Symmetry

The children have been busy this week making symmetrical patterns and finding the line of symmetry in objects.

Stories about today

It has been such lovely weather we all sat outside and thought about words to describe what we see, and feel. These are our superstar authors. 

The sun makes me melt. The green grass is tickling my feet. The leaves are dancing in the wind. William

The whooshing air is swirling around me. The soggy wet grass is tickling me. Saria 

The cloud is moving in the blue sky. The grass tickles my feet and toes. Tussocks are swishing in the wind. The clouds move after clouds. Eden 

The swishing tussocks are waving everywhere. It feels like a hedgehog spiking me. I feel so ticklish when it moves and I roll over on my back. It feels tickly too It is fun outside. Kiana 

The breeze is floating on my face. Grass prickles on my legs. Clouds fall on my face like candy floss. 
Ania-Kanu 

The grey clouds cover the little blue sky. After a while the clouds move away and I see the big blue sky again. Ryan 

The fluffy clouds look like candy floss. The blue sky looks like shiny glass. The whooshing wind is flowing past. Lucas 

The shaped clouds are moving around. The sun s making my eyes water. The green grass tickles my legs. Angus 

The clouds are like a fluffy cat in the sky. The back of my legs feel like fire because of the sun. Prickly grass is damp. Thin leaves are floating past. Max B

Capital letters

 Cody has been matching lower and upper case letters.

 These children have been writing their friends names with capital letters on the balloons.

Remember to send along healthy fruit snacks for our 'Brain Breaks'

Our Fabulous Holiday Stories. We have been trying different sentence starters and using adjectives to make our stories interesting.

I fastened my boots.  I buckled my boots and slipped into my skis.  

I got better and better.  

I had a smile on my face from ear to ear.

I smiled and smiled.

I was proud of myself.

I went on the chairlift.

Ania-Kanu

I fastened my seat belt.  The air hostess said "Please be seated"

I drove in my car to my Nana's  house.

Then we went to a house beside the beach.  

The sun shone in through my window.

Olive Seddon

I flew over my poles.  I went flying and fell over.

I went with my family.

The cold air flew past my face.

I had to wear a warm jacket and a woolly hat.

Ryan Coupe

Splash! I jumped into the water.

I was proud of myself because I learnt how to swim in the swimming ring.

In the swimming ring I kicked and kicked.

It was fun.

Marley Lahood

Hip, hip hooray!!!It was my birthday.

I loved it when my friends gave me a present.

Then I opened them.  I couldn't wait to open them.

I ripped the paper off the present.

I loved when I saw the presents.

Saria Halabi

"Mmmmmm". The cookies are cooking in the oven.

  I can smell the chocolate melting.

I am stirring the mixture to mix it up.

I am eating a cookie.

It crunches in my mouth.

Ayla

Ryan's Story

The white snow is shining in the sun. The grey clouds are covering the mountain tops. The lonely tree stands in the water.

By Ryan

Independent Number Learning

Abby and Rachael practise skip counting by singing and using the hundreds board to help them 

Ryan investigated number sentences on a whiteboard. 

Max also investigated number sentences. Great independent learning.

Exploring Learning in Pod 2

Arliya and Lili are exploring learning and writing in their investigating books

Summer has been exploring the correct way to write numbers on the whiteboard.
Then she wrote it in a new language. for fun. 

Sam is exploring basic facts to 5 using multi-link cubes and a whiteboard. 

Anu and Ania-Kanu are making shapes from the Big Book

Ryan exploring shapes 

Ella and Kaya exploring shapes together

Celeste is exploring new words on the whiteboard

Marley is exploring repeating patterns with shapes from the Big Book

Kiana is exploring how to write a sentence correctly in her book. 

Glockenspiel band

George and Jah took themselves into the sound box to practise on the glockenspiels. Ryan was the beat in the background.  George was learning Twinkle Twinkle Little Star off the chart while beside him Jah was counting to 100.  Great way of using music to support your learning boys.

Learning through music

George, Jah and Ryan were working together using music to learn.  George was following the numbers to play Twinkle Twinkle and then tried to problem solve how to play Jingle Bells.  Alongside him Jah was using the glockenspiel to count to 100 and Ryan was providing the rhythm in the background - this was all at the same time.  The boys had been working in the performance space for quite some time and waited until the sound box was empty so they could work in a quiet space.  Great choices for learning.

Technology at its best

Ryan storytelling on the interactive whiteboard

Isabella learning her word wall words

Technology plays a vital role in Pod 2. It allows self directed learning without the assistance of a teacher. They can learn whenever they need or want to in a fun and interactive way. Although these children are working alone, many children become the experts who teach other children. Many children work together to problem solve, try new things, learn to navigate around sites and apps in a safe environment. Technology provides us with another teacher in the classroom to support our teaching and extend thinking. The potential and dimensions technology provides us is unlimited and endless.  The children are very proud of their learning that they achieve even without a teacher.

Learning a new word

Kahlarni - writing on the mini whiteboard

Talking into the phone to hear the word.

During our Knowledge Building Community discussions we have been investigating how we learn. We found out that we all learn in different ways doing different things. These are a few photos to demonstrate how we found the best way to learn a new word.

Taja - Making the word 'thank' with playdough

Sebbie - making 'there' using lego

Ryan - making 'A' using blocks

Finley - making 'she' on mini whiteboard

Abby - making 'too' with playdough

Kiana - Making a poster of 'saw' using different colours

Sam - making 'see' with playdough