We made a plan for our Beebot challenge and some of us built our design with the big blocks. Can we programme our robot to get through the big block track?
Team Waka get together to learn and play together during Developmental. Have a look at us inside and outside of Room 14 this Friday afternoon.
Cars, trucks and roads
Sand Saucers
A very exciting start to our last term.
k week. We learned about the native New Zealand birds that start with the letter k.; kiwi, kea, kakapo and karearea. We made bird kites and tested them to see how high they could fly.
We have just completed 2 weeks of swimming. We went to the pool every day and made fantastic progress.
During our swimming programme, the children were participating in a levelled group lessons to develop further skills in the water. The aim is to become more relaxed and confident in and around the water.
The activities included
- Entering and exiting the pool safely
- Putting their head in and then under the water
- Blowing bubbles/beginning breathing skills
- Floating on their backs and fronts with a board/noodle and then without a board/noodle
- Kicking on their fronts and backs with a board
- Learning arm strokes
Other skills the children are learning are
- Self-management skills such as looking after their belongings, undressing and dressing
- Walking safely in a group
- Following instructions given by a swimming teacher
This week was J week... jelly starts with J.
And, we are also learning about change in science... so we made jelly and watched the jelly crystals change; dissolve and turn into jelly.
Did you know that zebra stripes are a bit like finger prints - they are all different?
Our art topic this term is print making. We made handprint zebras and a zoo for z week. Everyone made their own zebra and chose one other animal to make for our zoo. (We got a bit held up with the covid lockdown but our back wall has now been transformed.)
ART: We have started making a template for our next print making project. We will make an original print based on our first initial. We have visited Room 16 and heard how they made their prints using a roller and special ink. We can't wait to try for ourselves!
It is so nice to be back to school together after 2 and a bit weeks in Covid lockdown.
We have combined the learning about 2 graphemes (letters) one from the weeks before we went into lockdown.
Take a look at Elmer the Elephant and his wonderfully colourful quilt body. Our challenge was to use 3 colours and colour Elmer without any coloured square next to a square of the same colour. It was not as easy as it sounded.
