This term we have been learning how to sketch and shade 3D shapes. We all showed great resilience as it took a lot of practise to get our shapes looking right. We then wanted to create an optical illusion with our final display. We spent a few days planning and creating what colours we might use and how we would lay out our 3D shapes. Here is our completed art work!
Today we worked in groups to figure out a math problem. We had to find which chocolate bars would be bigger than one whole alien chocolate bar. In our groups we had to think of as many ways as we could to find a bar bigger than 1 whole. We all collaborated by sharing our ideas and justifying how we knew our bar was bigger than 1 whole. It was amazing to see that every group represented their mathematical thinking in a different way. We had drawings, symbols, and writing.
It was amazing to see all the different thinking.
For the last week we have been collaborating on creating our own respectful board games. We have worked really hard to make sure our games are fun, they show all the ways we can be respectful and that they are creative. Today we finally got to play our board games. We had great fun, especially when we picked up a challenge card that was not respectful and we had to go to detention. It was great to play each others games and see what ideas they had used on their challenge cards.
This term we are working on a Foodimal project for writing. So far we have used our creative minds to create a whole new food/animal. Our animals are made up entirely of food. There has been some amazing creations:
* Pandacorn- Panda and popcorn
* Snoodle- Snake and noodle
* Applsnake- Apple and snake
*Frish- Fruit and fish
*Eggwin- Penguin and egg
* Pizzabird- Pizza and bird
Here is us carefully publishing out Foodimal factfiles. Next week we will be working on descriptions.
This week we have been working hard on working as a whanau in maths time. We shared our ideas of how we work as a family:
* We all play our part and contribute.
*We politely agree or disagree with someone's ideas as long as we justify why.
*We make sure we listen to each others ideas.
The task we worked on today as a whanau was based on the three bears. We had to figure out who took the longest path home.
Today we had our first Futsal lesson. We ensured that when the coach was giving the instructions we showed respect and listened carefully. For the tasks we had to get into groups of 5. We had to work collaboratively to be able to complete the activity. We had great fun and Mrs D was super proud of how well we were all encouraging and praising each other. We can't wait for next week!
This week we learnt which Fale each person will belong to. Once we new who was in our team we decided to collaborate on a creative poster to display in our class who is in each Fale. The students were fantastic at sharing their ideas on how their posters should look and who would complete which task. It was great to see them working as a team already!
