Literacy Meets Science

 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.

Literacy meets Art

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!

Back to School and Back to Learning

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. 

Team Waka Challenge and Maths Week

 This term Team Waka is having a series of technology challenges.
After completing each fortnight's challenge, classes send representatives to team assembly to compete in the final challenge. Such a lot of fun. Room 16 was the winner this time but we had a lot of fun getting our paper planes built for the finale.

Watch us fold our planes and have a practice to find out how well they can fly.

You may see a few extras in our class for this activity. We were lucky to have some students from other classes help us today.
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This week was maths week. The week of maths challenges finished with a Maths Trail. We raced around the school finding maths questions and solving them with our big buddies. 

Rocket Science

 3, 2, 1 blast off.
We made rockets. We worked in teams of 3 and had different roles within our group. We  followed a design brief to complete our rocket. There was a lot of problem-solving rerquired to roll the card firmly for the rocket body and we had to attach the cone securely to make sure the air wouldn't escape and prevent the rocket from launching properly.

When the air was pushed quickly through the pipe (by stamping on an empty plastic bottle) the rocket was launched. Watch our rockets go!

Dance Magic

 We are enjoying being back at school and seeing our friends.

Team Waka got together for our Friday Jump Jam. Such fun exercising and dancing together. 

Here is one of our favourites - watch for the student instructors for the 'Magic' routine.

Developmental - artists in action

On Friday we join all the Team Waka kids for developmental. In Room 14 this week we had paint and circles (just like the olympic circles) and had fun making our masterpieces. Watch us work alonside each other cooperatively.