Butterflies

This week our poem was about butterflies. We made butterflies using the maths symmetry knowledge we have learned over the past two weeks. They took some time to make and a lot of thinking about where to make the right cuts.

                                         

Sugar

Over the next 2 weeks we will be finding out information about sugar.                                     

What we know about sugar

• we like it
• it makes you fat
• it is white, brown and pink
• it come in cubes
• we add it to things
• it's not good for you
• it's yummy
• we use it in baking
• it rots your teeth

Today we did an experiment on 10 items to find out how much sugar is in each one. The one that surprised us the most was 2 minute noodles (7 teaspoons of sugar WOW).

The most sugar was  found in maple syrup (it is liquid sugar almost) and the least amount in bread. We also found out that 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce has 1 teaspoon of sugar in it. (Mrs McRandle will have to stop Pete eating sauce like a vegetable)

1. Maple Syrup

2. Moro

3. 2 Minute Noodles

4. M & Ms

5. Bake Beans

6. Lite Peaches

7. Yogurt

8. Krispie Biscuits

9. Bread

At the End of the Day

We have been learning how to be a good friend and how to be a caring member of our classroom. We have learned about many different types of feelings and how our words can make people feel sad or happy.  We read the story At the End of the Day by Trish Puharich and learned about Room One at Henderson Valley School and their massage circle. It sounded like a great way to finish the day so we tried it. We especially liked the idea that everyone needs at least five hugs a day.

Calendars

                                                                     

Amazing Calendars

We have been creating beautiful works of art based on Monet's Flower painting. We used chalk pastel, black vivid and pva glue to make our pictures. Calendar orders are due early next term, Wednesday October 16th. I think these would make beautiful cards.

Feelings

This week we have been learning about different feelings. We have been acting out different situations and thinking about the feelings we might experience.

Friendship Flowers

We have been learning about friendship one of God's great gifts and how to make our friends feel special. Our poem this week is about being a friend and we made friendship flowers to give away to a friend in our class. When we look at our flower it reminds us that we have lots of friends that care about us in Rata.

PMP

We have been really enjoying our PMP sessions this term. There are over 100 stations that Mrs James sets up for us over the year and it helps us develop our listening, memory and movement skills.