We Are In A Book

We Are in a Book! By Mo Willems. Once upon a time there were readers reading Gerald and Piggie. Their names were Christina and Amber.

The 13 Storey Treehouse.

Room 12 have been reading The 13 Storey Treehouse as our class book this term.  It is part one of a very funny series by Andy Griffiths.  We thought it would be fun to have a go at creating our own treehouses.  Here are some videos of students describing how they made their treehouses.

Tomorrow we will be writing about our treehouses.

On Friday 23rd October there will be a show at school called Stig - Live @ the Library.  He will be talking a lot about Andy Griffiths books.  It sounds like it will be a very funny and entertaining show!  You can follow this link if you would like to find out more.

http://www.stig.com.au/

Lilith, Amber, Ashley, Summer's Post on Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Today we made a flower garden with spirals in it. It also had leaves made of hands and it had lots of butterflies. The trees have hands for leaves. The snails were the biggest ever. Their names are Bobby, Groovy, Abby, Emily, Rainbow Rise and Shine and Daisy. By Amber, Ashley, Lilith and Summer

Amber's Story

Pyjama Day

It was fun coming to school in our pyjamas today.  Look at all of the different colours and patterns.

To start off our Pyjama Day we did an activity called Find Someone Who Has...
It was was fun trying to find people who were wearing a onesie, stripes or spots, a dressing gown or buttons.  There were so many different types of pyjamas!

After morning-tea we had a yummy hot chocolate with marshmallows while we shared our stories with buddies.  Next we did a sorting activity.  We had to put our soft toys in order from biggest to smallest.
We could think of many other ways that we could sort the soft toys too.
Lightest to darkest, smoothest to roughest, widest to thinnest, most chewed to least chewed and we could also put them into different colour groups.  There were so many different ways that we could group our toys.




















Lastly, we wrote some stories describing our pyjamas.  Here are a few examples.

My pyjamas are purple and stripy and soft.  When it is Pyjama Day I wear the pink, stripy, soft pyjamas.  The rest of it you already know.  I love my pyjamas.
Amber

My pyjamas have beautiful love hearts on them.  They are snuggly and warm.  I love my pyjamas.  I love pyjamas. I love sleeping in them.
Emma

Today it was Pyjama Day.  I wore my onesie.  My onesie is very, very warm.  My onesie is black and tan.  My onesie is a one part.  I love my onesie.  My onesie has buttons in the very middle of my onesie.  I forgot my slippers because I was too tired.
Noah

My pyjamas are black and white, also, red and pink and grey.  My onesies are so fluffy and hairy.  My pyjamas had so much beautiful snowflakes.  They are the best Hello Kitty pyjamas.  They had love hearts and x's.  They feel so good but they make me hot.
Ruby-Rose

My onesie is part of the Minions.  My onesie is a little bit big.  It keeps my body warm.  It makes me yawn and sleepy.  My sleeves are quite a bit long on my arms.  It is very long on my legs.  The colour of my onesie is yellow and blue.  The blue is the suit.  The yellow is the body like the beautiful shining sun.  The blue is like the ice cold water.
Trae

My pyjamas have stripes on them and they are rainbow stripes.  The top of the pyjamas has an owl on it.  The owl has a love heart on its tummy.  My pyjamas are very soft and smooth.  They are peachy-pink with sparkles.
Tilly

I love my pyjamas because they're nice and snuggly.  They have patterns, Christmas patterns.  I love them.  Their colour is yellow.  They have red stripes.  They have long sleeves.  They have purple carrots.  They have salami, rainbow salami.  It has one hole.  They have spots.
Lilith

It was lovely spending the day reading a lot of stories too after such a busy day yesterday.

Planet Posters.

Room 12 have had a lot of fun learning about the planets in our solar system.  We have been doing research, learning songs and exploring with art.  Today we were busy making posters about the different planets.  We worked in groups of 4-5 and we all had different tasks.  After we had finished finding all of the information and presenting it on our posters, we then shared all of our information with the class.

Here is a song that we have been listening to about the different planets in the Solar System.

Please come and check out our posters. You'll be sure to learn all sorts of new information.  Room 12 are becoming experts on all things about space.

Dioramas

This afternoon we had a fun technology/crafty session where we used a variety of materials to create a diorama or model. We had three choices based on our current events - a flood, a classroom, or space. The students chose to work individually, in pairs, or in threes. Look at what we've done!

We gathered supplies.

We measured and cut.

We used teamwork and compromising skills.

We had unique ideas.

We planned and shared ideas.

Reading Programme

Our reading programme is always very busy, and full of changes. The students are making great progress with their reading, and we do a whole lot of literacy activities while groups read with the teachers.

We learn about word families and make real (and sometimes silly) words by putting the start and end of words together.

We are gymnasts!

We have had an AMAZING time at Big Air Gym this term. It has been stunning to see how much progress we have made in our confidence, strength, coordination, balance, and general motor skills. The instructors at Big Air Gym have been fantastic, and they helped us to learn so much. Look at us go!

Warming up:

In our classroom

We are lucky to have different teachers and different furniture in our class. We have teacher aides who help us with our work, and other teachers who come in sometimes.

We also have jelly bean tables to work at and one even has a whiteboard top so we can do our work straight on it!

See us working in our class.

Big Air Gym

Every second Monday this term we have been walking to Bigair Gym.  Room 12 has enjoyed learning how to use the different equipment and they have been practising their gymnastic skills.  They have been practising things like balancing and flexibility while also learning new skills and increasing their fitness.  The students are slowly being challenged which has been great for their confidence.

Chinese New Year

Today in Room 12 we talked about Chinese New Year.  We listened to a story about the dragon called Nian.  We learnt why people who celebrate Chinese New Year use fire crackers and the colour red.  Rm 12 then had a go at making their own Nian dragon.  Over the next few weeks we will be looking at different festivals and celebrations from around the world.  Please let us know if there is a festival or celebration that you have in your family that you would like to share with us.

Flying High

We are flying high in Room 12, so today we had a hot air balloon focus (which will continue throughout the week). We read "Barney Malloon's Balloon" all together, drew hot air balloons and wrote stories about where we would go if we were in a hot air balloon. We also sang this fun song together!