We had a lovely time reading with our buddies in Room 13 on Friday. Room 8 went to the library early to choose a book that we knew our buddy would enjoy and that we could confidently read.
Our focus when reading today was to make our words flow smoothly and to add expression, so our buddy would enjoy the story.
Latrell, Gordon and Markell even read a story aloud to us all.
We finished off our time together by drinking milk under the oak tree and a fun game of 'Cat and Mouse'.
In the senior school last term we had electives where children got to choose from a range of activities on offer - art, music, coding and stop motion animation.
In Room 8 we worked in small groups and used an app called 'My Create' to make stop motion videos.
We had to come up with an idea, build the set, then film. Filming required taking hundreds of photos that when played quickly, make it look like the objects are moving by themselves. This took patience and careful planning.
The videos were then all put together to make 'The Adventures of Bob'.
Our ANZAC art and writing is up on display.I am so proud of the thought, detail and effort that went into each piece of writing. Please feel free to come and visit us in Room 8 to check it out.
During the last few weeks of the term, Room 8 were learning about the significance of ANZAC day and why the 25th of April is an important day of remembrance.
We read stories, watched video clips, re-enacted the landing at Gallipoli, wrote poems and stories and created art work.
This important learning was supported by Mrs McAree, who at the time, was travelling around Europe with her son Sam and his Kapa Haka group. They were following in the footsteps of the Maori Battalion. Her email updates and photos created lots of great questions and discussions. We were able to view Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium (where Mrs McAree emailed us from) via Google Earth and see the 34,941 square metres of land dedicated to the casualties of the First World War - many of them unidentified.
We wrote the following poem for Mrs McAree and Sam to read at Flanders Field on behalf of the children in Room 8...
Here we are busy working on our art...
We look forward to sharing or finished art and writing with you soon and we will continuine to find answers to our questions next term.
Wow....what a week! A terms worth of learning from each class was finally on display at our whole school Creativity and Innovation Expo.
We were blown away with what each class had come up with and we were so proud and excited to finally be able to share our learning with our community.
Here is a quick look back at the the process of creating our musical instruments...
Coding and Makey Makey fun!
Creating our instruments.
Hooking up the Makey Makey...
Making Music...
Alongside this, we were researching our instrument, taking notes, drawing diagrams and writing information reports. We were also composing our own music and lyrics and experimenting with instruments in the music room with our buddy class.
This has been the most incredible learning! Room 8 students have been self motivated learners who have worked wonderfully with their partners. They have displayed fantastic creativity and the ability to work collaboratively to problem solve when things got tricky.
We celebrated our learning with a short 'concert' last week. You can check out the video below...
