Term 4

Welcome to Term 4.  After a very busy term with production during term 3 we continue with another very busy term.  In two weeks (October 26th) we have our cross country event at Victoria Park.  Year 0/1's are expected to run one lap of the feild so we have been practising running around the courts and school.  We have been focussing on keeping a steady pace so that we don't have to stop during our lap.  Jump Rope for Heart will take place during this term also.  At the moment we are practising some art techniques to use in our calendar art.  Each of us will make a picture that can be made into a calendar or card and purchased by family members.  They make great Christmas presents!

Longest Snake Competition

Today in maths we all tried to make the longest snake that we could out of one piece of A4 paper.  We had to work it out all by ourselves so we were problem solving.  Well done to Samantha and Lazarus for making the longest snakes.  An awesome job.

Junior Gardeners

Here are some of our budding gardeners weeding around some of the plants in the Junior School. These photos have been taken by Olivia from Room 20.

Long and Short

The dice is shorter than the number line - Marshall

The ruler is longer that the pattern cards - Emma

The number line is longer than the square - Caleb

The number line is longer than the rod - Logan

The duster is shorter than the ruler - Bailey

Rm 15's afternoon

Keontae enjoyed listening to the songs that Mrs McBain played in Room 20 today. The songs were about animals and Mrs McBain played the songs on her piano accordion. Caleb enjoyed playing stuck in the mud for PE.

Inquiry Ignition

Mitchell used the bird puppet and put on a puppet show with Seth. Seth had a tiger puppet and the puppets played together. Jermaine played the ukelele and he had to brush his fingers past the strings. Joseph played the ukelele as well. He liked to strum it. Tajay got dressed up in a beautiful dress and danced to the African music we had listened to from You Tube.

Buddy Class

Today we went to Room 10 and played outside with our buddies. Mitchell played with the noodles, Seth was on the playground, Levi was also on the playground. Keontae played with the frisbee, Samara was on the playground, Lazarus used the tennis balls, Caleb went down the slide and Jermaine was on the playground. We had a great time.

Planting Swan Plants

We have been growing swan plants from seed and decided it was time to plant the plants outside.  A group of children from Room 15 and 20 planted the plants and took some photos.

Digital Cameras

During Fun Friday we have been learning to take photos using the digital camera. How do you think we are doing so far?

Our Hypothesis for our Inquiry Question

How do we make wees?
Coke, water, juice - Asti
By drinking - we drink milk, juice, lemonade and coke - Hamish
Drink water - Amanda
Drink water, lemonade - Matthew
Drink lemonade, water, food - Jermaine

How does the blood help you survive?
It helps you to walk and to always stay alive - Maia
It comes out of your heart
It helps your heart to live - Jayden
It helps you walk - Samara
It helps you - Jessica

Why does your heart pump your blood?
It pumps the blood out to get through my lungs - Keontae
Because, so you can breathe - Charlize
It pumps my blood so I can stay alive - Rawanui
Because you need some blood to help you survive - Logan
Maybe because the blood needs to go to places around our body - Max

Our Hypothesis to our Inquiry Question

Do we have any other organs in our body?
Yes - brain, heart, oesophagus, small intestine, large intestine - Bailey
Yes - liver, bladder, blood, heart - Jaydon
Large intestine, small intestine, lungs - Corin
Yes - Mitchell

How do your bones help you walk?
By walking to somebody - Olivia
Your knees help you to walk - Seth
Your knees help you - Josie
Your knees help you walk - Maddison
By eating lots of steak - Toby

Fun Friday's

On Friday afternoons we have Discovey where we can choose to do a variety of activities. Sometimes we colour, draw, play games, dance, build, construct and we even get to eat some of the things that we make.

Our visit to the van

Today we went into the Life Ed van. It was our first time. We got to meet Leonie and Harold. Together we helped Leonie complete the body puzzle and worked out the different parts of the food pyramid. Ask us about how traffic lights relate to the food pyramid. Leonie then introduced us to Tam who showed us where some of the body parts we have been learning about are in our body. We were able to name the heart, lungs, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine. We also new about bones and the brain. We can't wait till our next session on Monday. Harold is going to sing us a song!

Life Ed Van

Tomorrow we will be having our first visit to the Life Ed Van. I wonder what we will see and hear about when we go. Please ask us some questions about what we have seen if you see us around.

Coin experiment

We are doing a coin experiment with coke and 10c coins. We have been observing the coins every day. They started off bright and shiny. What do you think will happen to the coins?

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day we made boxes with our buddies help and then we decorated them

With our Room 10 buddies we have made shape pictures using pastel, dye and glitter. Have a look and see what you think. We have also completed our oral assessment talks. We all worked really hard on our charts and making sure we had an opening statement.

Full and empty

For maths we have been looking at whether a container is full, empty, half full or half empty. We went out to the sandpit to practise using different containers.

Our first blog

Welcome to Rm 15. We will be sharing our learning with you and showing you a variety of the things that we do in class. We have been growing swan plants, hatching eggs, watching chrysalis split and monarch butterflies appear.