Friday, May 23, 2014

Leadership Video

As part of our Social Studies unit on Leadership the children worked in groups to make up a skit that would show examples of good leadership in action.  We hope you enjoy this one.

Saturday, May 03, 2014

We sadly had to say goodbye to Mrs Crossen.  The children have loved having her as their teacher.  They are pleased they will still be able to see her around school. We wish her well in having her own room in Room 14!

Saying goodbye to Mrs Crossen

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Our PE topic last term was ABL - Adventure Based Learning.  The focus of the activities were to work together as a team.  We also talked about how to make games better and safer.  We encouraged everyone to be involved.
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We did some amazing painting last term.  We used our dabbing skills to paint pictures of animals.  First we copied an outline of the animal on our paper.  Then we did the base colour for the body.  We had to think carefully about our colours.  When we were painting we were careful to cover all of the white.  Some of us painted in details.  We then worked on the background.  To finish off we used marker pens to go over our outlines and to put in details to make our animals stand out. It took us a long time but it was worth it!  Have a look at our wonderful paintings on the classroom wall.
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We played in the leaves as an experience to write about.  In our recounts we talked about what the leaves looked like and how they felt.  We tried to use words like pointy, squashed, squishy, colourful, and fragile.  First we made a leaf wall, then we played in the leaves.  We had a great time throwing them in the air, at each other and putting them down each others backs.  We wrote about what we saw and heard children doing.