Writing a recount

We are learning to write a recount. Room 4 went on a field trip to the Botanical Gardens last week. We wrote about where we went, what we did, who we went with and when we went. After we wrote our stories, we published them. We used Kidpix to make a picture which matches our story. It is tricky remembering everything to put in our story sometimes. We are proud of our publishing.

On Tuesday we went to the Botanical Gardens in the humongous bus. When we got to the Botanical Gardens we had our morning tea. Next we went to the children’s gardens and we smelt some lovely, beautiful flowers. Before that we have some people is in a group. We saw a rock pool. We made a worm farm and we made compost too. The adults gave the children some baskets and it got brown and green. By Alina.

Making pizzas!

Yummy! We made pizzas to celebrate the end of our inquiry on wellbeing. We were learning about compost and how we can use it in our garden to grow some healthy vegetables. We then used these vegetables to add flavour to our pizzas. 

Recognising contractions

I am learning to recognise contractions. I am proud that I can learn them and find them in my book. One contraction is it’s. That is short for it is. It is tricky to know what the words are sometimes.

Telling the time

We are learning to tell the time. We made watches today. It was fun. First we wrote the missing numbers onto the watch. Then we decorated the watches. Next we drew on a little hand and big hand. We chose our favourite time of day. Mrs Bovill recorded us reading our watches.

It is tricky to draw the little hand. I am proud that I did it all by myself.

Skip counting in 2's

I am learning to skip count in 2's. I had to put the counters on all the 2's. I am proud of my counting. I am learning to skip count so I can count quickly. It is tricky to skip count when I get to bigger numbers. Next, I could learn to skip count in 5's or 10's. 

Kandinsky flowers

Room 4’s masterpieces are inspired by Kandinsky’s painting ‘Squares with Concentric Circles’. We really loved how Kandinsky experimented with the use of colour. Our paintings are our own experiments with colour and inspired by Kandinsky’s painting above. First, we had to choose our favourite primary colour to paint our background with. We then blended two primary colours at the top and bottom of the page to create a secondary colour and an interesting background for our own circles. If we used a warm background, we needed to try and use cooler colours for our circles. We really like our paintings because viewers can decide whether our circles are flowers in a field, balloons in the sky or lollipops in a shop!! We love using our imagination.

Describing words

I am learning to use describing words to make my story exciting. I am so proud that I can use describing words and that I am trying my best. I am proud that my story makes sense. It can be tricky to sound out describing words. The next steps for me might be to read my story again and add more describing words. I could look at pictures for ideas of describing words and read more poems and books.

"Lovely is a describing word."