Fun at the Playground

Fun at the Playground on PhotoPeach

As you can see from the photo's we had a great time at the playground.

The Rocky Shore

The Rocky Shore on PhotoPeach

We had a great time exploring the rocky shore.  We found a lot of creatures that live in, on and around the rocks.  Jake, from the Aquarium was an expert and told us lots of interesting facts about the creature the Rocky Shore.

Room 8's Bucket Band

 We made a bucket band.  We learnt to keep a beat.  We read and played different rhythms.  It was fun!

The tricky part was starting and finishing together.

So what does skip counting, repeated addition, groups of and multiplication all have in common?

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Thinking like an environmentalist

Thinking like an environmentalist on PhotoPeach

We have been thinking about what makes a good, healthy safe environment.  We can all make a difference to our environment.  Let's keep it good, healthy and safe for generations to come.

Leaf Poems

Leaf Poems on PhotoPeach
We have been learning to use descriptive words to paint a picture about a leaf for the reader.  We learnt about nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives.  Can you spot them in our poems?
When you read our poems you will see how clever we have been at shaping the words.  Our poem starts with one word, grows to two, grows to three and then finishes with four words.  We think that we have been strong writers!

Autumn Art

Autumn Trees on PhotoPeach
We are learning to make an Autumn Collage. A collage is when you use different materials to create an art work.  We blended Autumn colours to create the background. We tried to balance our art work by using all the space on our page.  We are learning to layer materials to create texture and interest.

Shaping the Earth

Shaping the earth on PhotoPeach

After reading about how the earth is shaped we still had difficulty understanding how water eroded the earth.  We decided to do our own experiment to watch how water can change the shape of the earth.  We now have a better understanding of what erosion means.

What does multiplication look like at stage 4?

So what does multiplication look like at Stage 4? on PhotoPeach

Great thinking everyone.  I liked they way you were able to show your thinking in different ways.

Bonds to 10

Bonds to 10 on PhotoPeach
2 apple trees, 10 apples.  How many different ways could the apples be sorted on the trees?

Images of Autumn

Images of Autumn on PhotoPeach

We have  been exploring the camera function on the ipad and ipod and some children have taken photo’s showing signs that Autumn is coming.

Clay Face Sculptures

Clay Face Sculptures on PhotoPeach

What fun we had on Friday creating our face sculptures through clay.  Many thanks to Melanie who shared with the children examples of famous artists work, one being Picasso, and also finished examples of clay faces.  The children enjoyed exploring and feeling the pieces.  They were each given a small handful of clay to manipulate, mould, squash, squeeze and poke.  The concentration was wonderful and most children produced two finished works.   It may take a few weeks but we are hoping to get the faces fired in the kiln. 
 

STRIKE

STRIKE! on PhotoPeach
The whole school went to a show today called "STRIKE". Look at the photo's and think about why the show was called STRIKE.

Softball Skills with Mr Hastings

Softball Skills on PhotoPeach
We are practising our throwing and catching skills with Mr Hastings.

Mushroom Compost

Brandi and Jaimee brought in a bucket of mushroom compost from the mushroom farm and we started to do some noticing, remembering, questioning and wondering!

All the mushrooms are white. Millie

Some mushrooms are poisonous and you shouldn’t eat them. Nathan

The mushrooms are on top of each other.  They are close. Jess

They are growing in mud. Aarohi

I wonder if they can be different colours. Caleb

They grow in my sandpit. Lachlan

They can be red with white spots or brown. Oskar

There is white stuff in the bucket.  I wonder if the mushrooms will grow there. Bruno

All mushrooms are different. Charlie

They grow in dirt.  The dirt is black and it is not dried up.

Mushrooms can be bigger than those.  They can be grey and different sizes.  They can be different colours.

I know that mushrooms start off as pince, they grow into buttons and then into cups and then into flats.  Jaimee

The skin on the mushroom has cracks on it. Tayla

Red mushrooms with white spots are poisonous.  Brown mushrooms you can eat.  Those little mushrooms in the bucket are growing on top of each other. Tilda

I know the white ones have dirt in them.  There is some white stuff with the dirt. Jack

The mushrooms are growing in compost.  James

Some mushrooms can be orange. Ranui

I counted 36 mushrooms in the bucket. Amy

The mushrooms are a circle shape. Tia

How big can mushrooms grow? Mrs Jarvis

Some mushrooms can grow as big as your hand. Oscar

They like the dark so they do lots of growing at night time. Jaimee.

Can you eat mushrooms raw? Tayla

How do you tell if a mushroom is poisonous. Mrs Jarvis

Discovery through Clay-Clay through Discovery!

Clay through Discovery on PhotoPeach

Over the last 4 weeks we have had enjoyed discovering  the properties of clay.
The children have displayed amasing qualities such as perseverance, problem solving, creativity and patience.  
Different techniques have been explored and perfected.

More Discovery

More Discovery on PhotoPeach

Perseverance was our big focus this week.  That means keeping on going even when tasks get tricky!  We are learning that if we come to a problem there are things to help us move forward.  We can think about trying a different solution, asking our buddy to help, asking an expert, watching what others are doing and think about whether that might help, or we could ask the teacher.  Can you see us persevering in these photos?

Discovery

Discovery on PhotoPeach
This is what Discovery looks like in Room 8!  Look at the creativity, concentration, perseverance, learning and fun.  We just love it!

Face Sculptures

Face Sculptures on PhotoPeach

Look at the wonderful face sculptures we made using junk and collage material.  We tried to find objects that had a similar shape to the features on our faces.  At times it was quite difficult gluing on the smaller bits and pieces but we persevered and didn't give up.  We think Picasso would be impressed with our works of art.

Abstract Self Portraits

Abstract Self Portraits on PhotoPeach

We have been learning about different styles of art through the artist Picasso.  These pieces of work are based on our faces but they don't look quite different to our self portraits.  We had to be very brave and not take our pencil off the page when we were drawing.  The important thing was to still think about all the features on our face so when you look at our work you will see eyes, noses, mouths, eyebrows, cheeks, ears and hair.  The faces don't look real but they do look like faces.  These are abstract pictures of our faces.