ROOM 9

Room 9's learning.

Room 9 say ' Come and Climb the learning tree with me!' that's their class metaphor!

For Writing each day Rm 9 draw pictures and describe and write about their pictures. They also write a recount about what they did on the weekend or the holidays.

Recently, they all wrote 'I Am A Smarty Pants Because...' and they all finished the sentence.

For Reading each day, they sit down at their tables and pick a book from their reading group box or from their class library, or they practice reading their group book plays.

For Art they tried to mimic a picture of The Mona Lisa. Most kids did a picture of The Mona Lisa and they did a very good. They also drew hands to go on the tree.

For Fitness they usually run around the field after they've done Jump Jam. Jump Jam is where they do fun activities and dances in the morning. For running they train for cross country.

For Maths they count to ten, play with counters and maths games and find compliments to 20.
They like to play with maths rockets and beans to help them with hard problems.

Golden Time is a special time where they get to draw and read their favourite book or a book of their choice.

This week they are learning to log onto computers. Every week they learn something new as a class and at the end of the week they all know how to do their class task.

By Ella and Matthew.

ROOM 2

In Room 2 they are WILD about learning. That's their class metaphor. We asked some of the students what they do in class.

They plan their writing by drawing pictures in their writing books and share their piece of writing with their classmates when they're done.

They often write a recount about what they did the day before. Just like a reflection on their day. When they get back from school trips they write a recount about where they went and about what they learnt.

For Maths they write number equations and answer them. They use pipes and counters to solve their maths problems. They also use jars with a number on them like 100's 10's 1's to help them with hard maths problems.

For their recent Art unit they coloured in animals from the jungle and glued their own faces on a zoo keeper picture. They made a flower and they glued their faces on it. The students also created self portraits of themselves. They also cut out pictures and tried to figure out if they were new or old.

They're very enthusiastic about their learning and we can't wait to visit them again.                                                
                                                         By Ella and Blake

Whats happening in room 28?

"Hey whats happening in room 28?"

"I don't know, lets check them out!"

 In Room 28 they have been studying kiwis. They even made some realistic habitats.

They drew with glue.

Awesome art!

By Tessa Watson rm24

and Sophie Peetz rm 23

Room 2

In Rm 2

The kids have been writing and drawing pictures of Tom and his Dog Pepper. Here are some wonderful examples...

They also made their own newspapers on the 23rd of October.

Have a look at some of the things that they have been doing around the class room

by Sophie Bond and Anna Ward

A Day In The Life Of Room 6

Laughter floats out from room 6, excitement is only the beginning.

These smart, intelligent and adorable kids have been studying ...KIWIS!

Not only have they been studying this fascinating creature. On Friday 24th of October they're hosting a bake sale, mufti day, and gold coin donation to raise money to help the little that's left of these endangered nocturnal species.

Kiwi Art

Check out the texture in these masterpieces...

     

  

That was enough to blow me of my feet.

Look at this work of art we found in one of the many star students' books.  

   

                                                   

 This is the star class of Room 6.

By Tessa (Rm 24) and Sophie (Rm 23).

Stardome Adventure

On Monday Room 6, Room 28 and Room 29 went to the Stardome. When we walked in, there were planets on display. The biggest one was Jupiter. Next we walked into a big room. First it was light and then it got darker. Then we watched a little movie. The name was 'The little star that could'.

When he found an old star, the little star said "Do you have a name for me?"

The old star said "No, go away!"

When it was finished we went into another room. We saw some pictures of the Sun and the Moon. It looked like someone was holding the sun but he wasn't. When the sun was setting he was tall enough to put his hand around the sun. He was actually very far away. Then he showed a globe of earth. There was a little bulb inside it.

by Eloise, Room 28 and typed out and edited by Sophie, Room 19

Folk Dancing

We are so excited to be doing a blog post on the Juniors doing folk dancing.

On the 25th of August  the Year 1's did some folk dancing and we asked them what they liked about it and things they wish they could change.

Of course they found it very exiting and said they were very talented at it.
The songs they danced to were 'Pop Goes the Weasel', 'Brown Girl in the Ring' and 'Jibbidy' including 'Follow the Leader'. But most surprisingly they knew it all themselves! They wore ribbons that hung from their wrists.The boys danced with the boys and the girls danced with the girls.Their favourite parts were star-jumps, hopping and skipping.

One of the favourite parts of 'Brown Girl in the Ring' was skipping round in a circle. WOW they must have been really dizzy. And to their surprise their parants came in and did the chicken dance with them. Here are some photos of the best moments...

written by Anna (Rm 19) and Tessa (Rm 24).