It is week 5, and we are half way through Term 2!
A warm welcome to Rafaella, Oliver and Rosie who have joined us this term.
Meet our American friends!
Meet our American friends!
Miss Lilly and Miss Kay visited our classroom! They are teachers visiting our school from the United States of America. We asked them lots of questions about America, and learned about America's national bird - the bald eagle! They read stories to us, and played in our classroom with us.
Using tools in our classroom as part of our play based learning:
We have been learning how to use a warm glue gun safely. It is the lever's job that makes the warm glue come out. We got very creative when making our Mother's Day cards!
The last few weeks we have been learning how to use a hammer and nails (wedges) and screws. The children have been making their own creation - something that moves - using wood, nails, bottle top lids, warm glue gun, and screws. We really enjoy having these tools in our classroom!
Preston's cool car!
Stanley's skateboard.
Abel's car.
Iris's double decker bus.
Zain's monster truck, complete with springs to the wheels.
Rosie's trolley.
Criston's skateboard.
William's car.
We have been looking at screws and seeing how they work:
Radeesh
Sana made an electric house sculpture!
We have also pulled apart a computer processing unit (CPU) to see all the bits inside. We undid lots of screws, took out the cooling fan, cut wires to see what was inside them.
Paea, Criston and Kendall working on the CPU unit.
The other day, we spotted a machine painting lines on our netball court - we all went outside for a closer look! This machine has wheels and axles, levers, an inclined plane, and a pulley system for the paint to come out! Amazing!
Bey Blade arena problem solving:
In Room 16 we love bey blades! But there was not a big enough arena for people to play together at break times. Room 16 made a plan, and five budding engineers built it from their plan.
Working out how to make a square shape with wood.
Stanley, Paea, Robert, Oliver and Zain in action!
Testing the new bey blade arena outside...
but realizing it works better on lino though!
It has been birthday season this month! Usually we have popcorn afternoons on birthday days, however, we changed things up a bit and did some math science last Friday. The Year 2's have been learning about 1/2 and 1/4 symbols. Everyone had a turn at pouring in 1/4 of a cup of jelly liquid into a cup. We used the electric jug, saw the lever click on, and then off, watched the crystals dissolve into the boiling water, stirred it, and poured it into cups - we then predicted how long it would take to set (4 hours!) in the staff room fridge. We added sprinkles for a little extra fun! Yum!
Criston creating magic! Rosie smelling the packet - raspberry!
Sana, Zain and Tanushi carefully pouring in the jelly to message 1/4 of a cup.
Delicious! - off to the fridge to set. Add sprinkles!
Sana and Criston - we are now 6!
Birthday time in Room 16 is super fun!
Room 6 is our buddy class - every Friday they come and help us with our ring words, and then we play together! We love having them visit us!
Miss Teubes (Room 15 Teacher) brought her dog, Tia, into school for a visit! Tia came and visited our classroom. Mrs Taylor talked to us about safety around dogs, and how to behave appropriately so that we would not scare Tia. We made her star of the day and she sat on our special chair! She let us stroke her lovely soft fur. Tia liked being wrapped up in a blankie!
Tia
Until next time, ka kite everyone!
Mrs Taylor
