Market Day

Market Day Photos

https://goo.gl/photos/iw9xtWyakjhoG7zGA

GOODBYE MISS P!

Shared Lunch in the last week of Term 2 to say goodbye to Miss Phillips.  So much food - thank you everyone for bringing it all!

Tangrams

Tangrams are an ancient Chinese puzzle. There are 7 shapes that can be arranged to show pictures. We watch the following video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5mc-dkYLfI

And then rearranged the shapes to make the pictures:http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/tangram.swf

Next Step: We had a copy of the tangram pieces each and used these pieces to practice making the 3 pigs black shapes.  Once we had made a shape, we drew it in our math mental books, showing the pieces we used. The hard part was using all 7 pieces in each picture! 

We were working on our chrome books but also collaborating with others. Once we had made a shape, we put our names and the shape number on the white board - then took turns sharing on the big screen the solutions. 

We certainly did enjoy exploring this Ancient Chinese Puzzle! 

More Play Dough Photos

Ratios and Play Dough Term 2

What better way to explore Ratios than to make Play Dough?

We discovered the amounts of each ingredient had an effect on the consistency of the Play  Dough.

Here were our original ratios:

PLAYDOUGH

Materials:

·         large mixing bowl

·         1 cup water

·         4 cups flour

·         2 to 4 tablespoons of canola cooking oil

·         1 1/2 cups of salt

·         food colouring

Instructions

1.   Pour water into a large mixing bowl.

2.   Next add food colouring.  Once you add the food colouring to the water, stir well.

3.   Add the dry ingredients (flour and salt) to the mix. You can stir a little at this point to begin blending the ingredients.

4.   Next add 2 to 4 tablespoons of oil. You can add more oil later if the mix seems to dry. Oil is the secret to keeping this "no cooking required" recipe soft! If you don't add enough oil, the mix will be very crumbly.

5.   Knead the ingredients together until a soft dough is formed.

To store, simply roll the dough into small balls and keep in plastic bags or a plastic container!

Learning Pit

This week we looked at the Learning Pit.   This is how we grow as learners and how we take on the challenges of learning.  We all find ourselves in the pit when we are faced with learning that we find hard. The challenge is to find ways to climb out of the pit - to master the learning and to know that it is okay to be challenged - we only learn when this happens. If we can jump over the pit then we are not learning.  Its okay to make mistakes. 

The individual learning pit posters in Room 22 are brilliant!  Photos of them all will be on the student blogs - have a look - Room 22 are learners!

WHATU POKEKA

A Whatu Pokeka is the blanket we wrap around our children to give them comfort and security.   

This week, Room 21 and 22 completed their Whatu Pokeka, We talked about how we belong at Forrest Hill School - not just because we all wear the same uniform but for many other reasons, like the friends we have, the sports teams we belong to and the teachers we have made a connection with.  These are our green feathers.  The yellow feathers are how we feel valued - friends who listen to us, being able to learn what we are interested in,  and many other ways that are all now part of Room 22's Whatu Pokeka. .