CREATOR SPACE
This week we started making shrinky dinks! Our first ones are keychains. We also started mapping out our mixed media canvas designs and some of us learned to do a couple of new friendship bracelet tyings— stripes and chevron patterns.
CULINARY KIDS: COOKING ADVENTURE
Building on the skills from the previous week, students explored Mexican culture and cuisine. The theme for this week’s cooking class was “Mexican Fiesta!” Students learned about popular street foods and prepared some delicious treats such as: Chicken Quesadillas, Walking Tacos, Corn Salsa, Fresas Con Crema, and Cheesecake Taquitos.
FULL STEAM AHEAD
This week in Full STEAM Ahead, students had the opportunity to participate in various team-building activities, such as building foil boats to hold the most marbles, creating paper chains with limited materials, and constructing spaghetti and marshmallow towers. It was truly inspiring to witness their collaboration and determination throughout these tasks.
We ended our week with our field trip to the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum, where students had a blast exploring the submarine and museum!
HNS: EXPLORERS
This week was all about plants! On Monday, the students explored Kā Anakahi (measuring with our bodies). We did an observatory study of tree trunks in our school community where students measured the circumference using Kā Anakahi. We also did a seed lab where we explored different types of seeds in fruit! On Tuesday, we explored endemic, native, non-native, and invasive species. We identified and sketched different species around our school community! We ended the day learning, reciting, and acting out mo’olelo on Kahalopuna, ‘Ōhi’a Lehua, and Naupaka. On Wednesday, we learned about different plants we use in Hawai’i. We explored canoe plants and how a lot of the plants we use today are non-native, such as kalo, ‘ulu, ‘uala, niu, and ipu! We continued to work on building our kalo, exploring and reflecting on what makes us uniquely beautiful. On Thursday, we went to Ka Papa Lo’i o Kānewai and the students had fun connecting everything we learned in class in the field! On Friday, we appreciated each other’s kalo and finalized our class lo’i kalo! The students explored the art of lei making, using different plants around our school. This was a great week about plants and I had so much fun learning with the kids!
HNS: OBSERVERS
This week was all about plants. We learned about the parts of a plant, what a plant needs, and each student planted their own Nasturtium seeds. We also made ladybug crafts and went on a field trip to the Ka Papa Lo’i o Kānewai on Thursday.
HNS: RESEARCHERS
This week was a crazy adventure! On Tuesday we visited the stream to help remove invasive species from our stream. Our class helped to remove over 500 invasive fish, shrimp, and prawn from Makiki stream. On Thursday, we journeyed down to Ka Papa Lo’i o Kānewai. We got to learn about the importance of taro the Hawaiian people. We also got to understand the flow of a lo’i from the source that the water enters to the end where the water is returned to the stream.
LET’S PLAY SPORTS
LITTLE JOURNALISTS
This week in Little Journalists:
– We went on a field trip to the Hawaii Food Bank. We helped sort through food that was donated from other stores.
– We learned about Newsworthiness – making sure what we write about is relevant to our audience
– We wrote new stories for our week 2 newsletter, focusing on introducing the class or the topic that they were given.
– We began peer editing each other’s work, learning how to give another group the feedback they need to make edits.
MINECRAFT: CREATING AND CODING
This week we worked in groups to recreate popular short stories/folk tales in Minecraft (ex. Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and Jill, etc.). Then we had the chance to create our own short story & present illustrations created through Minecraft. Our presentations were created using Google Slides and we shared them with the class.
ROBOTICS WITH LEGO EV3
Our team building activity this week was “Four-Legged Race” where students had a fun time learning to coordinate together to earn points! This week we focused on programming our robots to score points. All teams have robots that can score at least 5 points now!
THE LEADERSHIP LAB
Our theme this week was Self-Management – “Leading Yourself Before Leading Others.” To better understand our theme, we
– Learned about different methods of goal setting, such as SMART goals and the WOOP method.
– Practiced time management and prioritization by planning for a fictitious event and practicing backwards design planning.
– Learned about growth mindset, self-motivation and grit through the power of positive emotions and perseverance.
– Learned about types of stress and various techniques for stress management.
– Learned about well being and various ways to support healthy mental well being.
– Learned about difficult emotions, such as anger, and ways to respond rather than react.