Cultural Week

 Cultural Week - Monday 11 September - Friday 15 September

What a very exciting week we had as it was Cultural Week.  The students talked about where they were from and they shared some words from their culture and we learned so much from each other.  They also involved themselves in some lunchtime activities and they got to learn about other cultures throughout our world.  On Friday we came to school in clothing from our culture and some students came to school in the colours of their flag.  We had a full School Cultural Assembly, it was a wonderful opportunity to learn from each other.

At the end of the day the students took home a flag of the country where they are from and they waved it with pride.

Enjoy looking at the photos:

STEM with Mr Rankin

 Stem with Mr Rankin - Thursday 14 September

The students in Room 4 worked with Mr Rankin on the inquiry topic floating and sinking.  They were involved with a range of activities to work in small groups and this provided a lot of discussion.  Tyler and his dad designed a boat with propellers and this was tested at school, it moved extremely well across the water.

Thank you to the parents who were able to come and support the programme, it was very much appreciated.

Enjoy looking at the photos:

Floating and Sinking

 In term 3 the students have been working on the inquiry topic floating and sinking.  We have discussed the word density and have experimented with a range of objects to see if they floated or sank.  We designed our own soap power boat and it moved from one side of the container to the other.  We designed boats out of plasticine and boats out of cardboard and foil.  We then tested them to see how many marbles they could carry before the boat sank.  We also created our own catamaran, recycling two plastic bottles.

Enjoy looking at our catamarans:

  

Maths Week

 Maths Week

The students in Room 4 were involved in Maths Week on Monday 21 August until Thursday 24 August.

The students moved to different classrooms and worked on a range of maths activities.

The activities were:

*number games and using strategies

*card and dice games

*place value games and activities

*crafting with shapes

We all had such a wonderful time moving around to different rooms and working on a variety of activities.

Enjoy looking at photos of the number game activities: 

Buddy Reading - Friday 11 August

Buddy Reading - Friday 11 August

Today our Year 6 buddy class came to Room 4 to hear the students read to them.  They also asked the children in Room 4 some questions about their story.  The students in Room 24 chose a favourite book and they read it to their buddy as well.

Enjoy looking at the photos: