WEEK ONE in LZ2

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Week One may have been a short week, but we did a whole lot of learning! 



New teachers, new children, a new space, but … the same learning expectations!  This week we have spent time looking at what it means to be a RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE and RESILIENT DFS learner!  

We did a lot of listening, a lot of sitting and a lot of remembering again!  As we come together as a new group of learners, we look forward to all that 2019 brings us!
We welcomed our new families and teachers with a powhiri.



Miss Harman's First Day! 
We spent time talking about our learning space and how we would like it to work for us. We have co-constructed expectations for sitting, moving around our space, eating times, bag hooks and belongings.

We took a 'closed eyes' vote on how we would like our
teachers to get our attention when we're working. We
decided that we would like them to just 'start talking' and
we would stop and listen because we would be focused on
our learning. This blew our teachers away!
We sorted scenarios into 'appropriate' and
'inappropriate' charts.



We have also begun to discuss VALUES. What values are, our personal values, our school values and the importance of these in everything we do as people and learners. Ms Ryder read us 'The Woven Flax Kete' which introduced personal values such as: Trust, Honesty, Leadership, Co-operation and Care. We each made our own kete, and will be placing values that are important to us in these next week. You can see our ketes on display on our 'ALL ABOUT US' wall in LZ2.

                                                             

Congratulations to Anaruihi, Jack and Tyrese. They received our first 3 values certificates for the year at Friday's assembly. What an incredible start to the year!




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