Welcome back to Room 16!

It is the beginning of Term 2 and we have been focusing on what a good friend is, and how we can help each other.  The children have been working in various groups where we have been playing, helping, problem solving and learning to "think before we act".

From left clockwise: Abel, Rafaella, Mia-Leigh, Oliver and Rosie.

This group were working out how to use the iPad apps, with the help of Abel.

Creative play: Robert, Criston and Preston building their designs,

with Zain and Isaac (below) showing their creativity.

Anyone for Bingo?

We have been looking at number recognition through playing Bingo.  The students have been teaching our new students how to play this game, and what happens when someone wins! (they become the caller for the next game).

Radeesh, PJ (caller), Ramon and William.

Rafaella, Mia-Leigh, Rosie (Bingo!), Oliver and Abel (caller).

CUPS!  CUPS! and more CUPS!

We are mad about cup building.  It takes patience and team work to put a design together.  Take a look at these friendly creative models:

  

                   Radeesh and William               Riana, Sana and Tanushi

                   Abel and Oliver                    Liam, Paea, Zain and Isaac                                

Criston, Robert and Preston's team work design.  

They then added dice, in colour sequence! (below)

Abel, Stanley, Criston and Preston - new design!

Dress up ladies, Tanushi, Rosie and Iris, in their make shift tent (house).

Robert, Preston and Criston designed a super tricky ball run.

Here was the tricky bit - lining it up precisely for the ball to drop (free fall)...

top shot Mrs Taylor!

 Ramon, William, Radeesh and PJ building their ball run.

Autumn!

PJ, William and Paea painting leaves.

      

William is pressing the leaf gently (left), and peeling it off the paper (right) - a leaf print!

Abel

Leaf stamps!

Finished piece!  the students either painted, or rubbed a leaf to create this Autumn mural.

 Colouring in our leaf poem.

Term 2 Inquiry is:   FUNCTION

We are looking at how things work for our inquiry this term.  We will do this by looking at simple machines:  levers, wheel and axle, screw, wedge, inclined plane and pulley.  This week we looked at what function means, and talked about machines and all the parts they needed in order to work.  Each week we will be looking at a new simple machine: next week we will be looking at 'levers' (i.e.: toasters, scissors, catapults, see-saws, pegs, office chairs).

Taking the time to read!

We have extra reading time after lunch from our shared book box:

Sana, Riana, Stanley, Kendall and Iris are reading in the 'tent' !

Cool!

PB4L

(Positive Behaviour for Learning)

This week and next week Room 16 are focusing on Respect.

Our chart below is showing what we think is respectful behaviour.

Please, Thank you, Excuse me, Sorry.

Not to hurt people (hands and feet to ourselves).

Being kind to others - using kind words.

Playing together (no-one alone).

Helping others.

We are now 23 !

Fergus went on holiday with Mrs Taylor's family to Koh Samui (Thailand) and had a very relaxing time.

Fergus and the Thailand flag.

Ka kite for now!

Mrs Taylor