Collaborative Research on Playgrounds

As part of our Technology unit on Future Playgrounds, we have started thinking and talking about our favourite playgrounds and what we like about them.   We have also started researching inspiring playgrounds and have posted helpful links on a class padlet to help each other.   See below.

Created with Padlet

A Rainy Day - Calendar Art

A couple of weeks worth of rainy days prompted an idea for our calendar art.   Instead of stormy and dreary, we injected drizzly colour and a puddle dancing pose for fun!  Watercolour has been used for the background and felt markers for the people.

Orders for calendars and cards will be taken at the beginning of next term, so our art is ready early.  If you want to have a quick nosy before then, the folder will be sitting on my desk for the next couple of weeks and then will be handed into the office for later viewing.  

Art Portfolio by Hannah - Home Learning Challenge

Visual Maps of the Waikato for Tourists

Here are a few examples of visual maps with info on 3 attractions in the Waikato worth visiting.  The information was written in a persuasive way to encourage potential visitors.

Gymnastics Video

Check out our gymnastics video posted in Kidsblog.  You can only see the video if you login to Kidsblog using a parent login (uses a google account) OR through your child's login.

https://kidblog.org/class/team-mrs-bell-2016/posts

Man's Best Friend by Kate - Home Learning Challenge

Mans best friend by Kate from Educ8JB

Languages Week in Room 9 - Te Reo

For Languages week, the senior children chose a language out of Te Reo, Mandarin, Spanish, French and Sign Language.  For Te Reo we looked at sports related vocabulary and learned other language through playing games such as knuckle bones and cards.  We also translated picture books written in Te Reo and by using context cues and words that we already knew.