Where is this?

Just a challenge to see if any kids are watching. Jasmine, my trusty blog watcher, I know you won't let me down.
Challenge:Where would you find this sculpture? What is it?

Spelling - prefix or suffix?

Use prefixes and suffixes to create new words, with new meanings, from words you already know. This is a really cool spelling game that we will be using this year. Give it a go to see how many different words you can make.

Hello

Hi my name is James I like motorbikes.

Describing Mrs T

Mrs Taylor's nose is as straight as a runway.

A mouth like an arrow, red as roses, showing her shiny white teeth.

Her hair is like orange springs

Bouncing on a trampoline.

Strong Peppermint Simile Poem

A hot peppermint look as white as a glass pearl

It smells like a cool breeze of fresh toothpaste

It feels like a cold fire freezing my throat

Is taste as minty and strong as perfume

Sour Worm poems with similes

Sour Worm

A sour worm looks like a ridged elastic mountain 

with sugary snow crystals on top of it. 

It  smells like sweaty shoes 

that make you catch your breath. 
But when you eat one
its little kick sets off a sour explosion.

Land Art

Our term 4 topic is Art and Creativity. For a week we went to each senior room and did an art activity. One of them was land art. Land Art is about nature and using the things around you to create something amazing.

I was trying to express with my design what nature presents and how beautiful it is.

Art Experts Week 3

There are heaps of great opportunities to work with artists in Week 3 of our Inquiry.  You have made your choices and are beginning to complete the sessions.  I have seen some brilliant pastel drawing and fine flax flowers.  Don't forget to blog about what you are doing.

Ron Mueck exhibition

Scultpture with Leah

Pastel drawing with Mike Glover

Arty books with Tiffany

Soap carving, string art, mosaics, dance, drama, computer composition, plaster of paris sculpture, fabric and fibre, flax weaving, Maori art, Samoan dance ....

Land art by Angus

                

                  A land art depiction of the ocean, complete with fish and other creatures.

Think carefully about what you learn and how you might use those skills later in our inquiry when you want to express yourself.  What is important to you that you might want to tell the world?

Land Art

Room 6 Land Art on PhotoPeach

Pizza fraction challenge

Our learning teams are all working on fractions at the moment and I found this cool question for you to answer.


The Adventures of Mrs. Meatball.



Mrs. Meatball orders pizza cut into 8 slices. Her daughter eats 1/4 ofthe pizza. Her son eats 1/2 of the pizza and she eats one slice.


1. Is there any pizza left?


2. What fraction of the pizza did the family eat?

I got this questions straight from the blog of Sensational Seven but beware - they are only seven and eight years old.  I hope we can answer their maths problem! 

Go and check out their answers and make sure you post your answer on our blog as a comment.  Don't forget to explain how you solved the problem and add your first name. 

Always keep safe by not posting any other personal details on the blog.

Adopting 'Rock Babies'

As part of the beginning of our inquiry we have adopted 'Rock Babies' to see how hard it is to meet the needs of a child. Many of our babies have clothes, faces and even little box houses. We have to look after them and solve the challenges we face each day. We write a diary with our ideas and what we are learning about child needs.

The first challenge was to find someone to look after our baby when we went to the sports tournament. The second challenge was to find a way to keep our baby warm as we live in a shack with no electricity.

I wonder what Allana will dream up for us to solve next!

Congratulations on becoming a proud parent .... of a 'Rock Baby'.

I want to be the first to congratulate you on becoming the proud adoptive parent of a 'Rock Baby'.  I know you will do everything within your power to meet your child's needs and make sure it has a happy and rewarding life. 

Leave us a comment to explain how you will meet the needs of your 'Rock Baby'.  You have a few days to get organised as the sports tournament is not until Thursday.  But don't forget that according to the Convention of the Rights of a Child there are many things you need to think about. 

How will you manage with your first challenge of parenthood?