Collaborative Creativity with Cats!

Today we worked with Room 3, and the students from Room 1 joining both Room 3 and Room 4 in Term 4, to create our artistic cats! 

Working in pairs, we layered four strips of paper across each other. These strips were RECTANGLES. We glued each strip at the centre and then gently bent them upwards to reach the top, then glued them into position again. This created a SPHERE.

 

Whilst waiting for the glue to dry, we practised our skip counting. We had to count in either 2s or 5s upto 100 and back again. It's awesome when we find the chance to do maths whilst doing art!

We repeated this process with smaller strips of paper, which produced another sphere. This became the cat's head! We stuck the body and head together, and then fixed them to the base, so our cats wouldn't fall over.

Then we had to finish our cats, by adding: a tail, ears and whiskers. We had lots of fun, and enjoyed Participating and Contributing with each other. Miss Lane had fun joining in, and we all know how crazy Miss McGrath is about cats! We hope you like our photographs Mrs Law! 

Music & Dance, plus 'Fun with Fractions'!

Wow, another few busy weeks have flown by in Room 4! 

We have had great excitement in preparing for the Celebration Day in November. Lots of wonderful parents came in to help us with our papier mache creations - which will be on sale on the day! Mrs Rai and Miss Lane were our teachers for this artistic adventure, and we would like to say a huge 'Thank You' to them, as well as a massive 'Thanks' to Mrs Law who surprised us with her 'Guest Appearance' to advise us on our artwork. 

We are also having a lot of fun on Fridays during our Cultural Group preparations. As you walk around the school on Fridays, you will hear voices raised in singing, and see lots of different movements through dance, as each group practises for the Celebration Day performance.

So, 'What has been happening in the classroom?' we hear you ask. Part of our Mathematics time has been focusing on fractions. We have done this through equal sharing of objects to find either, one half (1/2), one quarter (1/4), one third (1/3) or one fifth (1/5) of a set. Have a look at these photos to see how we worked together to understand the concept and practise this skill:

Here we are discussing our mathematical thinking...

We were lucky to have Mrs Batchelor working with us...we shared our ideas, 

showing super skills of Participation and Contribution.

When we work together to share ideas, we have to show the value of 'Respect', which includes good listening and responding appropriately! These students demonstrated this wonderfully.

MISS McGRATH AND MRS PATERSON WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG 'THANK YOU' TO ALL THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF THE STUDENTS IN ROOM 4, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US IN MRS LAW'S ABSENCE. 

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STUDENTS IN ROOM 4, FOR THEIR SUPER ATTITUDES TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND THEIR LEARNING. ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS CHILDREN AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK IN TERM 4! 😃😃😃