Ms Courtney's Class

Students used their knowledge of the elements of music from their last unit and applied them to movement.  They chose a song and style of dance that they liked and tried to show a variety of movements that fit the music.

G2 Art-Unit 2- Nature and Architecture We observed shapes in architecture and shapes in nature.  We investigated the functions (purposes) of nature and architecture.  We used our imaginations and feedback from friends or family to draw and build architecture inspired by nature.  Here is my artwork: G2 Art- Unit 3- Finding and Making Meaning in Abstract Art We found shapes, colors and lines in abstract artworks.  We discussed our experiences and emotions connected to the colors, lines and shapes.  We used this to guess the meaning of abstract artworks.  We sorted abstract artworks to explore how some are “a little abstract, very abstract or not abstract”.  We also made abstract artworks about ourselves for others to interpret.

Reader's Theatre by Yi Lei, Sonita and Rick

Today students spent time using craft sticks to create groups of numbers. This is part of developing their understanding of the concept of multiplication. 3 groups of 10 is 30 15 groups of 2 is 30 5 groups of 5 is 25 5 groups of 5 is 25 9 groups of 3 is 27 5 groups of 6 is 30 6 groups of 4 is 24 10 groups of 5 is 50 7 groups of 4 is 28 5 groups of 10 is 50 2 groups of 6 is 12 5 groups of 3 is 15 4 groups of 8 is 32 24 groups of 4 is 96 3 groups of 9 is 27 16 groups of 2 is 32 4 groups of 11 is 44 20 groups of 4 is 80 4 groups of 100 is 400 100 groups of 1 is 100 15 groups of 2 is 30

Supporting the EY - Grade 1 Sports Day

Our Not a box designs Today we invited EY2 to visit Grade 2 to look at our Not a box. They had also been reading the book Not a Box by Antoinette Portis and created a giant pirate ship , they could fit most of their class into. All the students did an amazing job demonstrating the Learner Profile attributes of Communicators, Knowledgeable and Risk-Takers. The students were excellent role models for the younger students and can be very proud of their work.