TRANSFORMATION HOMEWORK LINKS

Here are the links for the two homework activities this week:


SHAPES IN MOTION

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/geometry/shapeshoot/TranslateShapesShoot.htm


ROBOPACKER

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/robopacker_grade4.html

THOMAS'S LEARNING COMMITMENT

Well done to Thomas who has completed his learning commitment goal.  Thomas made an amazing robot snake and shared this with the class.  What a great effort!

A SPECIAL VISITOR TO ROOM 11 - Holly Robinson the Paralympian

On Thursday we were extremely lucky to meet Paralympian, Holly Robinson.  Holly has recently competed in Rio, winning a silver medal in javelin.  Holly was really inspiring to listen to.  What an exciting visitor to have to our classroom.

FAMOUS ARTIST #3 = Piet Mondrian

Our third famous artist, was Piet Mondrian.  Inspired by Piet, we made abstract art with blocks of primary colours and black strips.

FAMOUS ARTIST #2 = Henri Matisse

Our second artist that we studied was Henri Matisse.  We made abstract art using paper shapes.  To learn more about this artist, watch the movie above.

FAMOUS ARTIST #1 = Wassily Kandinsky

This term, we are learning about lots of famous artists and trying to replicate their artwork.  Our first artist is Wassily Kandinsky.  We created our own artwork in circle patterns, just like he did!

SYMMETRICAL TREES

At the moment in maths, we are learning about transformations. We started by learning about symmetry.  Check out our amazing symmetrical trees!

CLASS WINNERS

Congratulations to Brady and Amanda who were the class winners of The Principal's Writing Competition.

POPPY VISITS ROOM 11

Poppy (Mrs McCulley's Miniature Schnauzer) visited school again today.  She had a fantastic time and especially enjoyed going to the library and listening to the children read!

THE PRINCIPAL'S WRITING COMPETITION

This week Mr Galloway came to give us feedback about the 'Fractured Fairytales' that we wrote for 'The Principal's Writing Competition'.  Mr Galloway gave out gold, silver and bronze stickers and talked to us about what he liked about our writing.  On Friday at assembly, Mr Galloway is going to present two prizes for the stories that he enjoyed the most - one prize to a Room 11 boy and one to a Room 11 girl.

EXPERIMENTING WITH STATIC ELECTRICITY

For Science on Thursday we had fun experimenting with static electricity.  We found that we were able to make light objects move by charging up a balloon on our head!

CRICKET COACHING

This term we are having cricket coaching sessions with Otago Cricket.  On Monday Shaun taught us fun cricket skills.

JACKSON'S LEARNING COMMITMENT

Jackson shared his amazing Learning Commitment with us.  He made a robot.  It's name is Uno.  Jackson made this robot at Hatch.  What an amazing effort!

NZ PLAYHOUSE SHOW

Today we went to a show performed by the New Zealand Playhouse.  It was called 'The Fairest of Them All'.  It was a very entertaining mixture of fairytales and internet safety.

FOLLOW EMILY'S ADVENTURES IN JAPAN

Lucky Emily is in Japan on a George Street Normal School Trip.  You can check out all the great things that Emily and the other students are doing by looking at this blog:

http://japangsns2016.blogspot.co.nz

Don't forget to leave a comment or ask questions on the blog posts.

WELCOME TO TERM 4!

Welcome to Term 4!  I hope you all had a great holiday.  Keep an eye out for the Room 11 Term 4 Newsletter that will be coming home this week.