Beach Trip

Next Thursday we are going to the beach!

Please remember: 

• school uniform
• hat
• water bottle
• morning tea
• lunch

It is a good idea to put on sun screen before you come to school. If you would like to bring a bucket and spade for the sandcastle competition then please make sure that these have your name on them. 

Fantastic Fractions

We have been learning to recognise fractions of a shape. 

We looked at all the fraction pieces and compared the sizes. We discovered that for the same size circle halves are bigger than thirds and thirds are bigger than quarters. We realised that two halves make one whole, three thirds make one whole and four quarters make one whole!  

Silhouettes 2

Here are our first attempts at a silhouette. They are very good. Can you tell what everything is?

Silhouettes

This morning we looked at a variety of silhouette pictures and discussed what they had in common. Then we practised drawing the outline of a picture with no detail on the inside. We talked about the things that made it clear what our picture was of, for example an elephant has a trunk, a giraffe has a long neck and long legs and a lion has a mane.

What does great learning look like?

In Room 13 we are a like a hive of busy bees who work hard at our learning.

We decided that good learners

• know what they are learning and why
• try everything, even though they might fail
• take risks 
• ask questions
• make mistakes - and that's okay

We thought that Bothersome Bees make learning difficult. 

• people talking when they are not supposed to
• too much noise
• people distracting us
• unclear instructions

Brilliant Bees are things that make learning easier. 

• clear instructions
• people who help us
• quiet when we need it
• enough time to finish a task

All year we will be revisiting these ideas and challenging ourselves to be great learners. 

PE

In PE this week we have been thinking about ways to use our body to make different shapes and movements. We have used animals to show this. Here are some pictures of us being tigers, flamingos and worms!

Mathletics

This week the children have started to use Mathletics as part of our daily maths rotation. They are now able to log on independently and can work through the tasks set on their own. Mathletics is great for supporting the work the children do in class.