Dress Up day

We celebrated the end of term by dressing up in clothes from past decades.  This tied nicely with our learning around 'Changing Times' from earlier in the term.  It was fun to look at the changes in fashion and specific clothing items from different decades.  We had cowboys, hippies, Fred Dagg, old school uniforms and brilliant fashion items from the 70's and 80's. A neat end to another busy term in Room 4!

Making Music

Today during our Cybersmart session we explored three different sites to help create your own music.
I used Incredibox to create this short piece...click here to listen.
My next step would be to record a piece of music from an alternative site, like Turn Art into Music or Digital rhythm maker.
It was fun trying different beat combinations and hearing the music come together as you added each element.

The science of yeast

Today we created a 'gif' to demonstrate our understanding of the science behind yeast.  Our gif highlights the process involved with activating the yeast and the chemical reaction which occurs to produce carbon dioxide.  This the process which aids in making light and fluffy bread!

My 80's poem

Our learning around 'Changing Times' has had us interviewing family members and reflecting on decades from the past.  A challenge this week has been to create a poem that reflects 'you and your time'.  I thought back to my childhood in the 80's.  My first step was to brainstorm a list of objects and memories then put my reflections together to create either a list or rhyming poem.

Here is my effort to capture the 80's!  Keep an eye on the students blogs to read their own decade poems.

My skipping animation

Today Ariki, Blair and I made quick animations about skipping.  Room 4 are skipping each Thursday with Mrs Allan so we chose to make that our focus.
Our next step is to add an audio so we have background music.

My best BUBBLE moments. Lockdown 2020

I have used Google drawings to create a poster of my 'Best bubble' moments during our recent lockdown.  The aim was to think about effective layout, adding colour and borders to my circles and thinking about a font that looked effective but was also easy to read. I enjoyed reflecting on the real highlights from my time with my family bubble.

Random word challenge

I have seen many students try the Random Word challenge that Mrs Allan has posted on our class site.  I thought I would give this challenge a go myself.  My daughter selected a random page number, line number and word number from the novel I am currently reading and the word I ended up with was 'Away'.

That word instantly created an image in my head of a child running away from me...my writing took off from there.

Can you spot some of the language features I have chosen to include in my writing?

I am still not sure if I am 100% happy with the final result.  I may keep revisiting this piece and making changes until I get it just right!

Thanks Mrs Allan for the fun writing idea.