In keeping with the Centenary theme, Room 18 had a handwriting lesson the old-fashioned way… with a quill and ink. It was definitely trickier than it seemed, and A LOT messier than using a pen!
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On Friday of week four, and Monday of week five, our Year 3 and Year 4 classes got to step back in time at Howick Historical Village. It was an awesome experience for the tamariki who got to make scones, grind grains, go on a mini archaeological dig, and play old fashioned parlour games.
In the afternoon the children and adults were able to explore the village and see what it was like living and going to school in the early 1900’s. We had a fantastic time! Ollie, from Room 19, has recently brought in some of his olden days items. He brought in a World War II helmet earlier in the week, and then yesterday brought in some old fizzy drink bottles and cans. It's interesting to look at and discuss olden days artefacts - especially since it's our school's 100th birthday this year. Do you have any olden days artefacts you'd like to bring in and show us?
We've discussed this quite a bit in Room 21, and this is what we've figured out: Can you add to our ideas about what mathematicians do?
On Wednesday, we had our Year 4 to 6 Swimming Sports Day. We were amazing!! We all did our best, supported each other, and even cheered on the teachers during the teachers' race. We were VERY well supported by our parents too, many of which were there helping to time races, start races, and cook the BBQ.
We're analysing our faces closely in Room 19 as we draw self portraits. We're studying the shape of our facial features, measuring the distances between our eyes, and using mirrors to help us. We're not finished yet, but we're pretty excited about how great they look already! We'll post again once they're all finished. We've been following the Statistical Enquiry Cycle to ask a question, make a plan, gather and sort data, display and analyse the data, and reach a conclusion. Sometimes at school we get free time, or free choosing. If you walked into our classrooms while we were doing this, you might not think we were learning. . . but we are! We're learning to:
Today in Room 19 we talked about the Key Competencies. These are part of the New Zealand Curriculum (this is the document that tells teachers what to teach us!). We talked about how 'key' means important, and 'competencies' are like skills. The Key Competencies are important skills that will help us be successful in life.
We discussed the Key Competency called "Managing Self". We figured out that we can manage ourselves, our behaviour, our learning and our belongings. Managing Self might look like:
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