Today some students in the 1/2 Level played a game called ‘Reversi’ during Maths Groups today. It involves trying to block the other player’s counters so that you could capture them as your own. It was a bit of a combination between connect four and chess. Our brains were really working throughout the session.
Here is some of us at work ……
The 5/6 students began learning about our new Ozobots which we have purchased thanks to a generous donation from our Parents Association. An Ozobot is a small robot that can be programmed to do different actions such as go faster, turn left or change colour according to the commands (or codes) the user gives them.
Here is a picture of an Ozobot.
Today the students drew coloured lines into codes that they hoped moved the Ozobots in a certain ways.
Here is the 5/6 students hard at work.
Many groups had success with their Ozobots and more importantly learnt lots of new skills that they will use in future lessons.
Here is one successful attempt.
In 1/2M we are learning how to write an information report and we have been learning about lions. We have done lots of research about lions. We have learned that lions live in a group called a pride and they are carnivores which means that they eat meat. The male lions have manes and they eat first because they need energy to protect their family. Lions are mammals and they feed their cubs milk. Some of the keywords we are using in our information reports are habitat, carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, breeding and endangered. The photo of the lions was taken in Africa by Miss McGing and we labelled it with their features. We are having lots of fun taking turns labelling photos on the Interactive TV.
Written by 1/2M
On the 23rd of November, 5/6 W, 1/2MC and 1/2C gathered together in the library to share books that show Diversity. The 5’s and 6’s each got assigned to a couple of the 1/ 2’s each and shared our thoughts on diversity in our library books. The 1’s and 2’s listened to what the 5/ 6’s had to say and they answered questions they asked. The next activity was to find a book on the shelves that showed diversity. The 1/ 2’s task was to show the older students where the diversity was and to prove it using the text or illustrations. The 1/ 2’s did very well answering the questions and proved their thoughts about diversity in picture books quite well. They showed deep thinking and were well behaved. The 5/6s enjoyed sharing their learning and spending their afternoon with the 1/2s.
By Chloe and Rosh (5/6W)
On Wednesdays at lunchtime the Year 6 Technology leaders have organised a game designing club for our 3/4 students using the Gamestar Mechanic website. The students are very engaged during this time and happy to use their lunch time in this club. This is some of the 3/4 students thoughts about this club ……
Nik: It is really good because I love gaming and learning about how to create our own ones.
Patrick: I think it is really cool how you can create your own games for others to play.
James: I think it is really creative and fun to be a part of this club.
Cooper: I think it is fun to be able to play other people’s games that they make and the quests are cool too!
Yesterday all the Grade 1/2’s had a special incursion for our Inquiry unit, ‘Diversity’ in the MPR.
We learnt about the different types of drums and instruments used in Africa. Each student got to play a ‘Djembe’ drum, and show off their dancing skills in small groups. We all had a wonderful time learning about Africa, its music and dancing.
Nick – “It was very interesting because I’ve never really seen a drum like that before.”
Flynn – “It was good and funny. I liked it.”
Chloe – “It was fun and I liked how the drum they played, was used to communicate.”
Marlee – “I liked that we got to dance and that we got to do a beat with the drums.”
In 1/2 R this week we have been learning how to be a bucket filler.
We read “Have You Filled a Bucket Today?” And discussed how we fill each other’s buckets by saying and doing kind things to each other. We also learnt about bucket dippers. Are you a bucket filler or a bucket dipper?
Parents are invited to fill their child’s bucket with a little positive message.
On Tuesday, all of the Grade 1/2 students participated in rotations to create different pieces of playground equipment. There were 4 rotations; See-saws with Mrs Campbell, tunnels with Miss McGing, swings with Mrs Capron and round-abouts with Miss Ryan. The focus of these rotations was how to be innovative, creative and work effectively in groups. Everyone had a wonderful time creating their playground equipment and can’t wait to design and create their own, over the coming weeks.
On Friday May 6 the mothers of our community gathered together to share a very special Mother’s Day breakfast. The Community Space was redesigned into a restaurant arrangement together with the round tables, cake and white table clothes. We had a huge turn out of mothers which helped to make the day even more special.
Afterwards each class shopped for their precious mothers and we are very lucky to have so many very talented mothers in our community to make all this wonderful stuff.
We hope all of our Mum’s have a very special Happy Mother’s Day!!
