Tweet of the Week - Money

What a great session we all had this week. There were plenty of well thought-out tweets and I learnt that lots of our tweeters really think about what they do with their money when they have it.

There were a few new classes this week, but you need to make sure that you get onto the subscribed list, sending @kidsedchatnz a tweet to check whether you are on the list is a good idea. That way, all the other classes following the list will see your tweets. If you are new to Kidsedchatnz we'd love it if you could fill out the mapping form on the blog. That way we can show you where all our classes are tweeting from.

I was really impressed by the quality of tweets this week, some students must have spent some great learning time getting prepared. I tweeted with Pascal last night and we decided that the favourites this week were the following tweets:

 


 

It was fantastic to see that so many of you were thinking about using your money to help others and I think all 4 of these deserved Tweet of the Week - congratulations to all 4 tweeters.

I'm looking after Kidsedchatnz again next week and I'm planning an exciting and interesting session all about being a kiwi. There will be a couple of flipped tasks/challenges so make sure you check the blog early.

Thanks again

Reid 

@reidteachnz

W2 Topic - Money

This week's topic is MONEY and questions are provided by Pascal Dresse. Before you take part please watch the video below.




QUESTIONS

Q1. Why is it important to learn about money?

Q2. Should your parents give you money to buy things, or should you work to earn the money to buy what you want?

Q3. At school we learn about respecting equipment. How would you feel if somebody broken something that you had saved up and bought?

Q4. What jobs do you think you should do at home without expecting pocket money for?

Q5. What jobs do you think you should do that deserve earning some pocket money?

Q6. If money wasn't an issue, what would you buy? Why would you buy those things?

Q7. They say 'Money can't buy happiness' What do you think this means?

Q7b. Do you feel money can/can't buy happiness? Why?

Q8. What things would you do to improve your family/school/community/world if you had extra money?

Q9. What can you do to improve your family/school/community/world without needing money?

Your moderator for the chat is Reid @ReidTeachnz

Tweet of the Week

Thanks everyone for a great Kidsedchatnz today! We had a few new classes join us and we recorded over 700 tweets.

So who won Tweet of the Week? Here are some of the tweets that stood out for me!

TWEET OF THE WEEK GOES TO.....

Feedback Please!

The Kidsedchatnz team is always looking to improve and what's the best way to do that? FEEDBACK! 

We want to know what you think about Kidsedchatnz and how we can improve. If you are interested could you please fill out the form below! 

We look forward to your responses and look forward to making Kidsedchatnz even better than before!

T4, W1 - Goal Setting

This week's topic for Kidsedchatnz is GOAL SETTING! I thought this would be an appropriate topic as a lot of classes set goals to kick off the term!

So before you take part in this week's Kidsedchatnz I want you to try and complete the following tasks prior to the chat. If you can't complete the tasks that's fine, you will still be able to take part in the chat.

CHALLENGES

1) Design a life poster showing how you would like your life to look in 20 years! You could cut pictures out of magazines or find pictures on the internet.

2) Write some goals for this term. Make sure they are smart goals and make sure you share them! Watch the video below to help you!

3) Make a poster with an inspiration quote about Goal Setting. You can write your own or find one on the internet.

4) Read this poem in class. Discuss its meaning and if you get time maybe write a Goal Setting poem of your own!

"He's an overnight success."
"She's an instant star."
If that's what you are waiting for,
then you won't get very far.

Behind each truly famous person
lies work, for years not hours.
They've worked towards their goals
through thorns as well as flowers.

And every time they failed
they got up and tried once more, 
or found a different pathway
to reach that distant shore. 

So work out what your goals are, 
plan the steps you need to take. 
Feel proud of your achievements,
sacrifices that you make.

We cannot all be famous,
more successful than the rest.
But, we all can feel the joy
of having done our best.

BH

QUESTIONS

Q1. Do you think goal setting is important? Why?

Q2. What are the important things to remember when writing goals? What do you need to include?

Q3. Can you share with us any Life Posters or Goal Poems that you made? Leave a reply on someone else's tweet.

Q4. What are your goals for this term? Can you share them with us please?

Q5. How and what are you going to do to reach your goals this term? What sacrifices are you going to have to make?

Q6. Who are the people in your life that can help you reach your goals and how can they help you?

Q7. Why is sharing your goals important? How have you shared your goals this term? How else could you share your goals?

Q8. Positive thinking is important when setting goals. Can you share with us your goal poster or a motivation quote about goal setting?

Q9. Goals don't always go to plan. What are you going to do if you run into a problem?

Q10. What will it look like to reach your goals and how will it feel?

BONUS QUESTION. Make a short poem or sentence using the following 3 words: Future, Effort and Fail.

Your moderator/organiser for this week's chat is Stephen (@PalmyTeacher). I look forward to seeing you on Thursday at 2pm!

Life long learning - Tweet of the Week

Thanks to everyone who took part in our last chat for term 3. I was impressed by the quality of learning and thinking about the learning that was shown today. There was a student teacher taking part in one of the classes today, hopefully she'll go back and share Kidsedchatnz with all her friends studying to be teachers!

As usual some really good tweets were being sent, plus some of you were making a real effort to connect with other classes. Congratulations for making the most of Kidsedchatnz.

I loved the quotes and advice that were being sent today and because of this they feature strongly in the tweet of the week slideshow. Well done to all those who are mentioned.

Have a great holidays, stay safe and we'll see you all back here next term.

Term 3 - Being a life long learner

 


Term 3 is almost over, we've had 10 weeks of hard work and plenty of great fun with Kidsedchatnz. Our topics have included reading, gaming, science and family, I've learnt some amazing things from all of the children taking part and it is always proving to me how important it is to be a learner. In class, my children are teaching me how to build things on Minecraft and I'm always learning ways to be a better teacher or parent, but all of this requires hard work.

This week I have three challenges for you before taking part in Kidsedchatnz:
1 - Find or make up a great quote about learning, make it into a poster or meme and share it with us on Thursday.
2 - Talk to another child and identify what they want to be learning in 10 years? Why?
3 - Ask an adult about their learning, what are they learning and how does this make them feel.

Your questions for this week:

1. What have you learnt about in term 3? Has it been easy or difficult to learn? Why?
2. What is something (eg a sport, hobbies, cultural etc) that you have learnt outside of school? Why do you do take part in these activities?
3. What words would you use to describe term 3 for you and your class?
4. What praise has your teacher given you this term?
5. What has been one challenge that you have faced in term 3? How have you beaten this challenge?
6. Did you have any goals for term 3? How did you achieve them? 
7. What advice do your teachers, friends and families give you about learning? What does it mean? Share any posters or memes you have made.
8. What goals or aims do you have for term 4 and how do you plan to achieve them?
9. What do you think you will be doing in 10 years and what will you be learning?
10. What does it mean to be a life long learner and why is this important?

Your moderator this week will be @Reidteachnz. See you all at 2pm Thursday.

        

 

Week 9 - Tweets of the Week

What an awesome chat yesterday all about reading!! It was great to see so many kids from all over NZ buzzing about books and sharing their love of reading with each other. This week the tweets of the week go to the children who came up with creative places around the world that they would love to read! 

Looking for an exciting book to read over the school holidays? Check out these books that were suggested by other children on Kidsedchatnz yesterday. 

Awesome Holidays Reads!! - Video Maker

Thank you to those classes who shared books and book trailers they have been busy creating. Check them out below.

By Jonty @Palmysquad

By Finis @Palmysquad

A Minecraft book in the making by an awesome bunch of @Rm1HNS kids. 

Week 9 - Reading!!

Kia ora everyone! My name is Simone Gentil and I'm going to be moderating our Twitter chat this week. This week the topic is READING!! Make sure you check out the questions. There are also two reading challenges that you can complete before Thursday. 

1.    Why is reading important to you?

2.   If you could be any book character who would you choose to be and why?

3.   What are some good strategies to use when you are reading and get stuck on a tricky word?

4.   What is your favourite reading activity to do in your class?

5.   Did you create an eBook this week? Share a link to your ebook. We would love to read them!

6.   What book did your teacher share with you? What was your favourite part?

7.   Suggest a book that would be great holiday read. Tell us why it’s an awesome book.

8.   What things happen in your class or school that encourage or celebrate reading?

9.   If you could choose anywhere to read in the world, where would it be and why?

10.  If you could change a book, which book would you change and how would you change it?

This week there are also TWO READING CHALLENGES that you can complete before the Thursday Kidsedchatnz chat. 

CHALLENGE 1

Create your own ebook and upload it to your class blog. You will have the opportunity to share your book during the chat.  A list of all ebooks shared will be uploaded to the Kidsedchatnz blog after the Thursday chat!

Note: if you don’t have iPads or tablets in your class you could create a paper book and take some photos of your book to share. 

CHALLENGE 2

Ask your teacher to read his or her favourite book to you. One of my favourite books is Scaredy Squirrel at the beach. I will be sharing this with Room 8 this week. You may also like to share your favourite book with a buddy or your class. 

Tweet of the Week

Thank you everyone for a wonderful Kidsedchatnz about Science! It was great to see everyone sharing and talking about all the fantastic things you have been doing in Science this year!

So who won Tweet of the Week.....

Here are some tweets that stood out for me...

And Tweet of the Week goes to....

Week 8 - Science Superheroes

Nanogirl is New Zealand's own science superhero and she is working hard to encourage more children to learn about science. Recently she was the star of What Now, she has visited many schools and often talks to teachers about science in the classroom. Why does she think science is so important for us to learn about?

This week is all about Science and to get you excited about science here are 2 great videos from Nanogirl. You could also watch Nanogirl on What Now by clicking on this link Nanogirl on What Now The times she is on the show are minute 9:48, 18:10, 42:52, 1:10:33 and 1:40:47.



Nanogirl has also conducted a project where she did 100 experiments in 100 days with kids from around NZ, this can be seen here. I highly recommend having a go at some of these experiments this week, either at school or at home with your family. I can't wait to try the Super Taster experiment from Day 55 with my class at Henderson North School.



I hope you can all manage to do an experiment or two, make sure you take photos or videos, and watch the Nanogirl videos before Thursday.

Our questions will be as follows:

Q1. Why do you like learning about science and doing science experiments?

Q2.  What science problems/questions do you really want to solve or answer? Why?

Q3. Nanogirl likes taking natural objects (like the broccoli in the video) and copying their superpowers. What cool superpower would you like to copy from a natural object?

Q4. Nanogirl likes 'Fracture mechanics' or breaking something to see how it works. What would you like to break to see how it works?

Q5. What science have you done at school this week and what did you learn? Make sure you include photos or videos.

 Q6. What science topics have you done at school this year? What did it make you wonder about the world?

Q7. What is the most amazing thing you have learnt doing science at school or home?

Q8. Why do you think it is important to learn science at school? Do we do enough science at school?

Q9. What is the next science experiment you want to do at school? What do you think will happen and why?

Q10. Do you use any Apps, websites or books to help you learn about science?

I can't wait to talk to you all on Thursday. Now where did I put that dry ice...

Tweet of the Week!

Thank you everyone for another fantastic Kidsedchatnz yesterday! There were 550 tweets recorded and again we had a few new classes taking part. 

Anyway who won Tweet of the Week? It was a tough choice but Pascal decided to give it to....

Week 7 - Family

This weeks Kidsedchatnz is all about family. Our families play a huge part in who we are and who we will become. To prepare for this weeks chat, talk to mum, dad, uncles, aunties or grandparents to learn about your family, both past and present. Try to find some interesting stories or facts that you might be able to share.

Try to watch these videos before the session to understand more about how important families are. 


Please remember not to name family members during the chat. Refer to them as Mum, Dad, brother or sister etc.

1. Who makes up your immediate family? (No names, just people ie mum, dad, brother, 2 sisters etc)
2. What position were you born in your family? Oldest? Youngest? Middle? What's it like being that position?
3. What is special about your family? What do you love about your family?
4. Would you prefer to be in a big family or small family? Why?
5. Do you have any family traditions? (Holidays, fun activities etc)
6. How often do you spend time with your grandparents? Do you think it's important to spend time with them?
7. What's the best piece of advice a family member has given you?
8. Share a story about your family. What's something interesting or funny we can learn about them?
9) It's father's day on Sunday, can you send a special message to your dad?
10) Just for fun! Make a poem, sentence or story using these 3 words: Gathering, Proud, Cherish.

Throughout the whole chat, try to ask questions about others families. Maybe look for someone who is similar to you (youngest of 3 kids, only boy/girl in the family etc) and see if they feel the same way about their family as you do. Or ask questions of others who come from a larger/smaller family to try to find out what it is like for them.

Most importantly, talk to your parents/grandparents to find out as much as you can about your family.

Tweet of the week - Gaming's a winner!

Congratulations to everyone who took part in our week 7 chat session - what a massive effort by lots of classes. Here's the final result:

By the end of the session we had recorded over 1,150 tweets in an hour. That's the most we've ever had and shows how popular the topic and @Kidsedchatnz is becoming. Lots of the regular classes were there today and a couple of new classes also, it was great to have you all there.

I (@reidhns1) had a hard time choosing favourites today, there were so many great tweets being sent. Minecraft was the clear favourite amongst so many games that were being discussed and some wonderful photos were tweeted showing things that students had built.

I loved so many tweets but these two were some of my favourites:

Tweet of the week went to someone who really summed up the value of gaming in the classroom: 

Well done Hannah and everyone else who took part today, it was a pleasure being the moderator today and I can't wait to take part in Kidsedchatnz next week.

Week 6 - Games in the classroom

Minecraft is a game many teachers are already using in the classroom. This week we want to discuss ALL of the games you play or might like to play in class and how these help your learning. It's not just the electronic games though, don't forget about all those board games and card games that help your learning.

But first let's play some games! Before you take part in Kidsedchatnz this week try to do at least one of the following:

Tasks:

• Spend some time in class playing any game (online or traditional eg, Minecraft, Scrabble, Monopoly, Once Upon A Time).
• Build your own game and play it.
• Reinvent a game.
• Fill in the Google Doc for types of games you play in the classroom?
• Art of gaming - produce a piece of art that celebrates gaming.

When you do a task make sure you take some photos or videos to share with other classes during the chat.

Questions for this week:

Q1. What are your favourite games and why?

Q2. How does gaming help with your learning?

Q3. What qualities/values/skills have you learnt from gaming?

Q4. How many learning games are being used in your classroom and which of these are the best to play?

Q5. What makes a game fun, interesting and educational?

Q6. If you could reinvent a game, what would you choose to add or change and why?

Q7. Does your class use gaming to collaborate or connect with others children from your school or elsewhere?

Q8. Do you read books or watch videos about gaming, how does this make you a better gamer or learner?

Q9. If your teacher could introduce 1 game into the classroom what should it be and how would it be used for learning?

@Reidhns1 will be your moderator using the @kidsedchatnz handle, can't wait to see you all next Thursday, but until then Happy Gaming!

Kids are Awesome! Kau Mau Te Wehi. - Tweet of the week

Hi everyone

Thanks for all your fantastic tweets today. It was a record breaking chat with over 1,100 tweets recorded.

And the tweet of the week goes to...

Congratulations, Callum!

Ka Mau te Wehi! Kids are Awesome.

Image attribution: angelamaiers.com

This week's KidsedchatNZ was inspired by a cool American Teacher called Angela Maiers.

Angela shares a great message, and it is important for all of us. 

The message is  -

 YOU MATTER.

KidsedchatNZ want you to think about how you are awesome. We want to know how you are a genius. Everyone has their own unique talents and abilities. What are yours? We would love to hear all about them.

Here are some kids sharing their awesome abilities. These kids are great on the sports field, and the dance floor. Your genius might be in music, or writing, or maths. 

You might be a great listener or friend, or both!

Think about how you contribute to make the world a better place.

Have a read of the YOU MATTER manifesto. A manifesto is a public announcement or declaration. There are some important points to think about there. You might like to make a book about your genius, and share it with us. Here are some that @MahoraRm6 have made.




Questions for this week.

Q1. Why are you awesome? What is your Genius?

Q2. What would you like to change in the world around you?

Q3. How do you think that you could do this?

Remember “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love”

– Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Q4. What is the best thing that a Teacher has ever said to you?

Q5. Think of a time when you have achieved a goal. Tell us what this felt like.

Q6. Do you have some learning that you are really proud of? Take a picture and tweet it!

Q7. Name five people that you would put on a "Dream Team" to encourage and inspire you. Are they famous people, successful people, members of your family?

Q8. Why are these people amazing to you?

Q9. What makes you feel proud?

Kia ora tamariki. Kau mau te wehi! We are so looking forward to this week's chat.

Juliet Revell

Tweet of the Week!

Thanks everyone for another great Kidsedchatnz today! It was fantastic to see so many classes take up the NZ Maths Week challenges!

Anyway, who won Tweet of the Week? It goes to Thea from Room 10! She had so many fantastic tweets and definitely deserves it!