Wednesday Afternoon At The Beach

Room 14 made their way to the top of our Ladder of Kindness and as a reward we spent Wednesday afternoon down at the beach.  

This is how we spent the afternoon:

Making sandcastles.

Collecting shells.

Burying Osa Talanoa

Digging.

Looking under shells.

Checking out the rock pools.

Everyone played really well with each other and it was great to see.

If we get to the top of the ladder again, we'll have another trip down there.
Let's hope we get there soon :)

Solid, Liquid, Gas by They Might Be Giants

We have been learning about the changes in states of matter and what better way than through song.

Duffy Books

We received Duffy Books today. Always grateful. Happy reading Rm14.

The Olympics: Then and Now

This masterpiece was storyboarded, written, directed, filmed and edited by the kids of Room 14.

Our Papier Mache Town

This is how we made our papier mache (it's a French word) town.

The finished work. The kids were proud.

Crayons and Ink

A great idea shared within our team: Draw a cityscape with white crayon on A3 paper. Then colour within building shapes with coloured ink. Then colour in a night sky.

Come in to see the finished product.

Paper Mache Houses: Step 1

We have started work on our paper mache houses for the school's art exhibition.  Our team's theme is architecture and I think that the children will love the paper mache process: Making their own glue, slapping on the paper, painting the houses, seeing them on display ...

Step 1 was planning the house. We did this on Explain Everything with the hope of showing these on the kids' blogs and in the exhibition. The budding architects had the choice of drawing their plan on paper as well, which were photo-ed and put onto the EE activity/video.