Room 25's (14) Class Blog

What a busy week it's been for our learners in lockdown.  Take a look at what Room 14 has been up to. Today was Crazy Hat day!  Everyone had to make a hat out of recycled materials found around the house.  So much creativity went into producing these crazy-looking hats. Alyssa and her Brother making yummy dumplings. Archie's colourful experiment on growing candy crystals. Ramzy's amazing Submarine - Caravan lego creation. Ramzy's designer lego House with his rabbit hutch on the front lawn. Sharaya and her lovely curved line picture of an Animal Robot.

  Lockdown  Level 4 We are very proud of the students in Room 14. They  have been doing some amazing learning at home. TIN FOIL Art----Learning....................creating...........sharing! My tin foil giant- by Archie A pretty girl- by Ramzy            Cricketers    Khizir and his brother Sharayah's tin foil art and a bright and colourful collage by Ethan Statistics have been a lot of fun. Bar graphs is our favourite . Our future scientist My happy place- collaboration with other family members and writing about our favourite holiday places. Some of us are helping out with the house chores. What a lovely helper Adriana! We are very proud of you. Imogen is lucky to have spotted some cute little spring ducklings!!

It has been great seeing our students once again on Class Zoom Meetings and working from our Class site.   Check out some of the wonderful learning Room 14 have been doing during the lockdown.

  Soil Erosion Experiment This experiment definitely showed us the importance of having vegetation covering the soil!  We discovered that plants and mulch help to prevent the soil from eroding when all three containers were watered frequently.

  DMIC DEVELOPING  MATHEMATICAL INQUIRY COMMUNITIES Statistics Sorting   Gathering information Asking questions Displaying data Making observations Noticing and wondering. T h is is how we decided to sort and gather information about our class stationery. Recording our information. Sorting  Recording our information

  How to Grow a Rainbow   Science Experiment  Did you know that you can grow your own rainbow?   The students of Room 14 did some exploring and investigating. Unfortunately we were interrupted by Level 4 Lockdown and were unable to complete our observations and findings. Here's what we explored on Friday 13th of August. We used: • Kitchen roll/paper towel • Felt-tip pens • A bowl of water • Paperclip • a rubber band What To Do:  1. Cut the kitchen roll into the shape of a rainbow.  2. At each end, use the felt-tip pens to colour a rainbow about 2cm up from the bottom.  Remember the order of the colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.   3. Attach the paperclip to the top of the rainbow and tie a piece of thread to it. This  will allow you to hold your rainbow.  4. Add water to the two bowls.   5. Hold the rainbow with both ends slightly submerged into each bowl of water and  watch you...

  Visual Art Landscapes.  Learn  We have been inspired by  our New Zealand artist, Rita Angus. Create and  Share........here we are! Calendar Art