Grand Prix

We have been blitzing multiplication to finish the year.  Adan and Jordan are our champion drivers in the Multiplication Grand Prix.  If you would like to try this at home over the holidays, the link is:
http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/grand-prix

Humpty Dumpty play in Room 3

The puppeteers.

Kaleb handed out bags of popcorn before the show.

Chloe-Mae was the narrator.

Cockle Bay book character parade

Everyone in Room 3 enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book character.

The book characters took to the playground.

A fail safe way to check if your book bag is empty!

CBS Commonwealth Games 2014

A gold medal for Hannah C on the hula hoops.

 Move aside Glasgow, Cockle Bay is holding the Commonwealth Games.  All classes, together with their buddy class, rotated through a myriad of sporting events.

A new Commonwealth sport - dancing to Justin Beiber.

Netball is always popular at the Commonwealth Games.

Kaleb makes a dash at the Commonwealth high jump.

Cheyanne makes a great finish on the Commonwealth high jump.

New Zealand always does well at bowls at the Commonwealth Games.

Kaleb showing awesome balance at the Commonwealth gymnastics.

Jordan moves effortlessly along the beam.

Hannah T ready to intercept a pass at the Commonwealth badminton.

Our trip to MOTAT

The conductor told us all about the trams in the olden days.

Ashley helped the conductor drive the tram back to MOTAT.

The conductor let Ashley wear his conductor cap after helping drive the tram.

Jacob and Jordan were back at school, even while we were on a trip!

Cade used the hammer, rods and blocks to make a tall tower.

Nisha, Chloe-Mae and Hannah T made a skateboard.

Adan and Ben made vehicles using wheels and axles.

Room 3 and Room 5 worked together on the gear cogs.

A broken thumb didn't stop Daniel pushing Josiah round!

Bella and Daniel look like hobbits!

Jackson played the jandal drums!

Foul Play - Whimsical Pictures of Birds

Ganujan and Jordan working on their art

We studied the art work of Jenny Foster and made a colourful, humourous bird in her style.

Even animals co-operate in Room 3

Jordan brought Possum to help Hedgie lead our handwriting warm-up to  "The Crazy Frog".

Winter Maths

Can you guess what number we skip counted up to?

We are learning to skip count in fives using gloves.  First we count up, then we count back - that's the hard part because you have to take your glove off very quickly as the class counts back to zero!

What's Adan wearing by Jordan

What's Adan wearing?  I think Adan is wearing some sort of hat.What is it? I know, it is a possum hat with sheep wool.  Where did Adan get it from?  I know, he got it from Room 3.  Mrs Bear gave it to him, and room3 and room 5 had a turn, but what about the  other classrooms?  I think Mrs Bear is being mean to the other class and not caring.  He is wearing it because the weather is winter and he is freezing like a snowman and the wind is cold.

Primary Science Week

Jordan measured his rocket shape carefully.

We used a straw to propel our rockets through the air.

Gloop . . . is it solid or liquid?

This was a hair raising experiment for Rebeca!

Karissa, Jacob and Ganujan races their balloon rocket cars.

We cut out paper flowers.  When we placed them in water the petals unfolded as water made the cells in the paper swell.

We did lots of experiments during Primary Science Week.  Some people participated in the Science Selfie challenge and uploaded a photo or video of the balloon rocket car they had made at home.  We looked at all the Science Selfies on the CBS Face Book page.