient with us as he taught us how to weave fish out of paper and then flax.  I must admit, even I struggled.  We are going to practise our creative skills more with "Creative Ten" every Thursday.  This is something I have taken from an idea I learnt about at ULearn.  Pure reativity time where students are able to just have a little bit of fun while challenging themselves and reflecting on their efforts.  This week we made accessories for a person in our group and then they had to model them around the learning centre.  

Weaving our Fish

And our accessories.... oh, we do look so fabulous!

We are also lucky to have Bernie here in the Life Education truck.  This week we learned all about how our brains work.