2017 Art Exhibition

Our Art Exhibition theme for 2017 is 'We are Elm Park.' We decided to look at the flowers we could see around our school.

Room 4 practiced sketching the flowers before we decided to make them using paper. We looked at our sketches to see how many petals our flowers had. We all made two flowers that were the same that we had seen around the school; a daisy and a daffodil. The other flowers were chosen by us.

We made vases out of paper and cut out little designs.

Onyx: 'I like my big red vase and all of my flowers.'

Using onomatopoeia in our Reading

We have been Reading with Miss Lee this term. 

Our learning has been based around fireworks because it was Guy Fawkes day. 

We made a sentence about our fireworks too.

Look at the awesome art we made with our Reading groups!

All About Shapes

This term Room 4 has been learning about Shapes. We have been looking around our school for different shapes that we can find (we found lots on the playground!) 

After we found the shapes, we looked at the qualities of each shape, like how many sides they had.

Miss Donnell took us outside and we drew some of the shapes we had seen around our school. In the middle we wrote how many sides they had.

These are my shapes.

Writing for the Future

For our 50th Jubilee Room 4 decided to write about what they love about Elm Park School. We brainstormed some ideas about the things we do in the classroom, people who make our day better and our favourite things to do at morning tea and lunchtime. These stories went into a time capsule that will be opened when the school turns 100.

Being a star writer in Room 4

We are learning to use full stops in our writing. 

'I can use lots of full stops in my writing.'

Learning about Fractions

We are learning to identify 1/2 and 1/4

'These ones are easy for me to draw.'

Re-reading my story

We are learning to re-read to check what I read makes sense.
'My reading makes sense because I know all the words.'

Celebrating Chinese New Year!

For our Inquiry, we are learning about Celebrations.

We have been learning about Chinese New Year. We know some of the food they get to eat during Chinese New Year, and the special things they get to do. Some cities have awesome parades with big dragons. We decided to 
make our own Chinese New Year drums. We painted our drums red and yellow, and Miss Donnell helped us to attach the bells. We think they are awesome!!

Explaining my Picture

We are learning to explain what my picture is about in my own
words.
'My picture has lots of things in it because I am good at
drawing.'

Celebrating Celebrations: Dragon Boat Festival

We are learning to design and create dragon boat paddles.

This term Room 4 have been learning about different celebrations. We have been learning
about the Dragon Boat Festival this week. We decided to design our own dragon boat
paddles because we liked the different designs that some of the racers had. We used
pastels to create bright colours so our paddles would be seen in the water.

Using Expression in Reading

We are learning to use extra expression when we are reading.
'Sometimes I think it is tricky to change my voice because the
words are hard.'

Doubles to 10

We are learning to know doubles to 10.
'I know 2+3 isn't a double but 2+2 is.'

Ordering Numbers

We are learning to order numbers to 10.

Onyx: Using the number cards is easiest. The hand cards are hard. 

I like rugby!

We are learning to relate the story to our experiences.

Onyx: I like the other page about scoring a try. I like rugby.

Picture + Words = Story time in Room 4

We are learning to match our picture to our words.

Onyx: I like going to the pools with Mum. I wrote my story all by myself.

Swimming in Room 4!

We are learning to float on our back.

Onyx: I can lie on my back in the water. I can go underwater too!