Happy Diwali!

Kushagra's mum come in yesterday to share some information about Diwali, the festival of Light!

The learners made rangoli patterns at the entrance of the hub.

Big enough for Elena to sit in the middle of!!!

The learners were very determined.

They created some amazing patterns.

Thank you Anu for sharing Diwali with us!!!

Kushagra's home learning

Thank you Kushagra for sharing your home learning with us.

You are being a very determined learner both in school and at home!

Time to talk with Ginger

We have been learning how to be good listeners with Ginger this week.
Good listeners:
Look with their eyes
Listen with their ears
Keep Still
And are quiet when it is someone else's turn to talk.
 

Kushagra's home learning

I am digging in the garden to get the worms out of the garden.

I am making my list words using magnet letters. I ran out of letters!!

I drew a map of a city, first with a pen, then I painted it. 

Concept - Philosophy for Children using The Very Hungry Caterpillar

What is change ?

A little egg lay on a leaf ....

A tiny hungry caterpillar looked for food....

He changed and grew big and built a cacoon.

After a few weeks he was a beautiful butterfly.

What do we already know about change?

This is a video that was filmed during the first week back at school. Please click on the link that says 'watch on vimeo'. What do you know about change?
                     
Student Voice concept Term 1 2014 from Stonefields School on Vimeo.

We will capture some more student voice in the next week. This is what the teachers use to plan their next steps in your learning! Our next concept session is on Wednesday this week where many different experiences will be provided for you :)

Break through: Cooking group!!! Photography by Lily Dawson

Hannah, why are you cutting up the strawberries? You are being very careful.

Cymorah, can you tell us what is in the bowl. What will you do next?

How much mixture are you putting in Emily?

What are you all doing with the mixture!!!!

Where is your cake,  what are you making?

Why are you making sure the lid is on Leon?

Josh, that smoothie is very purple, what did you put in it?

Are you ready to taste it Reilly?

What are you all rolling in your hands?

Why are you pushing them down with a fork Eugene?

Icing time! What colours and decorations are you using?

Sit back, relax and enjoy your blueberry smoothie!

Well done every one, your banana cake looks great!!

Wow you guys made a lot of vanilla biscuits! You have decorated them so well.

Those strawberry muffins look awesome! Did they taste good too?

Harold!

We have been so enthused by Harold and what he has taught us, that we shared what we learnt during discovery.  

Some of us even made Harold!

How can we help at home? Washing up the cups in writing this week......

We built our knowledge......

by bringing what we already know about washing up.

We predicted how we might wash up ......

We collaborated and drew our picture plan to record our thinking ....

We shared our ideas back to the writing group.

We got our equipment.

We made lots of bubbles.

We practiced....

and practiced....

and practiced...

washing up....

......

scrubbing......

and cleaning....

drying ....

and putting away the clean cups.