Sunday, 27 August 2017

The life and times of Room 18

A normal week in Room 18 is never the same. We take learning opportunities as they arrive...(all while ensuring the curriculum is being covered ;-).

Here are some photos that capture the essence of these learning adventures.


 In Physical Education we have been learning about rolls, holds and position. We LOVE performing our routines to the class.


 We are researching food chains and food webs. We found this helpful when we went to the Groynes where we learnt first hand about herbivores and carnivores.





In science we have been honing our observation and recording skills. We are also trying to apply these skills in other learning areas. We have found we need to use these skill in art too. When blossom peeked out last week we took the opportunity to draw them. 



 With the BIG winds last week Mr Pike needed to remove a tree that was rotten at the bottom of the trunk. This was beyond exciting for us...we HAD to PEEK and PEEP at the tree removers. They were very skilful at climbing trees!


One of our writing sessions last week was a poem from Vernon Scannell. We really enjoyed the poem...and the games of hide and seek. Some of us could become professional hide and seekers - we are that good! Our poems are pretty amazing too. Feel free to come in and ask to read them.


Great times at the Groynes







































Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Science Writing


As a response to our experiment we decided to explain the process of one of the combinations. Some of us chose to write a two word sentence response. They needed to correctly show the process of the experiment and include scientific, senses and time sequence vocabulary.

Check them out here! 


Test tube
lemon juice
then acid
last berroca
than mix
super sour
super yummy.

By Lucas



test tube,
baking soda
vinegar and
then it 
went fizz.

by Connor



test tube,
flour, water
and then
it went 
very sticky.

by Connor 


Monday, 7 August 2017

Science is so awesome!

We love science in Room 18! 
Today we explored what happens when you mix a solid and a liquid. We focused on two science learner attributes to ensure that we were building on our capabilities and understandings around the nature of science. There is always a loud learning buzz and a hive of activity in Room 18 when we are doing science. (we also love bee metaphors after learning SO much about bees in our last reading inquiry) 

We decided that the following needed to be our focus for this lesson:
Observation I can....
  • ask a question starting with -  how? why?
  • select appropriate sense (five senses) to make observations
Recording I can...
  • draw and write to record my scientific observation
  • record and report honestly about observations





Here are some photos to show you our learning:











Stay tuned to see how we linked our science learning to our writing....so good!