What Good Readers Do

This week the Giraffes reading group did some work with Mrs Russell. They shared some tips for being a great reader with Room 4 

Check out our sunflowers!

We went out to check out our sunflowers this week and wow, we were surprised!

What Can Fly?

After looking at helicopter seeds and making our own helicopters, this week we used clay to brainstorm other things we knew that could fly. 

Pasifika Performance

On Friday Oliana shared that she went to a Pasifika performance on Thursday night. She saw Kordae and Miss Gardner there. It was lots of fun and the Bromley children did a really amazing job.  Miss Gardner showed us some photos and Morita came into Room 4 and showed us the dance they performed!

Autumn Discoveries!

Last week we went out collected Autumn leaves to do some leaf rubbings with crayons. These look very cool and we created a beautiful autumn tree on our back wall. 

At morning tea and lunch time the children of Room 4 went out exploring to see what else we could find. 

 We found some seeds

 We found some big long seed pods that looked like beans. They fell off the trees in the senior lunch area. 

We cut them open to see what was inside. 

 We made a mess! 

 We found some helicopters! We had fun throwing them around the classroom. Lucas N told us they come off the sycamore tree. 

 This got us thinking. How do they spin down to the ground like they do? Mana said it was because they had one wing that helped them fly. Noah knew there was a seed inside at the end and it's heavy so that's why it drops down. The wing is what makes it spin. 

We started trying to make our own helicopters with paper and seeds. Some of them even spun like the helicopters off the sycamore tree! 

We wanted to know what it would be like if we dropped them off somewhere high? Stay tuned for the next blog where we will talk about what happened when we visited the senior playground... 

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's day to all the beautiful mummas of these beautiful children!