Day and Night

In Room 3 we have been learning a bit about the planets and reasons for Day and Night.  We acted out the earth spinning around the sun.  Here are some of our pictures.




Jacob C and Ali

 Mia and Evie

Cohen and Chloe 

Sean and Brodi

Lili and Natalie

Keegan and Jacob

Seth and Kaleb

Rudi and Carlos

           Fourah and Delilah

Writing

Here are a few pieces of writing  from this week that I enjoyed.  I hope you enjoy them too.

FAST RUNNER
My mum was running with me.  "You are a turtle," I said.  I went past her.  By Kaleb

A BAD DREAM
I was a stuffed bear. A boy said "Here is a bear. I love you bear." I felt scared. I tried to get out.  I couldn't move. By Keegan

A GOOD BIRTHDAY
I am having my birthday outside at night.  I have to open my Michael Jackson statue.  I tear off the paper.
By Mia

CELEBRATING A BIRTHDY
I jump out of bed and run down the stairs.  I say "It's my birthday! Wake up Mum!" By Cohen

GREAT PETS
My pets are good.  I feed them at four oclock.  They lick me.  I laugh! It tickles me.  They chase me.          By Seth

BEACH FUN
I went to the beach.  I swan in the waves. I went through the waves and surfed up the waves.  By Evie

BIRTHDAY FORGOTTEN?
It was my birthday.  I said  "It is my birthday Mum.  Did you forget it is my birthday?" Silly Mum.  I had a present.  Mum didn't forget after all.  By Angelina

BIRTHDAY
I ran down the stairs.  I said "Mum, wake up because it is my birthday." I blew out the candles.  I said "This is fun".  By Delilah

BEACH TRIP
I went on a trip to the beach.  I saw a crab.  The crab nipped me with his claws.  I saw a fish swim around the rocks.  By Carlos

Hi Blog followers! PMP photos!

 Hello people. Well we have had another busy week.  Here are some photos from PMP this morning.  It was great to get out and do this in the hall  -especially as it was a wet play time.  It was great to burn up some energy.

Mia, Sean, Evie, Kaleb and Kalush practise their balance at P.M.P.

Lili crawls through the tunnel. Cohen looks out from beyond.









Keegan on the Moon hopper

Hmmm...improving the memory.  Children are  given a sequence of cards to remember and then recall. Chloe gives this a go.

Natalie and Rudi throwing at a target. 

 

Carlos -fun on the Moon hopper.

Seth in the tunnel.

Catching and throwing - Brodi

Balance - Kaleb and Kalush 

Writing (Hello blog followers!)

We spend a lot of time on writing in Room 3.  We do it every morning rain, hail or shine.  At this level it is about learning to write independently but equally as important, children realising that they have a voice and ideas worth sharing.

Even at this age we encourage children to 'show' rather then 'tell'.  An example of this might be instead of   "I felt mad" -(tell)                            "I stomped my feet and frowned" - (show).

 They are also encouraged to provide quite specific detail about one moment, so rather than
"I went on the swing.  I went home."    
We want  
"I swung up high.  I kicked my legs backwards and forwards.


Here is some writing from Room 3 about Autumn.

I am playing in the leaves.  I jump in the leaves and they dance and swirl.  By Brodi

I watched the leaves float to the ground.  They blew in my face.   By Cohen
The wind blows the leaves to the ground. I grab them in the sky.   By Chloe
I like the leaves.  They swirl all around us. They fall  right down to the ground.  By Evie
I like the leaves.  They sway in the wind.  By Mia

Autumn leaves float down in the Autumn.  I dance with them. We catch them with our hands. By Keegan