Latest news from Room 10

It has been a very exciting and busy week in Room 10!

Firstly, we had a wonderful trip to Sylvia Park on Wednesday to watch the 9th Manaiakalani Film Festival and our own class movie, Gotta Read 'Em All, on the big screen. A great adventure! Thank you all for continuing to support your child's learning by leaving positive comments about our movie on the class blog. Ka mau te wehi!

Also, our Year 5 students in Room 10 now have the opportunity to learn at home using their personal Chromebooks. Thank you to our whānau who visited during the week to make this happen and to check out what Cybersmart learning looks like in action.

Quality blog comments

Your amazing children are creating short videos using their Chromebooks to share why and how blog-commenting is important to them. Here are two finished examples.




As part of their learning at home next week, they will ask you to check out their blog and write a quality blog comment about one of their blog posts.

There are still opportunities for you to do some Chromebook training with Yayleen, Manaiakalani's Whānau Learning Kaiarahi, if you would like your child to bring their Chromebook home more often.

A blog is like a diary or a journal!

In this short screencast you will be introduced to the basic idea of a blog. Of course, the screencast is being shared on our blog!

Our first whānau training session

Alexandra was really excited today when her mum came into school for some Chromebook training with Yayleen,  Manaiakalani's Whānau Learning Kaiarahi. Now that her mum has learnt a bit more about the kawa of care, Alex is able to take her Chromebook home more often.

Training for whānau

What is a Chromebook?

A group of students created a screencast to tell you a little bit about a Chromebook and why we use these devices rather than another kind of laptop or tablet. If you want to know anything else, please leave a comment!

Whānau Hui

Thank you to our families and whānau who visited Room 10 yesterday afternoon for our Chromebook celebration to find out about our digital learning and how we use our Chromebooks. It was fantastic to meet so many of you as your children prepared to take their Chromebooks home for the first time.

I am sorry to hear that some of your children had issues connecting to the TLN wireless network last night. We will investigate!

Faafetai lava! Malo homo hau! Thank you again! Ka mau te wehi!

Kawa of Care

When we use our Chromebooks at school, we are responsible and do the right thing. These are the things that are important to remember:

Let's start with Cybersmart!