Making with great meaning

Welcome back to Term 2!
We have already been super busy with our learning. You may have heard or noticed that last week we were super engaged with creating cardboard classrooms. The room was a buzz with problem solving and team work. This enthusiasm stemmed from our reading work on structures. Jet plane reading group has been reading about a number of design features of buildings, inparticular the Cardboard Cathedral and the construction of a Wharenui. These artcles discussed the innovate building ideas the designers and builders undertook to build them. 

The excitement of creating an interesting classroom spread through the class until almost everyone was planning, designing and making their own cardboard classroom. It was wonderful. So many learning opportunities naturally fall out of a task like this. I observed teamwork, commmunicating, relating to others, managing self, problem solving, creativity and flexible thinking. The students were reflective as to what to include in their classrooms. Such a great way to begin the term.

Here are some images to show what has been going on: 

You learn something everyday!

Hi Room 18 families, apologies for the dely in updates. I was trying to store my photos of our work in what I thought was a great location....blogger disagreed..... so I am back to my old ways of storing things!

We have plenty to share with you but will do it slowly over the week so you can enjoy the photos.

This was taken WAY back in the early part of the term when we were just getting to know each other. This is a great way to work together and problem solve!

 

As you can see we got CREATIVE and had some wonderful ideas...we also did LOTS of laughing!

Getting busy planning, creating and making!

For reading at the moment we all have projects on the go. We are busy planning and creating. The classroom is a hive of activities. Please feel free to come in and look or chat about what is going on. Here are a few pictures to show some of what is going on.