As part of learning about all the different cultures in our class and school, we have been experimenting with art and artists from different countries. Aboriginal ArtHere are a few examples of the Australian art that we experimented with. The children chose a native animal from Australia, drew an outline of it, then created a pattern around it using cotton buds and earthy coloured paint.
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Here are some photos of the fun and learning we had with Brendan the energizer. He was teaching us some throwing and catching skills with small balls.
Here are some photos of our assembly on Friday which started with some 'super heroes' talking about what makes them super duper learners.
The super heroes made statements such as I'm a super learner because: * I am organised. * I use the success criteria. * I learn from my mistakes. * I ask questions. Lots of fun and learning was happening with this game.
We learnt about and practiced how to invade another group’s territory through this group tag game. To start with, the children formed pairs to try and get each other's pinnie that was tucked into their waistband. Then in groups they formed a single file line and held onto the shoulders of the person in front of them, the person at the back had a pinnie tucked into their waistband. Teams moved around the space while the person at the front of each line attempted to take the pinnie from the other group while maintaining possession of their own pinnie.
Over the last 3 weeks, we have learnt more about Matariki through our reading rotations and class discussions and activities. It was great to make manu tukutuku and learn a Matariki song then teach it to Room Six.
It was very exciting in the class today. We skyped another school and had to use questions with yes or no answers. We had to work out what school they were from and they had to work out our school. First of all we worked out which island they were on, then we went on to find out their region, city and how close they were to landmarks such as the Auckland museum. We were the winners, working out that they were from Somerville Intermediate.
There was lots of learning in the weeks before, such as finding out New Zealand cities and where they are situated; finding landmarks or places of interest for each one, learning about north, south, west and east. Everyone was pleased with what they had learnt. This was organised through the School Kit organisation. Today we dug up the rubbish for the last time. We found that paper, fruit, cardboard and leaves broke down and in some cases they couldn't be found. Plastic stayed the same and tinfoil broke into smaller pieces. The children are now more aware of what biodegradable means and which materials are better to use to stop the planet from becoming a rubbish heap. Over the last few weeks we have been learning and practicing orienteering. Here are some action shots. About a week ago, the students - in groups - buried pieces of rubbish (plastic, tinfoil, gladwrap, fruit, cardboard). We are trying to find out what breaks down and how quickly compared to other rubbish.
Today they dug up their bits of rubbish to see what changes had occurred. The soil was extremely wet so there was quite a mess! Some changes were noted and the rubbish was buried to be checked again next week. It was lovely to have the grandparents at school for the morning. The children wrote descriptions of their grandparents and shared them with their grandparents and the class. The morning in the class finished up with groups making towers out of toothpicks and marshmallows with the help of the grandparents. House points were awarded to the tallest one and the strongest one. There were some very innovative ideas.
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