The 'New Norm' @ PES

It's week 6 of Term 2 but it feels just like the start of a brand new term. In a sense, it is. We are in our 4th day back to school after being in lockdown and away from school for 7 whole weeks!

Our return to school has brought about a new norm. Changes that are necessary in order to make school a safe place for us to learn as well as talk to our friends. Some of the changes are shown in our video below. We must ensure physical distancing as much as possible. In team 5, we've used the phrase 'Teu le vā' which mean to look after the space between you and others. This means not just the physical space between you but also the relationship you have with others. Another new norm is ensuring we sanitise our hands anytime we enter and leave a building. This ensures we are not carrying germs from one place to another. Our teachers also have a big job of spray and wiping our desks and chairs at the end of every day.

We really enjoy getting out at morning tea and lunch to play non contact games using the sports equipment that Ms Vaafusuaga cleans after each session. Such a big but necessary job.

So those are the new norms for us. What's some changes your school has made? We hope to hear some feedback from our neighbouring schools.

We are so happy and blessed to be back in school!

What have I learnt this term?

Our topic this term was a technology based topic around coding delivered through a social studies pathway. "I like your latitude" took us around the world as we discovered the answers to our questions such as, where in the longitude and latitude are you?

Check out Tha Zin, Jedida and Zaeeda's poster about what they've learnt.

Where in the longitude and latitude are you?

The first part of our inquiry in Team 5 is to navigate our way around the world map. Understanding that there are 7 different continents and in those continents are many different countries such as France, Brazil, America and China. Here are a couple of animations to show you what we've been up to.

The first movie is by Zaeeda and Tha Zin and the second by Jedida and Leilani. Stay tuned later on this term for the 2nd part of our inquiry using our animations in scratch! Enjoy!