Room 24's learning journey

Thursday, 1 August 2019

NZ treasure chest

These are some great websites for reading books.

Radio NZ https://www.rnz.co.nz/collections/storytime-treasure-chest

https://storytime.rnz.co.nz/?utm_source=rnz-redirect&utm_medium=banner-strap&utm_campaign=Elf%20Redirect

Explore!

This term has started really well but super busy. This term we introduced some new activities to our exploring day. Carpentry table, dress ups and tinkering box.

The carpentry table was donated by Kings College and we are definitely making the most of it, however this means that Mrs Fulford and her camera do not get to go and explore our learning. Here are some photos from the last few weeks of exploring.

Carpentry table - We were so excited when Mr Lester from Kings dropped off our new carpentry table. Mrs Fulford rushed out and brought some tools for us. In our tool box are some hammers, nails, saws, drills, a level, sandpaper and of course safety glasses. Mr Lester also dropped off a load of off-cuts for us too. Mrs Fulford was so impressed with us. All the children who have used this table have listened carefully and followed the safety instructions for the tools. Mrs Fulford showed them how to hammer a nail and most children needed no more help than that. Some have made housed and boxes. Simote made a castle!

The children who have tried their hand at carpentry so far have developed skills like ...

showing perseverance, being risk takers, being reflective, being thinkers and inquirers, being able to make plans and set goals, being communicators and finally negotiating!

Tinkering box - Mrs Fulford has been doing some investigating and learning around play based learning. She read about tinkering boxes. These are boxes in which you have some tools and some old unusable electrical equipment (with the plug cut off)The children are able to use the tools like screwdrivers to open up the equipment and see how it works. Dayton, Rose and Fayth have particularly enjoyed this new activity. Dayton is born for demo! His plan is to use some of the piece like wires and springs from the tinker box along with the box he made at the carpentry table to create a time machine. What an imagination - we love it!

Musical instruments - we have a new box for exploring which is very popular. The music box. Room 24 are obsessed with the band Walk off the earth who re-create popular songs only using household objects, simple instruments and their voices. Here is a link of one of their videos.

We have been trying to create our own musical magic!

Dress up box - Mrs Fulford has been shopping up a storm. Hayleigh in Room 24 had one wish for her birthday - a dress up box so Mrs Fulford went to the shops and then cleaned out her wardrobe to make a dress up box for exploring. It is definitely a hit! Can you guess who Swayzee is pretending to be?

Playdough table - in holidays Mrs Fulford found a cool playdough set to add to our playdough table. She made some yummy raspberry smelling playdough in week one and our creative juices started flowing. Here is one crazy creation.

Here are some other photos of the fun!

Cook Island language week 2019

Kia Orana

Welcome to Cook Island Language week 2019

This week Room 24 are celebrating Cook Island language week. The theme this year is ...

"Taku rama, taau toi: ora te Reo" - "My Torch, Your Adze: The Language Lives".

Here are some videos and websites so we can learn more.

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Rarotongan.htm

For our school wide celebration we are learning the Lord's prayer in cook Island maori.

The Lord’s Prayer

E to matou Metua i te ao ra,

Kia tapu toou ingoa.

Kia tae to'ou basileia.

Kia akono'ia toou anoano i te enua nei,

mei tei te ao katoa na.

O mai i te kai e tau ia matou 'i teia nei ra.

'E akakore mai i ta matou ara,

mei ia matou i akakore i ta tei ara ia matou nei.

'Auraka e akaruke ia matou kia timata ia mai,

e akaora ra ia matou i te kino.

Noou oki te basileia, e te mana,

e te kaka, e tuatau ua atu

Amene

This week Room 24 are going to be learning some greetings and language as well as making some beautiful tivaevae and art during exploring time. Look out for the photos and videos.

Monday, 29 July 2019

Community swim started today - YAY!

We started our swimming lessons and we had so much fun. Here are some videos and photos of our very first lesson.

We can not wait for next Monday!

Thursday, 25 July 2019

The moon - 10 word challenge

The moon

As part of our learning pathway topic about space, Room 24 learnt about the moon this week during writing.

We watched this youtube clip from National Geographic and wrote down the key words we heard to remind us about the important information.

At the end of this session we re-watched the video and ticked the key words as we heard them.

On Tuesday we used these key words to complete the 10 word challenge. These were the 10 key words we used.

Moon 4.5 billion years

debris dust and rock

China craters

20th July 1969 asteroids

5th largest meteoroids

Here are some of our stories we wrote using the key words.

The Moon

The moon was formed 4.5 billion years ago. The moon is as big as China. The moon is covered with dust and rocks. The moon is the 5th largest moon in our solar system. The moon has deep holes which are called craters. What caused the craters were meteoroids and asteroids. The moon was made from debris. On 20th of July 1969 a man went to the moon. That man who went to the moon was called Neil Armstrong.

By Azaelea

The Moon

The moon is as wide as China! The moon is the 5th largest moon in the solar system. It was formed 4.5 billion years ago.

By Agnes

The Moon

The moon was formed 4.5 billion years ago. The moon is as wide as China. Did you know that the moon is the 5th largest moon. On 20th of July 1969 astronauts went to the moon.

By Kalahata

The Moon

The moon formed 4.5 billion years ago. The surface of the moon is covered in dust and rocks. The moon is as wide as China. It is the 5th largest moon in the solar system. An astronaut went to the moon on 20th of July 1969.

By Levi

The Moon

The moon is as wide as China. It was formed 4.5 billion years ago.

By Sarah

The Moon

The moon is the 5th largest moon in the solar system. On 20th July 1969 a man walked on the moon. The craters on the moon were made by asteroids and meteoroids.

By Dayton