End of Year

Thank you Room 13 for such a fantastic year. I am going to miss you all, have a great holiday! 

Class Party

Yesterday we had out class party the day started with Secret Santa where we swapped gifts,

Then we gave out class awards which came with a candy cane yum!

Next we went for a swim,

Then we had our shared lunch there was so much yummy food to eat!

We ended the day with games and a movie. It was such a fun day!

Special Visitor

Yesterday we had a special visitor in class.... Baileys Dog!! His name is Rocco he is a Samoyed and is 2 years old. He is very fluffy, one of the girls in class made up a simile about him, "Rocco is as fluffy as a cloud'. 

Thanks for coming to visit us Rocco!! 

Our Finished Kaleidoscopes

We have finished our Kaleidoscopes, the final touch was a mosaic design around the outside to decorate them. They are so much fun to look into and see all the different patterns. 

We Made Cookies

Last week with our buddy class we made Christmas cookies 

Thanks Room 4 for all the fun! 

Awards

Today was our final syndicate assembly and there were two awards given out. Here are the star students; 

We also won the award for the best class in assembly look at how nicely we are sitting, go Room 13!!

Times Tables Chart

This week we have been showing our great multiplication skills. 

We started with a empty times table chart.

Then we each chose a times table problem out of a bag and, on a piece of paper we worked it out showing one of the strategies that we have learnt this year like; arrays, skip counting, groups and repeated addition. 

Once we checked this with our teacher we coloured it in and stuck it on the chart. 

We worked so hard to do as many problems as we could and its almost finished, great work Room 13!

Solar Eclipse

Here's a photo of the Solar Eclipse sent in by one of our wonderful mothers. Very cool!! 

Motat Trip

Today we went to Motat and had a look around at all of the exciting exhibitions, learnt about lights and mirrors and went on a tram ride!
Here are a few pictures of the fun we had:

Here we are at the Old Fashioned School. Did you know that back then they weren't allowed to write with their left hands! 

On the tram ride

Learning about lights and mirrors. Look at the glasses we are wearing! 

It was a very fun day. Thanks Motat! 

Origami

Today we made Origami bunny's using instructions that we made in class.
Here is how to make one:

Step 1 & 2:

Start with a square piece of paper, fold the paper in half to make a triangle 

Step 3:

Fold the paper from right to left to make an even smaller triangle 

Step 4:

Open the paper, you should see a crease in the middle 

Step 5:

Fold the bottom part of the paper slightly up 

Step 6 & 7:

Fold both the right and left sides to meet the crease in the middle 

Step 8:

Fold the bottom tip slightly up and flip over your paper

Step 9:

Fold the top part down away from you and tuck it in between

Step 10:

Draw in eyes, a nose and a mouth 

Then you have yourself a cute origami bunny! 

Check out the ones that we made;

We even made a Harry Potter Bunny and a Super Bunny!

Swimming

Room 13's Swimming time is 11.10-11.50 Mondays and 10.30-11.10 Thursdays. 

Swimming will be starting on Monday the 5th of November.

You will need to bring along:
Togs
Towel
Goggles (if needed)
Swimming cap (if needed)
Swimming Bag or plastic bag to keep everything together.

Thanks 

Star Student

Well done to our certificate winner, this student got the certificate for all of her fantastic writing, she has been using lots of interesting language features and plot lines. Well done, I can't wait to read the rest of the stories that you come up with.

Kaleidoscope Eyes

Today in Topic we went around the room and answered questions about kaleidoscopes and wrote down the things that we want to know about them. 

Here are a few of the things we want to learn about kaleidoscopes:

-Why are there mirrors inside of them?

-How can you make one?

-How do they work?

-Why did they choose the name 'kaleidoscope' for that toy?

Our teacher was very impressed with all the great questions that we came up with. 

Quote of the Week

Dr Seuss is one my favourite authors. Who is yours? 

Pikelets

This term in Writing we are learning how to write instructions. This week we made up instructions on how to cook pikelets and today we made them.
We followed the instructions that we wrote and the pikelets turned out great. Everyone really enjoyed them, they were so yummy.

What else could we write instructions for? 

Just Remember!

Term 4 Topic

This Term our Topic is called 'Kaleidoscope Eyes' we are learning all about how our eyes work and we are making Kaleidoscopes, they are toys containing loose, coloured objects such as beads or pebbles. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other creates a colourful pattern due to the reflection off the mirrors. 

Here's a cool website that explains how our eyes work. 

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes.html#