CREATOR SPACE
This week, we set up our sketchbooks and the pouches that will hold our two-dimensional art. We began planning our mixed media canvas projects and our first small scale sculptures which will double as game pieces for our rainy day recess games.
CULINARY KIDS: COOKING ADVENTURE
This week, students learned about kitchen safety, proper tool handling, food preparation safety, and health guidelines. They worked in small groups to make delicious grilled cheese sandwiches, fried ham and cheese sandwiches, spinach wraps, and million dollar dip.
FULL STEAM AHEAD
Welcome to Full STEAM Ahead! In this first week, students engaged in hands-on projects to establish a solid understanding of STEAM concepts. They designed practical items to organize their desk supplies, crafted a leg for Frank, our seven-legged spider companion, experimented with paper airplanes using various materials, and concluded the week by constructing toolboxes from recycled resources.
HNS: EXPLORERS
This week, the Hawai’i Nature Study: Explorers, explored what makes an insect, participated in a Safari Activity, researched about their favorite insect, and explored the Insect Museum! On Monday, we started off with introductions, making classroom rules, and the parts of an insect. The students showed great curiosity, kindness, and eagerness to get outside and explore the world of insects. On Tuesday, we had an Insect Safari where students explored the types of insects in our school community. They did really well at following directions while outside, handling insects with care, and respecting the ‘aina. On Thursday, they researched their favorite insect and drew scientific sketches, learned about their life cycle, and understood if they were endemic, native, or invasive to Hawai’i and their purpose. On Friday, we explored the Insect Museum which closed out our week full of Insects.
HNS: OBSERVERS
In HNS Observers this week, we learned all about arthropods. Going on a bug hunt and doing a butterfly life cycle craft. On Friday (9/12), we also went to the Insect Museum, where the students learned and saw insects, bugs, and arthropods native and non-native to Hawaii.
HNS: RESEARCHERS
This week the HNS researchers began their journey through our land. We learned about the water cycle through our journey as a water drop. As a class we identified our contribution to our growing trash problem and created posters to create awareness. Finally we took an adventure to the Insect Museum and Japanese Garden on the UH Manoa campus. This week was a great introduction to our research, but we still have a busy adventure ahead. Ask your child to teach you about something new they learned this week!
LET’S PLAY SPORTS
LITTLE JOURNALISTS
This week was a very full week for the Little Journalists! We took a field trip to Ka Leo O Hawaii, University of Hawaii’s newspaper. There, students were able to see the newsroom and talk with the faculty advisor about deadlines, journalism and working with a team. They also wrote their first stories that are featured in our weekly newsletter. Students practiced interviewing one another to write short biographies about each other. For their second story they needed to research, plan and write about a class offered during the summer. Some students got the opportunity to interview and see another class that is offered in the morning.
MINECRAFT: CREATING AND CODING
This week we introduced students to the world of Minecraft by learning how to log into the program, as well as navigating how to use a computer and the Google Applications.
For our first project, students created their own worlds to practice moving, building, and exploring in the Minecraft environment. Then they used what they learned to complete building challenges, both in groups with classmates and individually
ROBOTICS WITH LEGO EV3
This week we did teamwork building exercises and had discussions about teamwork and leadership. A couple of the activities we did included “Carry the Ping Pong”, Charades, and Write It Do It. We also talked about our engineering notebooks, classroom economy, and formed our teams for the next 5 weeks of robotics.
THE LEADERSHIP LAB
We started this first week by doing a variety of activities to learn more about ourselves and our leadership styles. These activities included:
- VIA Character Strengths (learned about themselves)
- Leadership & Followership (understand the importance of each role and how they have all been in both positions)
- Myers Briggs survey (learned more about themselves)
- Leadership Styles (learned pros, cons and appropriate use of each style, as well as their own leadership style; practiced with scenarios)
- Own Your Perspective (learned to value their own opinions and to be aware when others are influencing their opinions)
- About Me Presentations (shared with the group)
- Constructive Feedback (discussed what it looks like and practiced after presentations)
- Emotions (discussed the importance of recognizing the emotions you are experiencing and how they might affect you)