Room 16

Lachlan & Jonty - Cheetah

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Coll & Hunter - Springbok

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Millie & Kiwi - Tasmanian Devil

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Sam & Lee - Cheetah

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Joe & William S - Cheetah (using leopard image :) )

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Saskia & Alyssa - Gorilla

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Mia & Niamh - Gorilla

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Caitlin, Shouzo, Hannah K - Porcupine

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Hannah J & Gsbby - Giraffe

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Watch Hannah K, Sam & Lees Thing-link presentation on schools in Venezuela & General Information.

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Coll, Max M & Niamh - Argentina

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Joe, Shouzo and Mia - Chile

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Lachlan & Jonty - Ecuador 

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Sam, Hannah K & Lee - Greenbottle blue tarantula from Venezuela 

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Hunter & Gabby - Guyana

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The children had a great time at Orana Park yesterday. Thanks to all the parent helper who came.

A huge congratulations to all of Room 16 for completing this years in class poetry competition.  Hannah, Max, Hunter and Joe will be moving into our Year 3 /4 competition with William and Johnny as our runners up. Below are the individual movies for each child. 

Ka Pai everyone, I hope you felt proud of yourselves! 

Year 4 Boys 2016 Poetry Competition

William M

Max M

Jonty

Hunter

Year 4 Girls 2016 Poetry Competition

Millie

Mae

Caitlin

Year 3 Boys 2016 Poetry Competition

Joe

Marley

Lee

Johnny

Year 3 Girls 2016 Poetry Competition

Alyssa

Gabby

Kiwiarna

Mia 

Niamh 

Hannah K


Casting Magic With Worms

Room 16 had a great day at the Botanic Gardens learning all about worms and their place in the environment. It has motivated us to start our own worm farm at school!

ORAL LANGUAGE TERM 2

This term we will continue to develop our oral language skills by sharing our experiences and interests and by finding information to share with our peers. Please find below the topics we will be talking about this term on a WEDNESDAY, in our buzz groups, with partners or with the children from Room 15. There is so much to learn about being good listeners and speakers when we talk to our peers and listen to their ideas!

The children will need to be prepared with their ‘news item’ It’s a good idea to put this list on the fridge so you can see the upcoming topic and have a chat about it at home first. The sharing time is brief – 2-3 minutes per child. 

Come and see me if you have any questions.

Kim

Week	Topic
Week 2	A current local event – can you find out something interesting happening in our local community?
Week 3	A machine from the past. How did it work?
Week 4	A national event -  please check it is suitable for children to share with the class.
Week 5	A musical instrument – do you play an instrument you can share with us?  If not, is there an instrument you are interested in learning? Find our about it and bring in the facts!
Week 6	My pet – we’d love to hear about your pet – or a pet you’d love to own!
Week 7	A talent - we would love to see or hear about something you are good at!
Week 8	An international event - please check it is suitable for children to share with the class.
Week 9	An Olympic sport – what sport are you excited about watching in this year’s Olympics?  What can you tell us about it?

CROSS COUNTRY 2016

Music

Room 16 first worked on identifying beat and rhythm. They then responded to recorded classical music, working on identifying the changes in sound. Later the children moved onto body percussion soundscapes. They had a great time!!

Ball Skills

Mrs Berliner took Room 16 out for a game of 'rob the nest' today. They had a great time learning the rules of the game and how to work together to achieve success!

Science - wonderful science!

Today Room 16 made a 'tornado in a bottle' as part of our integrated inquiry topic based on the Wizard of Oz. They had a great time experimenting with water, dishwash liquid, and glitter. See if you can make one at home! Tell Mum or Dad as much information as you can remember about tornados! (Hint: Vortex! Funnel!) 

Space Writing

Room 16 have been looking at creative writing this week. We were learning how to use a topic sentence and break our ideas into paragraphs. Feel free to come in and have a read of our ideas based around living in space.

TRYathlon

We will be holding a year 3/4 TRYathlon in a few weeks time, - more details to follow. It would be a good idea for the children to practise riding their bikes beforehand.

Aquagym 

 The children had a great time last week at Aquagym - Here are some snaps thanks to Hannah our photographer!

Self Portraits!

Over the past 2 weeks Room 16 have been working with Mrs Berliner to create their own self portraits. They have been looking at: proportion, tones, shadows and highlights through the artwork of Rita Angus. Come in and have a look!

Studyladder

Please check your child's home learning book for their login and password. It would be great if you could help your child to learn these off by heart. I will update the activities regularly and eventually group the children for more directed learning. This term it would be great if they could have a play around of all activities.