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.

Scratch Day (14th May) is a global network of events that celebrates Scratch — and the young people who code and create with it. During Scratch Day, children and adults gather to share projects and learn from one another. Our class is signed up to be part of this event. Our class have used Scratch this year to write stories, learn about co-ordinates and angles AND learn to code to make some fun games. Check out our posts, play the games and please leave us a comment. Nicole's Pong Game Who doesn't like to play with a ball and water?? And who doesn't want fish to play with a ball?? Alicia's Pong Game Hailey's Pong Game Eliza's Pong Game You should play my game because it is in a bedroom and who doesn't like playing in a bedroom!? So you should also play my game because it can make you feel relaxed. George's Pong Game Taylor's Pong Game Mollymoon's Pong Game Yi Lei's Pong G...

We are lucky enough to eat every day so we had a hunger lunch to help us think about what it might mean to be in a group of people who don’t get enough nutritious food. Through random selection (choosing coloured blocks) students were put in groups to represent three different income groups of the world’s population. High Income – 9 students ate pizza, crisps and chocolates. Middle Income – 15 students had chicken fried rice and had water from their own bottles. Low Income – 26 students had plain rice and had to travel for their water. The student reflections were powerful and provoked some excellent discussion. Below are some comments and behaviours we witnessed during the provocation; High Income Group – comments "Best day ever" "I can't eat this but I'll take it home" "Ha ha...we have pizza and you don't" "No you can't have any...its ours, we got the red cards!" "Do you want...

Student explored the elements of music, such as tempo, pitch, dynamics and duration, to create a piece of music that would allow the audience to have an idea, feeling or story.  They started to work on this individually and later some students chose to work collaboratively.  Here is their final composition.

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 Eliza, Alex, Taylor, Alicia, Maly

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

I wanted  to  dress up  as  Harry  potter  because I like  wizards a nd  Harry  Potter.

Supporting the EY - Grade 1 Sports Day

Last Friday afternoon we were very lucky. Tara, Ben's Mum, came to play the cello to us. She spoke to us about the cello, the different sounds it can make and what inspired her learn to play the it. What we learnt: " I learnt that bow is made out of horse hair ". George "  I listened to her and she said that 800 years ago there wasn't any cars. There were horses so that is why the bow is made from horse hair ". Alex " I learnt that the cello is made out of wood ". Nicole " I remember she said that you use rosin to help make the sound louder, the wax sticks to the strings ". Taylor " I learnt that the cello is very old ". Joshua " I learnt that on a aeroplane a cello must have its own seat "! Eliza " She said she started with a violin but she moved on to a cello, she changed because she liked the sound of a cello when she was playing in an orchestra" . Jodie Today James, Ms Anita's husband, ...

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.

Last Friday we concluded our first unit of the year with a healthy snack party. For homework students were asked to prepare a healthy snack to share with the class. The excitement surrounding the party was high and students enjoyed talking in front of the class what snack they made and why they had chose to make the different snack. After we had heard what all the snacks were, we enjoyed eating them together.