Team 2 Technology -Paper making in Room 7

We have had to solve problems along the way to making our paper.
We used old picture frames and had to stretch the shade cloth net as tight as we could and staple it to the picture frames.
We discovered that only newspaper mushed up into a nice paper pulp to dip our frames into. Coloured paper and even white treated paper would not blend into a suitable watery pulp.
We are now having fun trying adding extras like small leaves and flower petals to our paper during the process. We are also enjoying making our paper into usable objects such as notebooks and gift cards.

Hikers Big Day Out - Term 2

Last Tuesday all the classes in the junior school went for a trip to the Botanical Gardens.
It was so much fun to go together with all our friends.
We spent some time exploring the autumn leaves, collecting treasures for our scavenger hunt, making leaf boats, playing in the giant tree and playing on the playground.
Thank you to all the parents who helped out and came too!

Starting of Sandpit Term

In sandpit term all the teachers and students get to learn and create in a metaphorical sandpit. This means we can teach and learn about the things that excite the children and be creative with our learning process.

Today was the start of our sandpit term where the children were introduced to their Technology topic. (technology got the most votes)
We researched two key questions in pairs on an ipad.

Keep checking our blog to find out what our exciting subject is!

More Statistics

 Miss Clifford explained to us how to turn our data we collected in our pictographs into bar graphs.

 Here are some more photos of us using cubes to make our bar graphs.

 Ryan found that by linking all the bars together he could turn his block bar graph into a line graph.

Statistics in Team 2

In Rooms 6 and 7 (Team 2), we have been using statistics to find out about the children in our class.
We have been collecting data (information) , counting data and comparing this new information.

We have been making graphs and pictograms, then making comments and statements about what we find out.  We found out  that 18 children have brown eyes in our Team, while only 2 have blue eyes.  

We also counted and compared the number of boys and girls in each room, making bar graphs to represent this.

Team 2's Assembly End of Term 1

We really enjoyed putting on a play of Dr Seuss's Sneetches story. This story is a reminder about how we can be friends with others even if they are different from us.

The children worked hard, one group on learning lines and acting for the play, the others in set and prop construction.

 

The Hikers Big Day Out

 Wow! What an amazing day we all had on Wednesday.
It was our Hikers Junior School day out this week. We spent the day in town and visited the Margaret Mahey Playground and the Imagination Station. It was a fantastic experience to be there together as a school and the children had a fabulous time exploring, playing and encouraging each other.
Many children experienced something for the first time or tried something that they had been afraid to try before.Yavnit encouraged me to try the big silver slide. "Yes you can, Miss D!"he said. So I did!

After spending the morning at the Margaret Mahey playground our collaborative class walked down the road to visit the Imagination Station.
There was more than enough lego for everyone and the children were free to create and build from their imagination.
There was a lot of quiet sharing and working together.

On the way home we were all very tired after our big day out.
The bendy bus was very exciting to ride, however, most of us had spent all our energy on having a fantastic day!