Term 3 Week 6

We have had another great week in Room 5.  This week we sadly had our last session with George from Nelson Football.  We finished off our sessions with a mini-tournament.

In Room 5 we had our first discovery time this week.  Sally put out a range of activities to choose from.  These included sewing with hessian, xylophones, crazy catch, animation on the IPAD, creating our own plays and card tricks.  We all had lots of fun and Sally enjoyed seeing how we focused on our Key Competency of Participating and Contributing.  Many of us had to co-operate together, negotiate and we also learned from one another.

As part of our inquiry we also have been creating stop animations.  These have been lots of fun and we look forward to showing you them when they are all completed.

We wrapped up the week with a cake stall for our camp.  Together as a syndicate we raised $510!!!

A = Animation, B=Blogging, C=Collage, D=Dance

A= Animation.  As part of ICT we have been learning all about animation. We have had fun creating animations on the website ABCya Animate.

B= Blogging.  Check them out on our individual blogs next week!

By Cooper

By Cullen and Charlie

C = Collage.  This term in art we have been learning all about collage.  Last week we had fun creating our own recycled roosters. Check them all out in the corridor by the school office.

This week we explored making our own crazy Picaso inspired faces

D=Dance.  We also visited the Suter Art Gallery this week.  Our topic was dance inspired by the Suters Art Collection.  In groups we created our own dances to tell the story behind the artwork.  Here is one of them.  Look out for the rest of the videos on our individual blogs this coming week.

Futsal

We have been really lucky to have George from Nelson Football taking us for Futsal Lessons.  He teaches us lots of fun games and activities.  Sally has noticed that we are all getting better from week to week.  Check out some of the photos of us in action below.

Photos by Ruby R

Futsal by Slidely Slideshow

Catch up time

A lot has happened since we last posted on our blog. Last Monday we were lucky enough to have Button's visit. He is the Guinea Pig from Klara's brother's kindy. We have been learning to observe,notice and describe. Check out this great descriptive poem written by Coooper

Buttons

Whiskers twitch frantically

Claws grab people as they try to pat him

Fur brushes against people's hands

Mouth nibbles looking for food

Ears listen to people talking

Last Wednesday we ended up having a rainbow themed morning. We had lots of fun creating our own metaphor rainbows. It was Ruby's birthday the day before and her sister had made her amazing rainbow birthday cake. Ruby was very kind bringing it in to share with us. 

We were also lucky enough to visit the Water treatment plant up the Brook. We learnt all about how the water in Nelson is cleaned and treated and gets to us in our homes. We know that we are really lucky because we have been reading about children in Africa who have to walk 12km each day to get water for their family.