Motor For Snails

Today we made a motor for snails. We got an engine. If you pull the string the fireworks come out. It was awesome making the motor.

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.

Planets and Shaving Cream

What do planets and shaving cream have in common? Art, apparently! Today we made planets for our wall, using shaving cream and dye powder. We've been looking at space, and the solar system and we wanted a planet display for our wall. Sensory and messy play is an important part of learning so we made the most of it this afternoon!

First we looked at the colours of the planets, got into groups, and then cut out our planets. We put shaving cream on the table, and mixed it around with our hands. Then we added dye powder in the colour of each planet, and mixed that in. We had to wash our hands next, before we put our planets face-down on the shaving cream and patted it, to make sure that there was colour on all the parts of the paper.

Movemprove 2015

Room 12 have been going to Movemprove lessons every Wednesday in our school hall during Term 1.  Students love going along to build up their confidence and work on their movement skills.  The added bonus is that it is a lot of fun too!

St Patrick's Day week part one.

On Monday Room 12 arrived at school and noticed that someone had been in our class and left a big mess.  There were green footprints on the yellow table and and all sorts of green things left all over our floor.  Everyone was very puzzled and suggested a lot of ideas about who may have been in our classroom.  Some of Room 12 thought maybe Harold the Giraffe had spent the weekend in our classroom!

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.

Insect week part two

We have done SO much insect work this week. We should all be able to say some of the things that make an animal an insect. We learnt how many body parts an insect has (3), how many legs an insect has (6), what an insect has on top of their head (antennas/feelers), and something that a lot of insects have (wings).

Some of us have been enjoying school work so much this year that we start doing our handwriting and writing before school even starts for the day!

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.

Graphs and tally charts

We started this year off by doing our maths strand for the term, statistics. We've been learning to make bar graphs and pictographs, and reading graphs to find out information. We've been using phrases like "more than" and "less than" to help us understand the data in a graph.

We've graphed how many letters are in our names, what colour or pattern our sunhats are, and our eye colours. Can you see what eye colour is most common?