Being A Learner: Xx is for Xylophone

Today at Discovery Time Mrs Tizzard organised Xylophone Biscuits for us to make.  She saw the idea on Pinterest.  Mrs Tizzard made the biscuit using a rectangle cookie cutter.  She used the basic biscuit recipe which we have used before to make biscuits.

We watched a video about xylophones and Miss Collins borrowed Mrs O's from the music rooms for us to play.  We worked in our writing and handwriting groups. Each teacher took a different group.  First we iced them using different coloured icing.  Room 3 had green, Room 2 had pink and Room One had blue.  Next we put two tiny M & M Minis at each end.  We had to show persistence in icing the biscuits as that was tricky!  

Then we went back to our class and put the biscuits together to make them look like a xylophone.    After that it was three o'clock and we took our biscuits home to eat!  They were yummy!  

BEING A LEARNER: Making patterns using pompoms and paint

For the last two weeks we have been working on patterns.  Miss Collins noticed on our school entry testing that many of us found reading and making patterns a little tricky.  So Miss Philp, Mrs Tizzard and Miss Collins planned some Math lessons around patterns to help us learn more about patterns.  

We have created patterns, looked at patterns and discussed what comes next, shared patterns and described to others how to make patterns.  Some our learning about patterns has even been artwork!  We are enjoying learning about patterns.   

We watched the Very Hungry Caterpillar on You Tube and then we make our own Hungry Caterpillar patterns using paint and pompoms.  It was lots of fun and it made us think!  

The pompom and paint ready to go!  

We had to dip the pompom in the paint carefully and think about what came next and where our pattern repeated itself.  

We made two caterpillars.  Miss Collins is going to put these on the wall once we have drawn legs on them.  

Making Salt Dough Fossils and Bones

Miss Collins made use some salt dough at home foe us to make bones and fossils out of.  First we had a play with the dough and some of us found that it hurt the little cuts we had in our hands.  Then Miss Collins handed out the dinosaurs and we pushed them into the salt dough to make a fossil.  We had to be careful not push a hole in the salt dough.  After that we pinched and rolled dough to make a bone shape.  We looked at dinosaur skeletons to get ideas.  After school Miss Collins cooked them for us and made them go hard.  Next we will tag them like real scientists.  

The Discovery Room

After our Museum lesson we went exploring in the Canterbury Museum Discovery Room.  We loved it!  We were able to wander and explore different things in this room.  A big thank you to Rahel (Elshadays's Mum, Lin (Abby's Mum) and Paula (Larissa's Mum) who came on our trip to help.  

Billie, Mraz and Drake in the butterfly room

Bug drawers!

Sophie and Levi looking at the nest, the eggs, the hedgehog and rat

More investigating the nest

Looking for fossils

Learning to use the microscope

Susie with the bird display

Mraz in the sand

Our class!

John on the computer

Language Experience - Making Shoes

On Monday we made shoes out of card and threaded laces.  We decorated our shoes with crayons and could add any designs that we wanted.  When we were finished we added shiny ribbon as shoelaces.  We also stretched our mind as part of being a Healthy Hero as it took lots of brain power to thread our shoelaces.  We also wrote some stories about making our shoes.  

WATCH THIS SPACE TO READ OUR STORIES!

Niu and Avonside Early Learning Centres Visit the Kakano Team

Over the last few weeks we have had Niu Early Learning Centre and Avonside Early Childhood Centre visit the Kakano Team at Discovery Time.  

It has been lovely getting to know some of the pupils who will join us later 

in the year or next year.  

We are looking forward to catching up with them again at our 

School Production later in the term.

We Love Swimming!

This week we have been having swimming lessons at Aquagym with Room Six.

We have enjoyed catching the bus each day and going in the water and taking risks.  We have written lots of stories at writing time with Room Two and you can see these on our walls.  

Fun Funky Friday - Discovery Time

On Friday we had Discovery Time for the first time.  The Teachers put out things to do and we got to choose what we wanted to do.  Miss Collins was in the learning space, Ms Hunt was outside and Mrs Moore was in Room Two.  We enjoyed moving around different activities.