We are learning to talk about our artworks.

Print Making

We created images of robot and printed multiple copies.

We focused on using different shapes and creating texture in our prints.

Mackenzie selected this print as her favourite.
She wrote:
I created a pink and blue robot that has lots of texture and detail.
I like this print because I like the colours I used and the yellow makes the print look like a star.

We are learning to write a response.

K is for Kale

We headed down to the garden and harvested some kale.
We cooked kale chips. Read our responses.

 Aroha

Kale looks green.   Kale feels bumpy.   Kale smells like corn.

Flynn

Kale looks like long green grass.     Kale smells like sweet grass.

Kingsley

We cut the kale.       We put oil on it and put it on a tray.

Brianna

We made chips with the kale.

Krystal

I like the green kale chips.     They tasted crunchy.

Pippa

I cooked some kale chips.     I snipped the kale.     I had to put oil on them.

Skye

On Wednesday Ruma G made kale chips.   I have never made kale chips before.

I tasted them at school.  They tasted yummy.

Fletcher 

I like kale.   It is tasty.    It looks green.    It feels bumpy.     It smells like corn.    

We cooked it in the oven.

Mackenzie

The kale looks like fluffy green sheep.

It feels bumpy like the carpet.

It smells like yucky cow poo.

After we cooked the kale we ate the kale chips. They were nutritious.

We are learning to write a response.

The Fun Run – What was it like????

Zoe - I was proud because I did 5 laps around the whole school.

Thomas R – The good thing about the Fun Run was that everybody kept trying at it and that you didn’t just have to run.  I felt proud because I kept trying at it.

Kingsley – A good thing about our Fun Run was the chocolate because I was hungry.

Mackenzie – A good thing about the Fun Run as that Ridge kept encouraging me.  I felt happy doing the Fun Run because I got to do lots of Wacky Stuff.

Krystal - When I was running I stopped because I was hungry.

I liked the crackers because they were yum.

Brianna – I liked the wiggly lines because they were fun.

Fletcher – I ran around with my Mum.

I felt proud because I went 4 times around the school.

Jackie – I felt happy because Aroha helped me.  She walked beside me.

Flynn – I ran so fast I did not get puffed.

I felt so proud.

Pippa – I felt proud because I went 4 times and 3 times backwards.

Aroha – I felt incredibly proud because I helped my friends.

We are learning to record our ideas in Super Sentences.

Apples from our tree.

We recorded our ideas about Apple Crumble.
Here are some Super Sentences that we wrote.

Everybody picked the apples from the tree.     Krystal

We picked 71 apples and the other day 106, so that makes 177 apples!!    Skye

We cut and chopped the apples into little pieces.     Flynn

We used a sharp knife.      Jackie

Mrs G cooked the chopped apples.      Fletcher

We made nutritious apple crumble.      Mackenzie

We mixed the ingredients with our hands.     Thomas

The mixture was sticky.      Zoe

We squished the butter into the dry ingredients.       Pippa

My favourite part was eating the apple crumble.  It was yummy.        Preston

We are learning to write descriptions.

I is for insects. 

Ruma G's work based on  the letter ‘I’ included writing descriptions of insects.  Read the clues and guess.

Zoe

I have big, fluffy wings.

I have two wings and six legs.

I am red and black and yellow and shiny.

My body is like a sausage.

I have a fluffy body.

I live in the garden.

I fly around looking for food.

What am I?

Flynn

I have a big wings and a big body.

I have 4 wings.

I am yellow and black.

I am oval.

I have soft, furry skin.

I land on flowers.

I collect honey.

What am I?

Fletcher

It has a big body.

It has two wings.

It has black and yellow stripes.

It has an oval body.

It feels fluffy.

It lives in a hive.

It flies to the honey.

What is it?

Brianna

I am tiny.

I have 4 wings.

I am orange with black spots.

I have circle spots.

I have a hard shell.

I live in the grass.

I can fly.

What am I?

Aroha

I have big, see through wings.

I have two wings.  I have six long legs.

I have one blue body.

I have one oval body.

I feel soft and tickly.

I like dead and smelly things.

I like to fly fast.

What am I?

Krystal

I am medium sized.

I have two delicate wings.

I am red and yellow and blue.

I have a rectangle body.

I feel powdery.

I fly in the air.

I like flying so I can find food.

What am I?

Skye

I have medium sized wings.

I have two wings.

I have colourful wings with red, black, yellow, purple, blue and white.

I have a rectangle body.

I feel soft and powdery.

I fly in the air.

I like flying to find food.

What am I?

Pippa

It has a small body.

It is red.

It has 4 circles.

They fly slow.

What is it?

Kingsley

It has a small body.

It is red.

It has 4 circles.

They fly slow.

What is it?

Mackenzie

I am a little bug.

I have two wings.

I can be orange, yellow or blue but I am normally red.

I have black spots.

I have squashed oval wings.

I have a hard shell on my back.

I live where aphids live.

I can fly around.

What am I?

We are learning to name and make different lines in artworks.

Ruma G and Ruma M are learning about different lines so they can enhance the bottle top garden panels.
Ms H came and worked with the learners.
In buddies the children listened and drew different lines to create a ...... clown

We are learning to identify what great learners do.

The learners in Ruma G discussed what great learners do.....

We are learning to discuss maths ideas - Lunchbox Maths

Lunchbox Maths

We unpacked the big boxes that were full of lunchboxes.

Before we opened the boxes we guessed how many lunchboxes would be inside.

We peeped inside and we noticed there were 6 on the top layer and 3 layers altogether.

Mackenzie calculated 6+ 6 is 12 and 6 more is 18.

We emptied all the lunchboxes and checked the number of lunchboxes..

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18!

We sorted the lunchboxes by colour.

There were the same number of blue and neon-red lunchboxes.

There were 8 green and purple lunchboxes.

We would need 4 more green lunchboxes to match the number of neon-red 

lunchboxes.

We are learning to identify the letter sounds - A is for apples

A is for Apples

Our apple tree has a good crop of apples.

We thought of adjectives to describe our apples.

We created signs asking people to leave our apples - they are not quite ripe yet!

We are learning the letter names and sounds.