Lots of girls in Room 11 have been busy making the most giant loom band snakes. On Friday it was International Kindness Day so I decided that we could all learn how to make loom bands. One for us and one for a friend. The leaders of Sulize, Rose, Siaan, Yvonne, Katie and Emily T took a small group each (including me) and taught us how to use the loom bands. Gosh it was so much fun...
This is Chub Chub the millipede. He measures over 13m long.
He then spent his Golden Time and mornings working with Ronaldo to make a 8m long millipede which he took home.
Caleb, Ronaldo and Logan decided to make another even longer millipede that would reach from 1 side of the classroom to the other.
Every morning they worked hard to make the millipede with help sometimes from some other children. They then used the m ruler to measure how long he is.
Chub Chub is amazing and if you want to see him he is crawling over the lines in Room 11.
So what does a teacher do when the colouring in competition she gave her class closed not long after she gave it to the class... have her own prize winners of course.
Congratulations to Henry for first in the 60m and 100m sprints. Jett for 3rd place. Millie also placed in the top 3. Good luck for group day!
Sulize and Emily found a snail. They decided to create it a home in the playground complete with a pool and garden. By the time we came out to take the photo the snail had moved on but the girls were still happy with what they had done.
Here are some photos of the children over the past few weeks enjoying Inquiry through Play. This is a lovely time in Room 11 where the children decide what they would like to play... I am the photographer and the creator of a safe space for them to develop the key competencies which are part of our New Zealand curriculum.
The New Zealand Curriculum identifies five key competencies:
Well the time has come to say goodbye to my blog. I started this blog in March of 2017 when I moved into Room 11 to keep my families in t...
