My day of being the learner

Today I spent the day with 25 other teachers from around Central Otago at a course in Cromwell. It was an incredibly busy day with a lot of talking, listening, learning, teaching, sharing and discoveries and I was very lucky to be involved.
The main idea of the day was to set up an ICT Network between schools in our area to improve our Digital Literacy. Digital Literacy means how we read things we see on computers, how we think about what we have read and then how we respond to what we have read. We talked about all the skill that we need as learners (Teachers and students) to become Digitally Literate. We decided that some of the skills we need are…
• We have to know how to search for information on the internet (I have put a new search engine on the links for you to try called Quintura for Kids).
• We have to know how to use a computer (Type, Save, Use different programmes, Communicate using computers).
• We need to learn how to read and understand the information we find on the internet (i.e. not be confused by too much information and learn how to make sure our information is correct).
• We also need to learn how to react and respond to things we read on the internet. One way we can practice this is by thinking really carefully about the comments we leave on the blog.
There was much more that I learnt today that I am going to share with you and the other teachers at our school, but I thought that these 4 ideas would be a great place to start and this blog is a good way for me to share my learning with you.
Hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts
Mr Dyer

Planet Facts

NEPTUNE
Neptune is known as the blue plant.
Neptune has 8 moons and the
largest moon is Triton.
Neptune is the 4th largest plant in the solar system.
The great dark spot is a storms that come and go from time to time.
Neptune is the eighth plant from the sun.


SATURN
Saturn is the second largest planet in the
Solar system.
Saturn is the only planet that has rings.

BY TOBY HENRY

First Foot On The Moon

In 1969 the first three American astronauts landed on the moon in Apollo 11. 600 million people watched it on TV and they instantly became famous around the world.

Apollo 11 left America on the 16th of July and reached the Moon on the 20th of July. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon, while Michael Collins remained on the main ship orbiting the moon. They stayed on the moon for 21 and half hours and returned to Earth on the 24th of July.

While they were on the Moon they collected 21 kg of lunar rock (moon rock). Which they brought back to Earth for scientist to research. The gravity on the Moon is only 1/3 of the gravity on Earthy, so the astronauts were able to jump further and higher.

Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong filmed their experience on the Moon and sent it back to Earth. Over 600 million people around the world watched them plant the American flag on the Moon.

Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins went to the Moon and became world famous.

Written By Jack Landreth, Finn Muller, TJ Lilly, Jack Jury, Luke Keen and Mr. Dyer

CROSS COUNTRY

In only 5 weeks we will have the Upper Clutha Cross Country at the camp grounds. Every morning we will be training so we need to wear good running shoes and we will be running 1.5km every day. We need to bring a note if we are unable to run.

The Old Fort

The old torn cargo net is fun to climb on and the metal bars hold it steady in the ground with the chipped paint that needs a new coat!
The wooden rafters, covered in bird poo and names, hold the corrugated iron roof, with no gutter, up.
The red slide is skid marked from all the shoes and boots that have skidded down the curvy red slide.
The rainbow tires are piled up on each other, entering the 2nd floor of the wooden fort.
The slippery, sliver fire mans pole has skid marks also, but these marks are from peoples hands.

By Oban Hansen

The old rope net waiting for the bell to ring.
The wooden plank’s rusty sound makes me want to block my ears, but I’ll fall.
The yellow sun colored slide takes the joy out of the playground.
Wind blowing the yellow painted playground.

By Lily Roberts