Another
great day!
Room 24 and 25 had the greatest time on Tuesday.
We explored, communicated, inquired, persevered, negotiated, co-operated, collaborated
and participated. All the skills that super learners need! Mrs Fulford and Mrs
Martin noticed the great conversations children had particularly when play didn’t
go their way or when issues with other children happened. Today the videos we shot are about the language and conversations you can hear.
Today we did a slightly different set up...Room 25 had the creative making stuff like painting and construction while Room 24 become a huge area for blanket forts. LOTS of fun!
Perseverance - today a group of boys showed great perseverance and team work. They decided to build a huge blanket fort in Room 24 using tables, chairs and some long sticks. They had old sheets and plastic table clothes as well as the tarps. They got straight into organising themselves and as they went realised that the pegs would not be enough for the huge fort so... they went and found string! Halfway through the fort fell and the boys had to start again. They didn't stress or get upset but persevered and started again. This time Mrs Fulford suggested using the chairs to hold the blankets.
Creativity - Today some of the children choose to paint, some to draw outside with chalk and some used construction. Syriah was so focused on her boat that she spent the entire session making it. She even commented at the end that she had spent a whole hour making it! Charlie and Dayton also made boats. Charlie's boat was super fast. Mrs Fulford talked to him about how boats always have names so he decided to call his Speedstar. As he was writing his name on the boat Mrs Fulford talked to him about blends. Speedstar is a great word as it has SP and ST. Watch his video about how fast it really goes. Dayton made the Titanic today and then tested it in the mud kitchen sink, creating waves to test it buoyancy. The base of his boat was made from plastic as he learnt from previous trials that cardboard and paper broke in the water.
At the art and craft table Steven made Mrs Fulford a beautiful tiara with a heart. It said "I love you Mrs Fulford" She wore it all afternoon!
At the painting station there was lots of beautiful paintings been created. Swayzee was painting the Tongan flag. It looked great!
Today we made chalk paint using equal measures of cornflour and water. When the consistency was right we added in the different colours with dye. Earlier in the day we watched a scene from Mary Poppins where they jump into the chalk painting that Bert creates as well as a cool youtube clip of chalk street art. The children loved painting outside on the concrete. There were lots of different images created including Faiva's amazing picture of Fing (from the book that Room 25 is currently reading)
Cars and rotations - Babylon and Caleb as well as Dayton (R25) spent time on the playground racing their cars. The boys enjoyed racing them down the slide measuring the difference between the winners. Later the boys took the cars into the cylinder part of the playground and tried to make them do a full rotation of the cylinder. Mrs Martin could hear the laughter and conversations so she went to investigate and have a turn! Next week the boys might like to try getting the trundle wheel and using it to measure accurately how far the cars went.
Ancient Greece and cupcakes - in the sandpit today some of the girls made some delicious cupcakes and mango juice which they shared with Mrs Fulford (Yum! Yum!) Some of the other children created a city based on the pictures and information they were learning about Greece (This is a focus for R25 for art exhibition)
Quanitah enjoyed her time in the sandpit today. She used the wooden planks to created a bridge then balanced to get across.
Tea party - Finding a quiet space today was a bit hard but Chris managed to find time to have a tea break from all his learning.
Potions and pouring - in the water play area the children made different potions. Tekau made a potion to make Mrs Fulford taller (Thanks Tekau)Other children experimented with mixing and pouring colours.
