2020-The Possibilities are endless.. :)

Hi Guys,

Recently I entered a speech competition about College Street and learning in 2020. I was delighted to find out I had won. I also listened to all the other speeches, and I must say, CSNS have some really creative people! Enjoy! Imagine if learning could be like this...BOOM!!

2020. As far away as it may sound, it is actually only 3 years away. I will be far gone, but lots of people will still be here, like my brother and sister. So here are some possible improvements for College Street that I urge you to consider.

In the time I have been here, CSNS has changed and improved! So our vision statement should change too. I believe that College Street’s Vision Statement should be (pause)     

empower, equip and excel. I think this shows that we are a school of the future. Yesterday we lived in a world where we needed identical factory workers, but the world has progressed. Today we need people who think innovatively, creatively, critically, interdependently with the ability to connect.

Being in a MLE last year and this year has been truly incredible. I can confirm that this way of learning is beneficial, because you learn not only academic skills, but life skills such as collaboration, to be self driven, creative, and have a growth mindset. I think as a school we don’t need to be scared of Modern Learning Environments and avoid them. Come, on, that was the past. We look to the future now don’t we? (ask them and pause) Juniors should get the opportunity to learn in an MLE. I’m not saying that we should completely get rid of traditional classrooms, I just believe it should be an option. I think that if the whole school is on the same journey the transitions will be easier between year levels.

I also want to say that we should be involved in strategic planning and general planning. I know that this would be a huge step, but, (on behalf of CSNS kids) I think that children have a lot to bring to the table and our ideas are worthwhile knowing. This is the 21st century! MLEs = Children are independent and more mature. Why, you may ask? Because in MLEs we are in the front seat of learning. This doesn’t mean that the teachers aren’t there to push and extend us - but we have more choice and ownership over our daily learning.

All these improvements individually are one small step for a learner. But all these improvements together are one big leap for learning kind.

Children only get to go to primary school for six years of their life. Let’s make it is the best six years of their life.

Thank you and I hope you take my ideas into account.

Kids Nasa Site

Hello! As you know, this term we are studying space. Here is a really cool website I found about space. I really love it. Enjoy!

Kids Nasa Site

Solar System

(Helpful Hint/s) If you watch the video, you will see the orbit pattern of all the planets. If you click on a planet, you will see the name and a few fun facts. Enjoy!

Welcome to Term 4! It is so exciting that at the end of this year, the Year 6s and myself are leaving CSNS! I am going to miss it here so much! I love College Street. 

For Term 4 our Integrated Unit is Space. On the 1st day of term, we wrote about a picture. It was a picture of Neil Armstrong on the moon, with an American flag planted. We could choose any text type, and I chose a report. After that, we were put in to random partners. I was with Mickey.

In the afternoon, we did some coding and made a digital model of our Solar System. I had never coded before so I had lots of fun and learnt so much not only about coding but about our Solar System!! What an awesome start to Term 4. 

NZ Chinese Language Week

NZ Chinese Language Week

Ni Hao Dajia,

Did you know that this week is National Chinese Language Week? 

This week, I challenge you to learn some chinese words and use it at home and school. Here are some useful and awesome chinese words. Have a go at speaking some Chinese this week! 

Hello: Ni Hao (prounouced knee how)
Goodbye: Zaijian (prounouced
Everyone: Dajia 
Please: Qing (prounouced
Thank you: Xiexie(prounouced sheih sheih) 
I am: Wo Shi
1: Yi
2: Er
3: San

These images are credited to other people. I do not own these images.

Maori Language Week

Hello!

Did you know that this week is 
National Maori Language Week? 
This week, I challenge you to learn a word in Maori, and use it at home and at school. Here are some cool maori words. 


Please: Koa

Thankyou: Mauruuru

Awesome!: Ataahua!

Hello: Kia ora

Smile: memene or menememe

Exciting: Whakaihiihi!

Ko toku ingoa: My Name is

Maori Languaage is one of the three official languages in NZ. It is important to know that Maori should be a part of any Kiwi's life. 





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Maori Triple Koru

Daffodil Day

Daffodil Day 2017

Here are some photos from CSNS Daffodil Day On Friday, the 25th August 2017. 

Co-CEO of the Warehouse

In every business there is a required role of a CEO. I have been lucky enough to gain that role, along with a fellow colleague, Lucy McLean.

At CSNS this term, we are focusing on Financial Literacy to prepare us for our futures. The Year 4s, 5s, and 6s are running businesses and learning about being an entrepreneur through CSNS’s own currency. We have online banking, interest, debt, grants and annual leave. We are doing lots of tasks about pricing and matching descriptions to roles. We have all written a Curriculum Vitae, which we used to enhance our Job Application we did. A few weeks ago, the teachers selected our positions in the businesses. This lead to me becoming the Co-CEO of PriceLESS Products.

I am delighted to be in this company, because of the advantages we have. We are lucky enough to have a dedicated teacher, Ms Casey who is available to help us all the time. We have a spacious, luxurious, quiet workplace, in the staffroom, where we can spread out. We also have been given the responsibility of the first company to be selling products and services - we had to be ready to receive orders by day two! We have a variety of products and services available. Summarised, I feel so privileged and proud to be working in this business.

As a Co-CEO, it is lovely to have someone else to share all the hard work, behind the scenes jobs. We are #partnersincrime! and it is awesome! Lucy and I have the final say in serious matters, such as assigning roles, and wages. We also have to bear in mind, that if it all goes wrong, we don't make a profit and are unsuccessful it is us who has to take the blame. However, if it is successful everybody has the equal amount of credit.

Some of my other weekly tasks are:

• working with the accountants to give every employee the correct amount of wages, and to double check the invoice for customers.
• working with the Marketers to create adverts, and logos that represent us.
• working with the Customer Services department to create a successful system.
• regular meetings with Lucy and Ms Casey, to organise a criteria for the day/week.

We hope to achieve a lot at PriceLESS Products. I will update everyone with our progress.

Have you ever worked in a business?

What was your favourite memory from being in a business?

If you have been a CEO, what was your favourite part?

I would love to hear your answers in the comments!

Kate :) #notjustkids