WALT identify the author and illustrator

Ali: 'I know what the author and the illustrator do for the book.'

2017 Art Exhibition

Our Art Exhibition theme for 2017 is 'We are Elm Park.' We decided to look at the flowers we could see around our school.

Room 4 practiced sketching the flowers before we decided to make them using paper. We looked at our sketches to see how many petals our flowers had. We all made two flowers that were the same that we had seen around the school; a daisy and a daffodil. The other flowers were chosen by us.

We made vases out of paper and cut out little designs.

Ali: 'I made my daisy by cutting out a big yellow circle and cutting out little white petals. It was tricky to glue the petals down.'

All About Shapes

This term Room 4 has been learning about Shapes. We have been looking around our school for different shapes that we can find (we found lots on the playground!) 

After we found the shapes, we looked at the qualities of each shape, like how many sides they had.

Miss Donnell took us outside and we drew some of the shapes we had seen around our school. In the middle we wrote how many sides they had.

These are my shapes.

Writing for the Future

For our 50th Jubilee Room 4 decided to write about what they love about Elm Park School. We brainstormed some ideas about the things we do in the classroom, people who make our day better and our favourite things to do at morning tea and lunchtime. These stories went into a time capsule that will be opened when the school turns 100.

Writing in Room 4

Answering Questions about our story

We are learning to ask and answer questions about our story.

'This is a good story. I had a fish like this at Tiny Town.'

Maths Groupings

We are learning to know groupings with 5.

'These are my teddy bears. I have 2 groups.'

Celebrating Chinese New Year!

For our Inquiry, we are learning about Celebrations.

We have been learning about Chinese New Year. We know some of the food they get to eat during Chinese New Year, and the special things they get to do. Some cities have awesome parades with big dragons. We decided to
make our own Chinese New Year drums. We painted our drums red and yellow, and Miss Donnell helped us to attach the bells. We think they are awesome!!

Reading our stories

We are learning to read back our story.
'I read my whole story to Miss Donnell. My story is about the
blue cars I play with Mum.'

Celebrating Celebrations: Dragon Boat Festival

We are learning to design and create dragon boat paddles.

This term Room 4 have been learning about different celebrations. We have been learning
about the Dragon Boat Festival this week. We decided to design our own dragon boat
paddles because we liked the different designs that some of the racers had. We used
pastels to create bright colours so our paddles would be seen in the water.

Making Patterns with Teddy Bears

We are learning to find patterns with teddy bears.
'I can make lots of patterns. These are my favourite colours.'

Asking and answering questions

We are learning to ask and answer questions about the story.
'I knew that they were at a concert because I have been to a
concert before.'

Picture + Words = Writing in Room 4

We are learning to draw a picture that matches our story.

Ali: This is my Grandad. He is having a birthday.

Swimming in Room 4

We are learning to pick up a dive ring from the bottom of the pool.

Ali: I can catch a ring when Miss Donnell throws it for me.

Word Pointing Practice

We are learning to point to the first word.

Ali: I can point to the first word. The first word was I for igloo.

Before and After Numbers

We are learning to identify numbers before and after up to 20.

Ali: I know I can do bigger numbers too. I am really good at after numbers.