Shape Art

One of our integrated math strands has been shape. Today we reviewed our understanding of shape and created a piece of art using the 2d blocks. Here are some examples.

Guest Speakers - How We Express Ourselves

We have recently had two fantastic speakers as part of our unit of inquiry. 
Tara, Ben's Mum came to talk to us about playing the cello. We learnt about what inspired her to play and how she could use it to represent different emotions in her music.

Today James came and talked to us about what inspires him to write music. He shared some music he had written and explained the artistic process he goes through to change his music from an 'idea' into a polished piece of work.

Time to learn

We have been reviewing our understanding of time during the past week. The learning focus has been on understanding and reading analogue and digital clocks, and the calendar. We are practicing reading time to 5 minute intervals.

Imagine

"I found this book in class and read it because it is about imagination. That is one of the ideas in our unit How We Express Ourselves. I liked the pictures."

From Sorriaj

Pinnochio

"I chose this book because it reminds me of Vietnam when I went there to meet my aunt. The book is in Vietnamese and English. The story is about an old man who wishes his puppet was a real boy. I think the author had to have a good imagination to come up with the idea. "

By Erika

Nico and Lola

"I chose this book because this book is hooked to our learner profile. I think it shows responsibility. The main idea why I like it is because it says Being kind is treating others how you want them to treat you."

By Sophia M

Ooblek - Dr Suess

Oobleck is very fascinating stuff! The other week Mrs Karyn brought some into class to show us! We used our imaginations and wrote a narrative using the 'what if' scenario of 'what if the ooblek came to life? The children's ideas were fantastic! Ooblek is a non-newtonian fluid. That is, it acts like a liquid when being poured, but like a solid when a force is acting on it. You can grab it and then it will ooze out of your hands. Make enough Oobleck and you can even walk on it!

Oobleck gets its name from the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck where a gooey green substance, Oobleck, fell from the sky and caused chaos in the town. We watched the story online, and then made Ooblek ourselves.