Christmas Cookie Making

Cookies out of the oven

YUM..... the gingerbread cookies are baked and ready for icing.

BUT wait,   some will be changed into reindeer heads.

CONCENTRATION

Nicholas preparing his cookie dough.

....ready for the oven....Mmmm, can you smell them?

OUR AWESOME MUM'S KATRINA and ROMANA

                              Our mummy elves - Katrina and Romana. 

                YOU BOTH are SUPER STARS (and super bakers)..... xx

Shared Pizza Lunch

Thanks Mrs Peterson for giving us pizza for lunch.

We were so happy we returned all our survey forms to have the yummy lunch prize.

We also had yummy chocolate cake because it was Atreyu's birthday.

What a delicious Friday lunch!

Happy 7th Birthday Atreyu

Thankyou Atreyu for bringing and sharing such a yummy chocolate birthday cake with the children today.

Experimenting with 2D shapes

We worked with a buddy and experimented with 2D shapes to see if we could create a tessellating pattern. We discovered to make a tessellating pattern there cannot be any gaps and it must repeat. Some shapes are tricky to tesselate and some cannot tesselate.
Which pictures below show the beginning of a tessellating
pattern?

     

 

Ethan's retelling of Grandpa's Cardigan

Super  work Ethan.  You used a lovely clear voice to retell a funny story.   Grandma really didn't like Grandpa's old cardigan did she!

Vil's Dinosaur Book

Wow...   look at the Dinosuar book Vili created using the
Book Creator app on an ipad.  
He learnt how to take photos, add text and read the text he wrote.
Great work Vili!

What is Peace?

Earlier in the term it was PEACE WEEK. We explored our senses to describe what PEACE meant to each of us. We chose the statement we liked best, then drew a picture to support it.

Meet the Toy Designers of Room 4

WOW...Room 4 children are fantastic designers!  

Today was the final day of our Inquiry learning around the theme of PUSH AND PULL.

 Everyone was successful  with the design and construction a push or pull toy.

The brief to be successful was brief....

'My toy needs to be able to move 

with a push or pull movement.'

First we drew the design, then listed the materials to use.

Next, was the construction stage and quite a lot of 'modification'. (which is what designers do!)

A BIG THANK YOU to  Amanda (Nicholas' mum), 

Malisha and Paresh (Diya's mum and dad)

  and Radee who helped us.

Also thank you to Room 3 for letting us share our toy making with you. Thank you for asking us questions how we constructed our toys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maddison and Ettnee sharing their designs.

   

 
         
 

Vili sharing his design with Daniel from Room 3

     

World Maths Challenge

Problem solving - using lines and shapes to create a 3D shape

World Maths Challenge

 Problem solving... What floor does the lift end up on?

     

INQUIRY ...... PUSHING AND PULLING WANTED - THE BIG BAD WOLF

THIS WEEK we swapped roles of sculpturing the wolf and recording 'PUSHING AND PULLING' with our buddy from last Thursday,

We also shared which 
Key Competencies we worked on.  
Check out some of our wolf sculptures.   Do you think you will recognise the wolf if you see him lurking around?

     

PUSHING and PULLING - Jonathan's Scultpure

Jonathan explains which forces he used to sculpture the 

wolf's head. 

Super explaining Jonathan.

Talented Gymnasts Part 2

Talented Gymnasts Part 1

Nicholas and Ethan explaining their learning during Inquiry

Buddies - Jaimie and Hepi working co-operatively during Inquiry

Modelling the BIG BAD WOLF

Buddy work to look and record when pushing or pulling is being used.

Modelling the BIG BAD WOLF

Buddy work, modelling and recording the force of pulling and pushing.

CROSS COUNTRY

Our school CROSS COUNTRY run will be held on Thursday 1st September.
We have been busy training.

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SUPER DUPER LEARNING IN MATHS

Room 4 students have been busy exploring different ways 

'groups of'...... 'lots of'...... 'sets of'.......  
can be made.

"We love using the double sided counters," they said.

"This helps us to see the different groups and shows our learning."

Brittany, Ettnee, Maddison, Rael, Bronson and Jonathan
  discovered the groups look different,  but the answer 
is the same. 
Too clever!   

                    Angelina also decided to share her learning.