Sir Edmund Hillary

These are some questions that room 2 came up with for our Inquiry topics!                        

Why did you choose to be an explorer?

How did sir Edmond Hillary influence the Tibetan people with his generosity?

How did Mount Everest change your life?

Who influenced sir Edmond Hillary's life?

What equipment is needed to climb Mount Everest?

What food requirements were needed to climb Mount Everest?

What are the ten most important things to remember when climbing? 

By AG

Discovery Time 19th Aug

Goal=Taking risks/Attempting new things

Making a frog car out of egg cartons
Making shapes of glue with egg cartons
Making paper darts
Making pizza bases 
Using yeast to make the pizza rise
Winning a pizza base competition

Tasks for next time
Puzzles
Make your own puzzles
More baking
Peg guns
Sacks
Pens and pencils
Flax
Dress ups/Costumes
Water Tray
Wood and Nails
Plastic containers/Making boats
Architecture and design

Discovery Time 12th Aug

Goal=Sharing

Lesson to be learnt=Treat people how you want to treated

For Discovery Time we had musical instruments, make a maga, cups, and weaving with flax and paper. People shared instruments with other people and the one we shared the most with was make a 'maga'. We had to make votes out of ten with our hands and some people voted harshly and others voted nicely. Make a maga was making magazines out of magazines. The internet was annoying so Mr C was helping us come up with good weaving ideas. It was easier just splitting them and using them as a ninja sword. Some of us played on musical instruments and we sat down on the cardboard and Hamish and Ben slipped into the cardboard crack. Drum kits were made by some of the boys and Laura and others made marching bands.
Our ideas for next time:

1. Wood
2. Wool
3. Baking
4. Beads and string
5. Sacks
6. Model planes
7. Cans
8. Ropes
9. Flax
10. Paper mache/Paper plates
11. Sewing
12. Paper planes

Discovery TIme 05/08/13

Goal=Perserverance

Some statements that we were telling ourselves when we were perservering:

• "try and finish it off"
• "keep doing it even though it becomes frustrating"
• "keep on trying and when I mess up I won't make a big fuss about it"
• "I had a pattern stuck in my head and I told myself to keep doing it"
• "If I keep trying and learn now I could be a great knitter in the future"

These sorts of statements can be used in lots of other areas of our lives and learning!!

Room 2 Term 3

A huge welcome back to you all from your holidays and it was great to see all the children after a couple of weeks break. Remember there is still time to post your Holiday Experience up on the Holiday Experience page of the blog. Well done to LW, LZ, TY, and HP for their contributions already. Every Monday we are going to be completing Discovery Time as a class and this provides a great starter to to week as it is a student-led learning environment that our school is implementing this term. Next Monday there are some resources we need to collect so we can complete Discovery Time and the proposed activities. If you have any sections of ropes or long ropes that the children could borrow, then could it be sent to class in a plastic bag or something similar to with your name on so it can be returned to you when we are finished using it. I also need an expert finger knitter or expert needle knitter to take an activity next Monday from 9-10:30. Please contact me at school if you have the time and are keen. Reading and Spelling books will arrive home on Tuesday! We are focusing on Managing Self for the term and it would be great to have a conversation with your child about how well they do this and what they could do to improve their management of themselves at school and at home.

Mr C

Discovery Time 29th July

Our focus for this mornings session was based on the concept of 'Journey's'. There were three different activities the children could choose from and they were: Sponges/Paint, Lego, and Wood/Tools. Our Key Competency this term is Managing Self and the children completed this really well. Lots of smiles and great conversation!

Mission Menu T2

Today room 2 and the year 3's of room 4 did Mission menu. I did the survival kit and the make believe animal. Mine was the spearapetergunner and we had to write a story about the make believe animal. Mission Menu was fun! TPC