Mosters for Sale

We're working on persuasive writing this term.  We've started out with a Monster for Sale activity.  We're working on persuading other people in the class to buy our monster.  Next week each student will choose the monster that he or she would like to purchase.  We will see which student does the best job persuading the rest of the class to buy his or her monster.  Keep an eye out here for our finished products.

               

Caine's Arcade

Check out this video about Caine's Arcade.  We watched the video in class today to launch our inquiry for this term.  Our topic is "Be the Change!"  The video inspired us to dream big, even if our idea takes a lot of effort and energy.  We know that change is not easy!

Introduction to Geometry

Today we started our introduction to geometry.  The class started by brainstorming all the different shapes they could think of and the names of the shapes.  

After sharing the shapes, we looked and examples of polygons and shapes that were not polygons.  Using the examples, the class was able to come up with the characteristics of polygons.  They now know that polygons must be two dimensional closed figures with at least three straight sides.  

Next we went on a shape hunt and found examples of polygons in our classroom and around the school.  We specifically looked for triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and decagons.  Some of us researched the names for polygons with more than ten sides because we found them as we looked around the classroom and our school.

Jump Rope for Heart

Today we participated in Jump Rope for Heart.  The students were extremely enthusiastic and skipped for thirty minutes.  Some students skipped more than 2,000 times during the half hour!  Wow!

Compliment Celebrations

I am so proud of Room 7 for earning their third compliment celebration of the year!  We can't wait to celebrate with Room 7's Got Talent on Friday!

Production

Room 7 did an amazing job at production!  Take a look at some photos that were taken by Mrs Andis, the student teacher in Room 3, and some of our writing about the two performances.

Loud yells echoed through the church.  Room 7 was shivering with excitement.  The lights went down like a power cut and the church fell silent like a mouse.  Room 7 waited patiently for their turn.  After Room 8 came off the stage, Room 7 crept back stage.  As the music started again, Room 7 made their two circles.   Room 7 danced they came from Nepal.  It was beautiful.  Our favourite part was when the rock music started because we got to have a change of dance.  We hope that we can dance again sometime!

Aidan, Frankie and Julia

On the first night of the production we were in the kitchen getting ready to go on stage.  When the music started everyone was happy and nervous.

Jake, Zachary and Eli

Production was amazing because everything was put together in a great way. When we did our dance our theme was Katmandu.  We felt nerves as we went on the stage.  The lights were very bright as we danced.  We loved it and we can’t wait for the next one!

Keira, Nate and Leigh

We could hear people chattering loudly in front of us as we walked into our lines in the foyer.  Me, Ben, and Emma liked Room 4, Room 6, Room 9 that were before us.  We walked on the stage and we could not help but smile.   My favourite part was when the music changed and everyone looked surprised.  My least favourite part was when we had to wait backstage.  At the end cheers and whoops filled the air.  It was an awesome night!

Emma, Ben and Allie

Production was amazing because everyone tried their hardest and participated.  Our costumes stood out and looked really, really cool.  Our favourite moment was being on stage.  Jayden’s least favourite moment was waiting for our turn.  Joanna and Ethan’s least favourite moment was leading people on and off stage.  We loved production!

Jayden, Ethan and Joanna

It was almost Room 7’s turn.  My heart started pumping out of my chest.  We started dancing and it felt like no time at all.  It was Room 2 and 3’s turn next.  Their song was really cool.  It was really fun doing production.  We loved it.  We were so scared.  We were awesome when we were waiting.  We were being really quite.  We sounded like mice.  We had a favourite it was Room 2/3’s dance.  It was quite fun at production.  We hope we can do it again.

Tara, Noah and Jacob

I had bad stage freight.  I felt very, very scared.  I felt very nervous.  I saw lots of people.  I saw a lot of people.  I saw my mum and dad.  I wondered if my mum was recording me, my brother, and my class.  I wondered if my mum and dad liked it.  I wondered if my mum was waving.  We loved the production!

Alice, Casey and Poppy

Calendar Art

Check out some of our calendar art that is available to purchase from the Home and School! A folder with all the art is in the office available for you to view.