Our camp was supposed to be this week, but it had to be postponed due to the weather. We had one activity that we couldn't change, so we continued with our planned surf day with O'Neill Surf Academy.
The Year 6 - 8 students headed out to one of our local beaches. We set up at 90 Mile, Te- Oneroa-a-Tohe and were split into two groups.
One group swam and played beach games while the other group was surfing. The surfing group had a lesson on the sand before getting into the water to put the theory into practice. A lot of the children are surfers or have had a go before, which means they were able to support and encourage the children who haven't.
The sun was out and it was a beautiful day. Everyone had so much fun! We are looking forward to the rest of our camp activities next week!
One of our literacy contract tasks this week was to have a go at tying a variety of knots. To do this Kakapo Kids had to read and follow instructions from an online tutorial.
They practiced:
Overhand knot
Half hitch
Sheet Bend
Slip Knot
Square Knot
Figure 8
Half Knot
Noose
After the practical practice, Kakapo researched the purpose and practicalities of each knot. They asked themselves "what situation is this knot best for?" and "in a survival situation what could I use if I have no rope?"
After their research, the children are sharing their findings through their choice of presentation. Some have already started, they are using explanation writing, posters, animation... Keep an eye out on the Kakapo Kids individual blogs for how they chose to share their learning.
...is just one acronym we found for North, East, South, West.
Kakapo have been busy inquiring and NAVIGATING through their contracts, learning all about NAVIGATION😋.
We:
👉Have read about what a compass is and how to use it
👉Have labelled 16 points on a compass
👉Created an orienteering challenge (around the school) for a buddy
👉Learned about the degrees of a compass
👉Mapped, used scales and found coordinates and bearings
👉Found definitions, acronyms, synonyms and parts of speech for navigational language such as horizon, navigate, longitude, latitude
👉Wrote an explanation on two ways to navigate if you did not have the use of a compass or technology
