Maui and the Sun

We built our knowledge by reading Maui and the Sun.  

Next, we made meaning by summarising the story.  After that, we applied our understanding by creating our pastel and dye of the sun.  We collaborated by deciding what colours to use, and where to draw our koru.  

We are great artists!

Student voice

Do you remember what you said about communication?

Maths Learning in Hub 5 and 6

Can you order numbers to 20?

Can you read and match numerals number words and patterns?

Do you know some dice games that can help you practice counting and recognising number patterns?

Do you know the numbers before and after to 20?

Practising our list words with word finds and chalk

We are practising looking for our list words in word find puzzles, looking through each line from left to right.  Another great way of practising them is drawing with chalk outside. We have put some of them up on our word wall, so we have another place to look if we get stuck.

Literacy Time!!

We were writing about what we would cook on a bbq, sausages, steak, chops and all with tomato sauce! What would you like to cook on  a bbq?

We were learning about dinosaurs!! We even got to draw and cut one out!!!

The yellow group were building their knowledge around compound words e.g netball, playground. Can you think of any compound words?

Break Through 28th February Animal and Art Groups

We looked and found out how to use pastels to create patterns.

Experimented with different designs.

We went to the library to research patterns.

We drew inspiration from animal patterns and used them to create our own.

Today in concept we were learning how to change the sound of our instruments.

Some of us shook our shakers harder to make the sound louder.

Some of us changed the way we used the instrument which made the sound of it change.

Can you remember how many different sounds you were able to make?

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?

Thanks to our 'make our lunch' helpers!

Making Our Lunch!

Last week we spent our writing time writing invitations.  We invited our parents to come in and help us to make our own lunch.

We planned our menu and got into groups to decide on the special touches we wanted.

Yesterday was the big day when we made our delicious food!

Measurement with Mrs Jackson

This morning at the start of our Marvellous Maths Day we talked about our Learner Quality of being Determined.

We did some great thinking about Jack and the Beanstalk. What is taller than and shorter than.

We measured who was taller and shorter than.

Some of us are the same size too.

We measured ourselves.

We made tall beanstalks.

We had to be determined.