Visiting Author - Andy Griffiths

Raroa was very fortunate to have author Andy Griffiths come and visit us this afternoon. He talked to us about his tree-house books and how he comes up with his wacky ideas. Some of us were even lucky enough to get books signed!

Inquiry Time

It's crazy to think that we are only 2 weeks away from end of term, because things are still pumping in Team Awesome. We are launching into the production phase of our inquiry, which has students asking questions and looking for solutions to "the biggest problems facing young people today".

We've had some expert advise from our school counsellor, Viv, who gave us some of the information and statistics of issues like depression, anxiety and sleeping disorders amongst teens. 

In small groups, students have been developing questions to dig a little deeper into things like Self-Talk, Poverty and Social Media. Our goal is to go past the symptoms and aim to treat the problem itself. 

One of our groups have linked in with the "So They Can" Foundation, to celebrate One Heart Day. Our students are connecting with a partner school in Kenya and are finding ways to teach each other. Through this students are exploring the ideas of inequality and the things that we universally value. 

"Whilst dreams are spread equally across the globe, Opportunities are not" 

You can find out more by watching the launch video below or sponsoring us on our givealittle page. 

Team Awesome Maths

Our Maths Projects in Term 3 have seen our students looking into national statistics, financial literacy and building projects like the Block Raroa.

In Mr Johnston's Maths, we have been working with real statistic information that we sourced from previous Censuses and our own Team-wide Google Form. You can see the results of our findings by clicking here.

Ms Morris & Ms Hart's group have been brushing up on their problem solving skills and using the most effective strategies for solving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems.



Our latest project is designing a one bedroom house for our very own "The Block Raroa" challenge! Students are working in teams of two to outfit a room with furniture and appliances, as we as create a blueprint for what their room will look like, all whilst staying within budget!

Year 6 visits

On Tuesday, we had students from Cashmere Ave and Khandallah come and spend the morning in our block and also spend some time in the Learning Street too. In our block, students took part in three different workshops- literacy, maths number wheels and an idea generation activity. The teachers of Team Awesome were all really proud of the way in which our Year 7 and 8 students showed maturity, initiative and were extremely welcoming to the Year 6 students. We had a great day!