Louie comes to school

As part of our writing programme, we wrote a letter to Mrs Adamson persuading her to let Louie the dog visit the class.
The children had lots of good reasons for her to come to school and not come to school.
Here is her reply:


So today, Louie popped in after lunch:


We went into the forest and the children had turns throwing the ball for her (until the ball went over the fence) or taking her for a walk.



We came back to class and all had another chance to pat her and watch her drink some water.
Then we all washed our hands!



I think Louie loved her afternoon at school.

Pacific Mamas

Today we had a great visit from the Pacific Mamas.
We learnt how to greet one another in many Pacific languages.
Then we went to make leis. Did you know a lei can be made of seeds, shells, lollies, egg cartons and plastic! We made one for someone special.














We had to concerntrate and follow the pattern "flower, straw, flower, straw" to make the colourful leis.
Then it was off to the hall for some druming and dancing.



We learnt that in the 'olden' days the drums were used to send messages to the villages. Also girls were not allowed to play them. Today drums help keep the rhythm of the beat for dancing.
A drum has two ears and a mouth!







We had so much fun with the Pacific Mamas!

Science in a Van

Forces

Today Alan and Emily from Science in a Van came to school and did an amazing presentation on "Forces". 
To begin with they did a whole school ''stunt" and the talked about balancing, forces and friction:



Then, using the context of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, they told the Junior School a slightly differrent story on how the Billy Goats tricked the troll, to get over the bridge.
By using pushes:
 

Pulls and friction









Ask your child about it tonight - they all had fun and learnt a lot too!

Grandparents Day!

Wow, what a morning!
It was lovely to see so many grandparents braving the cold, wet weather and visit their grandchildren in Room 12.
The children were very proud to share their learning with their grandparents and show them around the classroom.





Apologies to any grandparents who I missed !