Richie McCaw - Rugby player to Author - by Ryan L

Richie  Mccaw

Career before writing a book

Before Richie Mccaw wrote a book he was one of the best rugby players of all time. He was the first all blacks player ever to captain 100 matches with ending out with 148 games captained. Richie played openside flanker for the All Blacks, Crusaders and the Canterbury rugby team.

After He Stopped Playing Rugby

After Richie stopped playing rugby he went on to write an autobiography and a normal book. Richie's autobiography is about the real Richie McCaw which is about him when he is not on the playing field and what he does around the town.

This sums up my report on Richie McCaw the rugby player that wrote a book when he retired.

Learning Celebration

It was fabulous to see a number of whānau come in to the class yesterday to see what Tangaroa students he’s been working on this term. 

Our overall focus for the year is Identity and this concept has been woven through all our curriculum areas in Tangaroa.  

Our specific focus this term has been as a part of the health curriculum, getting to know who we are as people and how we fit together. Students have done individual research, poetry, maths work, mihi, visual language tasks, discussion activities, art works,  meta cognitive tasks, reading, history, and a whole heap more.   

Student Health Team attend forum

This week our student health team attended a forum along with teams from a number of other schools at Wharenui. They did a great job sharing their project and got some great ideas from other students.   Thanks to Maliyah for winning the jar of UV beads by guessing the number in the jar!  Wharenui School did a great jobs of organising interesting activities for us to take part in.  And there were some serious dance moves going on!

Inquiry review

Last week we did a review of our understanding about identity, both what we knew about the topic, and ourselves. Students answered 25 yes/no question on a grid, coloring in for yes and leaving blank for no. 

Students were really interested to see how everyone different everyone was. 

Inanga Study

The Inanga Study has started for Tangaroa & Atā Hapara students. A short lesson by Kathryn and Kirsty about the programme was delivered to students last Tuesday. The students found the details and facts about the programme were fascinating and realised that 'inanga' meant young and that 'whitebait' meant the older. Whitebait is in decline and this programme enables the sustainability of this species.

The field trip on Friday involved walking down to the Otakaro site which is known as Lake Kate Sheppard from where the previous retirement home was located.

Students were told about the spring tide and when it was due and how long it took from Lyttleton to get to Otakaro-two hours for the tide to reach the lake. The location when the freshwater and saltwater meet is called the Mahinga Kai or the 'love zone'. This is the spawning ground for the whitebait.

This is going to be an interesting study. Keep an eye on this blog for more interesting developments.

Term 1 Pics

The Tangaroa blog is now underway. A few pics of the term so far. Sorry, it has taken so long to start.

Term 1 Week 6

Well the term has certainly flown by. Teachers and students have been busy with routines, class programmes, swimming, and generally getting to know each other. We have two new staff in Tangaroa, Whaea Anna-Belle and Nogo who are learning 'the ropes' of how the studio works and getting to know Whaea Sharon and Mr Redmond. Technology at Te Waka Unua Tech Centre has run since week 3 and students will rotate at the end of term 1 for a new discipline.

Learning conferences are coming up at the end of the term. Parents and caregivers have been informed of these times. There are minor changes to Tangaroa Studio learning conference day and times. The school newsletter has been sent out every two weeks.

We'll start the class blog from today onwards and hopefully students will be able to share what they're are doing in class.