Timetable Change

Room Four are looking forward to the timetable change next week.
We have spoken about the need to bring along some healthy snacks, (brain food) for our 5 minute 'Read and Feed' session such as the suggestions made here.
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We tried yesterday to access the new storybook website we will be using at 'Read and Feed' time but unfortunately technology let us down.
Oh well we have time to iron out our techie difficulties and look forward to Monday.

Out new Timetable looks like this:

9 am -10 am Learning session 1 

10am - 10:10 'Read and Feed'

Brain breaks will be approximately 5-10 minutes long. Time for an easy to eat, nourishing snack and to listen to a story.

10:10am 11:00am Learning session one continued

11am- 11:30 Morning Tea/Playtime

11:30 - 1pm- Learning session 2

1pm - 1:45pm Lunch

1:45 - 3pm- Learning Session 3

Exciting times ahead!
More information on our website home page or on facebook.

Slime Day-The Ministry of Inspiration

The Ministry of Inspiration visited Brooklyn School and helped everyone make some slime.
We combined monomers; glue, borax and lotion to create a polymer; slime.

The recipe.

 

Pour the PVA up to the line on the container.

 

Add two squirts of lotion.

Mix the lotion and glue together. 

Add  drops of borax until the mixture starts to change and it is not sticky any more.

 Add in the clay. 

We enjoyed playing with our slime and were very happy that we were able to take it home.
Thank you Ministry of Inspiration.

Symmetrical Butterflies

The Swam Plants  outside Room 4 were  lovingly transplanted into another garden following Cyclone Gita.
To save the eggs and caterpillars from the paper wasps Room Four decided to bring some inside and watch the life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
During our maths we created symmetrical butterflies

Sara

Rua

Emma

Nardy

Khloe

Lennon

Zye

Tane

Ollie

James

Asher

Amelia

Jai

Leighton

Making a Bird Feeder

Emma, Jai and Tane read a book called Feeding the Birds about a girl called Ella who made a bird feeder.

At Discovery Time on Friday Room Four  made a bird feeder that Mr White had kindly donated to the school.

After Room Four wrote  shared procedure.

How to Make a Bird Feeder

You will need:

Wood

Screws

Instructions

Wild Bird Seed

Method

1: Screw the sides to the base spacers.

2: Screw on the roof.

3: Tie on the rope.

4: Add bird seed to your feeder.

Then we made a shared book for the class to read.

How To Make a Bird Feeder

Round and round!

Sara screwed the side panels onto the spreader bars.

Round and round!

Nina screwed the side panels onto the spreader bars.

 Round and round!

Rua screwed the side panels onto the spreader bars.

 Round and round!

Zye screwed the side panels onto the spreader bars.

Round and round!

Leighton screwed the base onto the spreader bars.

Round and round!

James screwed the base onto the spreader bars.

Round and round!

Amelia screwed the roof on.

Round and round!

Khloe screwed the roof on.

Round and round!

Asher screwed the roof on.

Round and round!

Jai screwed the roof on.

Round and round!

Lennon screwed the roof on.

 Round and round!

Nardy screwed the roof on.

Round and round!

Bella screwed the roof on.

Round and round!

Mareikura screwed the roof on.

 Our finished bird feeder.

We found a suitable low branch to tie our bird feeder onto.

Tracy tied the bird feeder onto the branch.

Emma put in a handful of wild bird seed.

 Tane and Ollie watched on.