Developmental time!

On Friday we had 'Developmental time'. This is an opportunity for the children to design and create! It is also a fantastic time for me to observe the children working with each other, as well as showing they can being Responsible for their own learning by managing their time. It's also another good way for me to see our 4 R's in practise.

Our Learning Intention reads /(W.A.L.T):

We are learning to Create a piece of our own art or craft.

And our Success Criteria reads / (W.I.L.F)

What Im looking for in your art or craft is:

-Use of water colour paints

-Magazine pictures or words

-A drawing of your own

-Something glued on

-Your name

It was so interesting for me to observe the children working busily away at this task. Lots of fantastic focus! I'm so proud :)

The Painting table

Decorating table

Almost finished!

Magazine table

Designing on the white boards......or Fast Writing words

Decorating table

And some lovely examples of finished work. All looking very proud of themselves : )

Antarctic Centre Fun!!

On Monday, The Room 3 and Room 10 children went on a trip to the
Antarctic Centre.
The purpose of this trip was to spark an interest on this terms Inquiry topic  ’Mysterious Cold places’.
We were very happy with Jane, our teacher at the Antarctic Centre. She was a fantastic source of information and she looked after us all so well.
The day was spent, first in their special classroom where the  children were impressed with the interactive activities and clever blue lighting, which set the ‘mood’ for our Antarctic experience. We then had a thrilling ride on the Hagglund, my personal favourite. Then we had some time to spend with the little blue penguin's. The children asked some superb questions when watching these little guys. Next we watched a breath taking movie on Antarctica and afterwards we were able to spend some time in the Gallery where the children were able to move freely and have some ‘hands on’ experiences with the attractions and equipment on offer. Our grand finale was the ‘Snow and ice experience’ ; we were all treated to a ‘summer’s day’ in Antarctica. A day in Antarctica wouldn't be complete without a snowstorm, so we all huddled together through a snowstorm with a minus 18 degree wind chill factor! Something many of the children will never forget.
I was so proud of Room 3. They all followed our 4 R’s and which made our day pleasant and enjoyable. The children  gave everything a go and had a truck load of fun. Thank you families for supporting this trip, it was an amazing experience for all who went.
: ) Rochelle

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Check out the Antarctic Centre!

Welcome to our Class Blog

TaLoFa, 
I'm excited to get our class blog up and running. Please take time to read the information about 'Class blogging' it is a good place to start and outlines the safety expectations on the children, parents/adults when making comments. 

We have some cyber pets on our blog. We have a fish tank and some gorgeous penguins! I thought the Penguins were very fitting as we explore "Mysterious Cold Places" for our Inquiry topic this term. We head to the Antarctic center on Monday 13/5/13. This is going to be a fantastic trip to spark the interest in this topic with the children. 

: )