Rocking Room 1 Term 3 Inquiry

To start our inquiry journey this term on Mauri Mahi, Mauri Ora (Values) as a class we found that using the different types of thinking maps, such as a describe map, compare & contrast map and define map really helpful in the area of exploring. By using these maps lots of meaningful and indepth discussions were had. From these discussions as a class we decided that we had to change our original question. Our original question was too broad and had to be narrowed down more so that it was more focussed/relevant so that information could be easily found. The finding stage was quite difficult, children knew their question and what they wanted to find out, but realised that the answers weren't as easy to find as they thought, especially from the internet. Children had to be very careful with what they searched for on the internet. Good keywords were vitual for this process. The use of dictionaries was also very helpful and an excellent source of finding meaning and information. The tool we used for presenting was through the programme of comic life. What an awesome colourful, exciting and attractive way of presenting new found information. We are at the applying stage at the moment and are using the tool of Survey Monkey. From using this tool the children will use their thinking skills to collate and use the information gathered from the surveys to apply to a values road sign for our Poroutawhao Learning Highway.