This blog is evidence of Jazz Rolton and Room 12's journey using web2 tools within a variety of curriculum areas, but especially in the areas of literacy, numeracy and Inquiry learning programmes from 2009-2013.
After going to visit the storyteller, Rm 12 came back to school and drew pictures of the monster that was in the story about the judge. We made connections with the story to visualise the monster, this helped us create our picture on paper.
Yesterday we had Discovery Time and our topic was Easter. The workshops we could work in were decorating eggs with crayon/dye, easter baskets, easter cards and the easter "gem" hunt. I wanted to decorate eggs so I decorated 2 eggs. We drew patterns on them with crayon and then soaked the eggs in dye, the red dye worked well. The eggs were hard boiled which made the decorating alot easier. The people who chose the easter gem hunt drew maps. Then Mrs Rolton gave them 3 gems a piece of fruit, carrots from our garden and a chocolate egg or rabbit. The easter eggs looked yum. I just can't wait to do it again!
A few weeks ago Room 12 made little people from a cardboard people stencil for Room 4 our buddy class. We put them inside a envelope then wrote four things about ourselves so they can remember us. A couple of days later we went to Room 4 to give them our little people, that we made for them.
We gave them to our buddy's then we told them four things about ourselves. Next they told us 4 things about them. We asked our buddy's what was something they now know about us to see if they had listened. Our buddy's played with their cardboard people, then it was time to leave.
Mrs Rolton asked Room 12. "How do we say goodbye in Maori?" Room12 said, "E Noho Ra." and Room 4 replied, "Harere Ra." E noho means to sit so we say E Noho Ra to the person sitting or staying. The person staying says Haere Ra to the person leaving or Ka Kite Ano which means see you again. We really hope our buddy liked the people we made for them.
Last week at Discovery Time we did camping. We all had toasted mashmellows. Tyler, Theissen and Anakie and I were trying on shoes that would be good on camp. Then we all went for a walk, we had a map to find where we had to go. We didn't follow the map and then we got lost so we looked at the map to find why we went the wrong way. We did the right thing and looked at the map.
Recount written by Satisha
Last week at Discovery Time we discovered things about camping. I worked with Mia, Theissen, Chloe, Kathryn and Madison. We were trying to put up a tent we didn't quite finish it because there were some other people doing the same activity as us and they got all the equipment first. So we had to find some other equipment in the class, so the tent would stand up. We were doing our activites while Mrs Mckee toasted marshmallows with groups of people. Tyler was the first person in our group to get a marshmallow. They were gooey but very nice! Discovery time last week was awsome and lots of fun.
