EOTC WEEK!

Education outside the classroom (EOTC) week has been so much fun!! We especially enjoyed PLAYING at AVALON PARK and EXPLORING and DIGGING at the BEACH! Enjoy the photos!

Letters to Santa

Last week we went for a walk to the post office. Ethan, our SUPER STAR, had the important job of posting our letters to the NORTH POLE! We can't wait to hear back!!

ART AUCTION!

As many of you have probably already heard... Muritai School is having an ART AUCTION!! Each class is creating one or two collaborative art pieces for the auction (which is happening on DEC. 2nd). All of the money raised will be donated to a school in Cambodia. We are so happy to be taking part in such a great event for a fantastic cause!!

Here are a few photos for a sneak preview of room four's art pieces... Mrs Naik could only take a few photos because she was soon covered in PAINT!!
Enjoy!!

SHADOW SHAPES!

As part of our inquiry on SUN SAFETY we had a close look at our SHADOWS. We found out that when our body blocks the sun it creates a shadow. We had a great time making interesting shadow shapes!

Then we traced our buddy's shadow with chalk. We had a big laugh at the funny outlines that emerged!

SUN SAFETY!!

For Inquiry this term we have been learning about SUN SAFETY! Today we went on a walk in the playground in search of some SHADY areas where we can go if we get TOO hot!!

Welcome Back!

We have had a great start to Term 4! I hope you have all had a restful holiday to get ready for the busy term ahead! Just a few reminders:

All children should have sunhats at school this week.

Please ensure your child had a drink bottle at school, filled with WATER for those HOT summer days!

We will be practicing for Cross country on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays so please make sure your child is wearing suitable running shoes.

We also have an EXCITING art project in the making so keep checking our blog to find out more about what we are doing!

Conservation Week

Last week was Conservation Week. Conservation week is a time to really think about how we can care for our environment and about how we can make a difference! We watched an interesting video that taught us all sorts of important things, like where water comes from to the importance of insects!

We also went to Rona Beach for a beach clean up. We were happy to see that the beach was almost rubbish free!




After our beach clean up, some of us were exhausted!!


At assembly we found out different ways that we can help our environment. One way is to have LESS wrapping and packaging in our lunch boxes. Another way is to eat ALL our lunches and to put any food scraps in the RED food scraps bin. Also, all paper should go in the GREEN paper bins! Finally, Mr Ray and some of the older children have written to the council to find out how we can get a better system for recycling plastic and other things at our school. We are proud to be a Greengold Enviroschool! To find out more about Enviroschools and about what Muritai school is doing to make a difference please visit the enviroschool blog:

http://www.muritaienviro.blogspot.com/

Information about our adopted country!

The children in room 4 have been learning about their adopted countries. We have learned so much already! Here are some of the things that the children have shared with their classmates:

JAPAN (Lucy):

This is the Japanese flag and the Tongan flag

SCOTLAND (Lachlan):
In Scotland men were skirts called kilts. They also speak English with a different accent.

This is the Scottish Flag.


Can you find Scotland?


This is a photo of Men wearing kilts and playing the bagpipes.


This is a photo of a man wearing a kilt on a windy day! Oh no!


FIJI (Ruby):
In Fiji it is hot!

CANADA (Mia):
Canada is one of the largest countries in the world! It can be very cold. Canada has a special animal, just like the kiwi in New Zealand, it's a MOOSE!

IRELAND (Amy):
Ireland is in Europe and it is surrounded by water, kind of like New Zealand! In Ireland people also speak English with a funny accent!

ARGENTINA (Cella):
Argentina is a country in South America. Most people speak Spanish. This is a photo of The Pesky Rat dressed up as an Argentinian rugby player!

Our Fabulous New Classroom Clock!

Thanks Lucy for bringing us a nice BIG clock for our classroom! It is much easier to practice telling time now! We love it!

Inquiry

For Inquiry we have been using our green thinking hats to come up with creative solutions to problems in stories. Last week we read The Ginger Bread Man. We worked together in small groups to come up with three different ways that the Ginger Bread Man could get across the river and away from the hungry fox! We practiced working together cooperatively. We are getting really good at listening to each others ideas, sharing our own ideas and taking turns! Come and visit our classroom to see the interesting solutions that we came up with.

2012 Calendars!!

In room 4 we have been busy creating our pictures for Muritai school's fundraiser calendars! Our pictures are up for display in our classroom, you can order a calendar from the office.

Elmer in the Snow!!

We have been creating our own Elmer pictures using paint and collage. The inspiration for our art work came from the story Elmer in the Snow. We enjoyed reading this story during our stormy week!

Here are some photos of the first stages of our creative process, we worked carefully to create the patchwork pattern on Elmer's coat.



On Friday we had a fun and messy time sponge painting the background for our Elmers. We were amazed at how realistic our sponge painted snow looked!!