Cherries braved the rain and visited North Marine Park this week for some fun! They showed great social skills, sharing skills, turn taking and good behaviour when out in the community.
Birches have been learning about the different kinds of mechanisms in DT. The children created their own design plan to create their own moving picture. The children chose to create a picture using a sliding mechanism. The children referred back to their plan to create their designs.
This week Cherries had their own Roman day in class. They dressed up as Romans wearing armour and tunics!
They designed and painted their own shields, then marched around the yard to scare away enemies.
They played some Roman inspired games.
All finished with a Roman feast.
Birches class have been learning about significant monarchs and their roles and responsibilities. The children have enjoyed learning lots of facts and being able to create their own portraits of significant monarchs.
This week Pines went to visit Newcastle airport. We enjoyed travelling on the Metro and were super sensible dealing with lots of delays! We went for a walk through the airport and looked at the check in desks and found a big ‘no entry’ safety sign. However, the most exciting part of our visit was watching the planes take off, we enjoyed waving the passengers off on their holidays and watching the planes disappear into the clouds!
Birches class listened to Ed Vere, an author and illustrator. We discussed his book ‘The artist’. The children were able to discuss the story, answer questions and make predictions. We also discussed the characters thoughts and feelings and how we can relate. Birches also looked at and discussed the illustrations in the story and even had a go at doing their own pictures.
Cherries and Willows have worked very hard building their greenhouses over the past few weeks in DT. They finished them this week by using cling film to create the walls, and left a doorway ready to put something inside. They also tested the strength of different materials and whether they were waterproof, discussing other suitable materials they could have used.
Birches class had a parent workshop this week where the children worked with their parents to create a magnetic maze. The children have been learning lots about magnets so really enjoyed this task. There were lots of creative ideas and everybody did really well to create a working magnetic maze.
In today’s mindfulness session the boys worked on deep breathing and came up with some positive affirmations for themselves. Some of the boys said – “I am kind”, “I am awesome” and “I am a good friend”.
This week the children in creative club designed their own butterfly puppets and had some time to socialise and play.
