Inquiring Minds!

We have been inquiring into communication and all the different ways that we can communicate with other people. We have been learning and teaching each other about the different ways we talk to family locally and globally. Mr Jon has been introducing us to lots of vocabulary related to how we communicate.

We tried out a few games where we had to communicate with each other in different ways.

Whispers - where we had to send a secret message around the circle and see if it was correct at the end after being passed from person to person.

Pictionary - without talking each student had an object that they had to draw and get everyone to guess what it is.

Barrier - Students sit back to back with a partner. One gives instructions and the other has to follow.

Following a Procedure

After making our milkshakes, as a class, we wrote down the step by step instructions of what we had to do to make this procedure an effective one. We looked at the photos of the students making the milkshakes and enjoying them :-) All the students managed to put all the photos in the correct order and write down the steps. Great effort!

Next up Mr Jon showed us how to make a lovely cup of tea. Together we talked about each step he had to do to make a delicious cup of tea. We watched as he showed us the steps and then with a partner we wrote down on a white board each step. After this each child had a set of photos for that procedure and they had to put it in the correct order and write the instructions for making a cup of tea.

These procedures will be posted under your child's individual page here on the blog very soon.

#travellingtales

We recorded our part of the story and it looks and sounds fantastic. We can't wait to see what is going to happen and where the school in New Zealand will take this. Waiting in anticipation!

We had fun playing with walkie talkies this week. A big thank you to Maële who shared her own ones from home. We had such fun. Check out our video. 

Buddies

We finally got to fly out kites and paper planes that we made with our buddies a few weeks back. It was a perfect morning with lots of wind. We had a blast!

Have a great weekend everyone!