Tristar Gymnastics

This morning everyone was on time! It was fantastic to see all happy faces getting on a double-decker bus with excitement and anticipation! Room 3 sat upstairs, right at the front. After a few minutes of singing and a few children showing their homes on the way we arrived at Tristar gym. When we got inside and after a quick warm up we got divided into five groups. Our coaches guided the children through each routine. This was nothing compared to our gym set up we had at school. The gym was so big and exciting. Seeing the children try real, professional equipment was a fantastic reminder of our "Give it a Go!" phrase. Some were nervous trying new things but it was great to see a few children in Room 3 conquering their fears. In the afternoon we wrote about our experiences but I could see many children were very tired. A few asleep faces 'graced' our carpet during our afternoon story...

Week 6 Learning Experiences

Week 6 Learning Experiences.

This week one of many foci was learning about the temperature. We started with an icy play provocation that inspired conversations among the children. "Hot," "cold," "freezing," "super cold" were some of the most common words. For many children the word "lukewarm" was new and Luke loved the idea of something having his name in. The children experienced once again the ocean seen, but this time it was all frozen. For some, playing with the frozen dinosaurs and animals brought the memories of their favourite movies like "Frozen" and "Ice Age." And of course we saw a clip of melting snowman from "Frozen!" Once we did enough talking, it was the time to introduce the measurement aspects of temperature. We looked at the temperatures around the world, where the children had to estimate different temperatures in Celsius through the interactive PowerPoint. Towards the end of the week we estimated and measured temperatures of tap, iced and hot water. On Friday we analyzed our daily temperature chart, with Friday lunch time reaching 25 degrees outside in the playground!

Luke with lukewarm water...

Feeling different temperatures

Group play

Freezing!

Warm is best!

Frozen!

Frozen ocean...plastic didn't melt!

Melting frozen hearts competition

It took less than 5 minutes!

Dinosaurs are stuck!

Happiness

Luke came in to show us dinosaur he got out by melting the ice

Frozen ocean...children agreed that ocean without plastic is better.

Musa was shy at first but he enjoyed this experience.

Estimating and measuring

Tap, iced and hot water

This was a great opportunity for the children to summarize their learning from this week. This playful learning with the natural resources allowed for spontaneity and curiosity which leads to more organic assimilation of the new knowledge.

Room 3 Planet's Superheroes

Room 3 Planet's Superheroes

We are learning about waste, recycling and reusing our resources. The children were shocked to see the plastics ending up in our oceans. The ocean play in our classroom aims to provoke a though, conversation and action.

Planet's Superhero Lexi

Mo'onia is showing the right way to fold a milk carton

Keira went swimming in the ocean full of plastic...

Planet's Superhero Mo'onia to the rescue

After our ocean play Arnav made this 'super' sentence.

Superheroes keeping our classroom clean!

Digging for a treasure...NZ money!