Week 9

This week we are finishing off our animal reports, as well as writing letters to Santa. We are having a go at pastel resist art and creating some amazing looking reindeer. We are also so excited about Agri-kids this afternoon! We have finished up our science experiments which was a lot of fun. We are finishing up with our flash card homework this week. Katy says:  "We are having lots of fun doing our must do action stations, and we are learning lots and lots."

Week 8

We are full swing into conducting our science experiments. We are finding that sometimes our hypotheses are correct, and sometimes something very different happens. We are really enjoying the magic of science. During literacy we are putting the final touches on our animal reports and we have learnt so much! 

Week 7

This week we are looking very carefully at the scientific process, and creating our own experiments. We have also had a lot of fun designing our own pop-up cards. This skill will come in very hand over the next few weeks. For our inquiry we have been looking at 'Thinking'. The 3 strategies that we are working on are:  1. Ask questions to get more information. 2. Explain my point of view. 3. Explain others' points of view. We have looked at the 'true story of the 3 little pigs' from the wolf's point of view. We have learned that it's ok to have different opinions, and we should try and understand what other people think.

Writing Time

On Monday at writing time we did a science experiment where we made oobleck. We then used lots of words to describe it. 

Pirate Song

Week 6

This week one of our popular action stations is making our own triangle blocks out of card. We need to make a structure that can hold as many books as possible. We are discovering a lot about stability and what shapes are the strongest. In response to our 'spring garden' poem from last week we are following instructions to make our very own spring garden. We are also adding music to poems and stories. We are all so excited about Friday. First of all its explore a joy day! Check out the kids own blogs for their reflections on the taster day. The second exciting thing is that we are on assembly. So assemble the crew and board the ship to the activity center for a great assembly! Arrrgghhh me hearties. 

Creating a structure with the blocks 

Experimenting with a winter garden and a spring garden! 

Writing about creating the structure

A great musical rendition of 'daisy chain' 

Week 5

This week Mrs Godby is away at her son's graduation and we are lucky to have Mrs Ah-Wan in our class. She is helping us to learn about the scientific process. In maths we are learning about area - that is how you measure the space a shape takes up. We are really enjoying giving feedback with our reading and writing, and are getting better at using the feedback to make our work better. We are also very excited for 'Explore a Joy' day on Friday. Some of our class had a lot of fun at the colour rush on Sunday!!