Thursday, December 3, 2015
Dances through the ages
What an amazing morning we had watching every class perform a dance from a different decade right up to 2010. We danced too, but I will be recording that in class today. We performed an enthusiastic version of Crocodile Rock from the 1960s! Thank you to all whaanau who could make it :)
Here is our version of Crocodile Rock...
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In Room 7, we loved watching your video that you made Whaea Janine. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhaea Janine, this is now our households favourite video clip of the class. Buzzy Bee had been on top for months now, but this video has surpassed it as Te Hoka's baby brothers 'go to' dance clip :) You have been a fabulous kaiako for our tamariki and I will miss the effort you continuously put in for them. Keep up your amazing work and effort because parents truly appreciate it :)
ReplyDeleteKia ora Everyone, I just wanted share with you all my whanau’s experiences of using Room 3’s blog and the many benefits we have gained from having unlimited access to this form of communication in our home. For myself, I have appreciated being able to access the site in my own convenient time to see a record of my child’s mahi from his story writing through to the impressive forts he builds, allowing me to track the progress of his skills and abilities more frequently than ever. This has been the best feature of the blog for myself as a bus parent because opportunities to visit the classroom are limited.
ReplyDeleteAll the grandparents and great grand parents have loved seeing their moko enjoy school so much, which was clearly demonstrated in all the smiling photos and the video clips showing him having fun in his learning surrounded by his peers. This has been a relief to everyone to see, especially for those who are not local as many of them shared anxieties with myself on how he would be starting school last year. The blog was a way to ease any worries as we were all able to see he loved it.
My child’s experience of the blog has been one of pride and excitement. He has taken great joy in seeing his mahi on screen, pointing out all the friends he plays with in class and dancing and singing along to the various classroom songs that have been uploaded. He has a strong sense of ownership of his classroom blog and loves to share it with all of his whanau and extended whanau at home. In the quiet times, my child loves to follow the links that have been put on to the blog as each link is interesting and fun. So it has been great to see him interact so effortlessly with the blog.
All the little tamariki in our whanau have thoroughly enjoyed the links provided as well. In fact, sometimes we all have a dance off to some of the learning songs, especially the number ones because they have a great beat, the little ones get to count along and we all get to dance. Actually, we had a dance off to one of the links not so long ago in the holidays, so it’s been great to have the access even though my child is no longer in the class this year.
Last year, I shared with Janine that I wished every classroom had a blog so parents like myself can have the type of access to their children’s mahi and learning experiences as I have. I would love it if my child went through his schooling career having each year captured in photos and video. I believe adding this type of communication between school and home will only enrich the relationship whanau have with school even further.
I cannot praise the blog enough, I am so grateful for the time and effort Janine has put in to ensuring our child’s learning journey has been captured in photos and video throughout her time as his kaiako. This is a record of an important part of his life I am now able to have, watch and re-visit time after time, and I am so appreciative of the opportunity to do so. Kia ora.