Generosity

WOW!
Room 8 families were the most generous givers of Gala items and so we were able to celebrate at McDonalds.  See the photos on Facebook.

 Room 8 was aslo the most generous class for Mission Box giving at the end of Term 3.

THANK YOU ROOM 8 FAMILIES FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!!  What wonderful role models you are, following Jesus' example of LOVE.  And following Catherine McAuley's Mercy example too.

WALT measure Mass

We discovered lots about Mass - weight.  We used lots of equipment to see what was the lightest and heaviest.  We used our hands, balances, and scales.
We were able to find out which toy was the lightest and heaviest by balancing them with cubes and counting the number of cubes.

We were able to order containers that looked the same but had 1 cup of different things in them by comparing them with our hands. We discovered that 1 cup of rice bubbles was the lightest and 1 cup of rice was the heaviest.

Some of us added water to a drink bottle until it weighed exactly 500 grams, and added play dough to the bowl until it weighed exactly 1 kilogram!

We balanced the scales with 2 different objects.

We measured the weight of the basket by adding 10 gram weights until the scales were balanced.  We discovered that the basket weighs 180 grams.

We also tried to balance ourselves on the balance board.  It was very hard!!

WALT take digital photos

We have been learning about digital photography and how to take great photos.  This was to get us ready for the Digi Awards.  We used our learning about lemons to create a storyboard and then take the photos to tell a photo story. We used picassa to arrange our photos and put them on a coloured background and add a title.
Here are our final photo stories.

WAL to play the recorder

Mrs Cawood has been teaching us to play the recorder. So far we have learned B, A and G.  We have also learned how to read some music.  We know that  crotchets have 1 beat, quavers have half a beat, and minims have 2 beats.  Listen to our playing on the video and at Assembly on Friday 14th at 2.00.

Run Jump Throw

Last Thursday, Cameron taught us how to do the high jump.  We learned to do the scissor jump.  When we were on the right hand side we had to use our right leg to jump over the bar first.  When we were on the left hand side we had to use our left leg first over the bar.
We also learned how to push the shot put by having the shot in a "clean hand", on our "dirty neck", and one "chicken wing "arm and one Superman or Wonder Woman arm.

Run Jump Throw

On Tuesday, Cameron, who is an athletics expert, taught us how to run, leap and throw.We had to leap over the hurdles, one leg after the other.  We had to use one muscle arm and one Superman or Wonder Woman arm to throw a vortex.  This is helping us learn about throwing the shotput.  The discuss felt like a plastic plate.   We had to have our body sideways like a starfish.  we had to have a duck beak hand on the discus.

Watch out for Room 8 athletes at the 2018 Olympics!!

Digi Awards photography

We have been practising our photography skills to prepare our entries for the Digi Awards. We created a story board, thinking about telling a story, the order of the photos, and the backgrounds.  Here is Ani, Sofia and Holly's storyboard and their photo story so far about making lemonade.

Term 3 Learning

Term 3 Learning

We have been involved in lots of great learning activities this term.

We have used three of the Thinking Hats to reflect on our learning.

OLYMPICS FESTIVAL

By Monet, Ella, Ani, Jacob and William

Yellow Hat – positives

We got to do sports activities.

There were lots of people there.

We learned lots of skills from the helpers.

White Hat – information

We did 5 activities – games, soccer, hockey, rugby and athletics.

There were lots of people there from lots of schools.

We were the team from the Netherlands, and we had flags.

Red Hat – feelings

“I was happy because it was fun doing lots of different activities.

“I was excited because there were sports”.

“I was nervous because there were lots of different schools”.

“I was happy because I scored a goal”.

“I was excited because there were so many people”.

 See Facebook for more photos of Olympics Festival

GYMNASTICS

By Jasmine, Kiwa, Emily and Tyrah

Yellow Hat – positives

Everyone gets a turn at all the activities

We can learn more about gymnastics.  Then we might be in the Olympics one day.

Everybody has fun learning gymnastics skills.

White Hat – information

We do gymnastics in the hall.

We use lots of equipment.

It is an activity for lots of people.

Red Hat – feelings

“I feel so excited because we could learn lots of gymnastics skills."

“We feel scared because we don’t want to fall off the beam.”

RECORDER

By Holly, Sofia, Bradley, Darius and Gihara

Yellow Hat – positives

We will share our learning with our families at the end of the year.

We are learning to play music.

We are getting better each week.

White Hat – information

We have learned the notes B and A already!

We hold the recorder in our left hand.

Mrs Cawood teaches us the recorder on Tuesdays.

We are learning to read music.

Red Hat – feelings

“I feel happy because I am learning another instrument.”

“We feel excited because everyone is learning together.”

“We are happy because everyone is playing nicely and persevering”.

DISCOVERY TIME – LOVELY LEMONS!

By Isabella, Rachel, Isabelle, Zachary, Ciaran

Yellow Hat – positives

 The syrup was really sweet.

We made yellow lemony playdough.

We got to taste things we made like lemon syrup, juice and ice blocks.

We discovered how lemon juice can make invisible writing.

White Hat – information

We discovered lemons taste sour on different parts of our tongue.

If you roll a lemon to soften it, you will get more juice.

A lemon can work like a battery.

Red Hat – feelings

"I felt happy because everyone was helping to squeeze the lemons".

"I felt excited when the iron made the invisible come out".

"We felt disappointed when the lemon battery didn't work.  But we showed perseverance and tried our best and tried different things".

CHURCH VISIT

By Van, Samuel, and Luke 

Yellow Hat – positives

We got to see and listen to Mr Slade who knows lots about our parish.

Van got to wear a cloak.

We got to meet some of the parish helpers.

White Hat – information

The bell is really loud outside but not inside.

There is a library at the parish offices.

father wears purple when it is a sad time, and gold for happy and special times.

Red Hat – feelings

“I felt proud because I got to wear the cloak and ring the bell.”

“I felt nervous when we went upstairs”.

MANDELAS

We created mandelas as a way of praying.  The colours we chose remind us of God and Jesus, and creation.