Disco Fever with a Twist

Good times were had again at the disco on Friday night, but this time the outfits were slightly different! Have a look.

Kids Can Cook Kitchen

Last week Chris fro the Kids Can Cook Kitchen came along to show us some healthy eating tricks as well as some cooking tips. He made french crepes (yum!) and put grated apple and chopped silver beet in them! Believe it or not, nearly everyone liked them. It was Nikole's 10th birthday so she was chosen to be the Sous Chef, which is like the second in command. Everyone got to be a taste tester. Delicious!

Football Festival

On Tuesday afternoon English Park held a Female Football Festival to encourage girls to get into football. Since we are just next door, we got to take our girls and boys over to have a few games. It was a beautiful afternoon packed full of non-stop football. It was hot and thirsty work but heaps of fun. Hopefully after this, as well as the football lessons we have been having, we will have some girls and boys keen to get into football clubs. 

Art Piece 3 - Finish the Picture

Today's art - a pencil sketch to carry on a picture. Here are a few examples. It's cool to see how the same beginning can come to many different ends.

Our New Room - Explaining the madness!!

This term in Room 23 we are trying out a new learning environment. We had a think and a talk about where we each learn best, as well as what size groups work best for us in different curriculum areas. We realised that there are times when we work best in a big group, a small group or a pair and other times when we need to be on our own.

So we got rid of messy desk trays and individual desks and we changed our room around. The Room 23 children planned how the desks would go together, moved the furniture and set up a completely new and exciting layout. Now, each time we begin a new task, each child thinks about which learning area will work best for them. This is a step towards managing our own learning in the ways that suit our learning styles. And so far we love it!!!

Here are the names we gave our new learning areas:

Single desk - a cave
Two desks - an office
Three/four desks - a cubby house
Six desks - the conference room
Under a desk - a burrow
Moving from space to space - the gypsy caravan
Our equipment area - the smiggle shop / the stuff boxes

We can also work in the library corner, the computer lab or on the floor.

Jada-Lee and Charlotte in an Office

Niamh, Grace and Jordyn in a Cubby House

Toby in a Burrow

Libby in the Corner Cave

Quillan and Kairau in an Office

Josh in a Cave

Caleb in the Art Cave

The Library

THe Smiggle Shop / Stuff Boxes

The Conference Room