Genius Hour

This term we have introduced a new topic called Genius Hour.

This is when students work either individually or in groups to explore, research and learn an area of interest for them. The topic needs to be approved by the class teacher and then the students are responsible for the learning., with support from teacher when needed.

Some projects that we have going on in our class is dress making, sewing teddy bears, creating a video game and learning how to build a working rocket.

This is an amazing session where you really get to see the children passionate about their learning. They show great managing self skills and are eager to share their learning.

Here are some photos.

Leaf Printing

This term our art focus is printmaking. So far we have looked at our fingerprints and the different patterns we can find. We compared them to eat others and discussed how every ones finger print is different.
This week we looked at printing items from outside. The students went outside to collect leaves and sticks. Due to the weather being wet the sticks took to long to dry to use.
Students were allowed to experiment with different colours and different sized leaves. The students learnt then too much paint and you can not seen the pattern of the leaf.

Problem Solving!

This week we had a challenging problem in maths. The students had 16 sticks that had been placed to make 5 squares. The task was to move 2 sticks to make only 4 squares. They showed fantastic problem solving skills, thinking outside of the box and refusing to give up. They worked in partners and individually, then finally in the end all of them working together to tryand solve the problem.

See if you can solve the problem at home!