Today in Room 6 we were very lucky to have a guest speaker. Miss Tofia is a wonderful teacher at Fairfield School and she is Samoan, which is one of the countries we are doing our Inquiry on.
We loved hearing all of her stories about 'life' in Samoa and we got to look at some Samoan treasures that Miss Tofia had in her class room, some of them are in the above photographs.
The children took notes and are currently working on a report to tell you what they found out about Samoa while listening to Miss Tofia. They asked her some very good questions at the end of her talk.
When we are Tuning In with our Inquiry unit we think about how we can engage the students in the topic and what we can do to spark interest/enthusiasm/curiosity/motivation. It is also how we assess children's prior knowledge, values and experience in relation to the understandings. Guest speakers are a great motivation for children and provide a hands-on experience and connection.
Thanks Miss Tofia!
Leave a comment children and tell us what you found out about Samoa!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Miss Tofia our guest speaker!
Posted by Mrs CB at 7:15 PM
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Tayler, Caitlin & Abbey said what we found interesting and different from our country was that the adults get to eat meals first and the children only get to eat the scraps that are left over but on White Sunday which happens once a year the children get to eat meals first. Also we found out that each village has a different shell to blow which means its time for prayers. These last up to an hour. We found out that at night time coconut crabs come out and scuttle up the coconut trees and they clamp themselves onto the coconut until morning. If someone happens to climbe the coconut tree to pick a coconut they have to be very careful that they don't get bitten by one.
They have a White Day, which is childrens day, at meal time the children eat last. The grandparents would eat first then the parents then the children. They have GIANT Coconut bugs, that are like spiders. The weather gets real hot so they have fans to keep cool. The family would make blankets that they would wear at a Wedding or give to the family at a Funeral. They also have necklaces that all the Boys wear to special events. They use Seashells as horns, different villages have their own horns that make different sounds to mean different things.
By,
Christian, Purple People Eater.
I wish i was at school the day Miss Tofia spoke it would have been good. Sorry i was not there.
Shannon said ...
Samoa has really long centipedees they are bigger than we have in New Zealand. On Sunday the parents get to eat first and the kids have to eat the left overs. The kids have white sunday that means the kids get to eat first on white sunday.
Lily said..
I love the shells, they are colourful and I can imagine the beach rushing up to the sand when I put my ear up to the shell. It looks like a beautiful colourful sea shell!!
I wonder what lived in it? We don't have shells that big in Dunedin, Why?
Miss Tofia you look nice on the picture. You are beautiful.
Mrs C-B said..
I LOVE your comments Room 6, keep up the excellent work. You make me feel very PROUD to be your teacher!!
Hayen found out that the adults eat first. White Sunday is where the kids eat first and go to church in white, this happens once a year.d
I learnt that there are pigs in Samoa and the houses are made out of weaved flax. They use fine mats kind of like money.
By Casey
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