Welcome to the 2016 Rm 17 Blog!

Kia ora koutou katoa!Da jia hao!

Here are a few photos from last week. We had a wonderful trip down to the Hobson Bay Walkway, which got our Inquiry Learning about "Our Places, Our Spaces" off to a great start. The other photos are from our Chinese class on Wednesday with Guan Laoshi, and of PE on Thursday. In future posts we will be sharing more photos and student work, so please do have a look from time to time. 

Game on!

The theme for our Inquiry Learning this term has been games. We've been learning about the elements of successful games, and how to play games well. We've had some great sessions outside the classroom, creating games from random pieces of equipment. Working within limits has been challenging but it definitely promoted some creative problem-solving! Here are some photos of us sharing our games with our buddy class last week, and of us out on the field today.

Fun with vegetables...

On Wednesday we headed out to the garden to harvest some vegetables. We picked cabbages and carrots. The carrots were in all kinds of crazy shapes! Carrots and cabbage made me think the best choice was to make a coleslaw so I got chopping, and after PE we sat down and got stuck in.

Thursday was the first day of Mrs Cameron's the gardening club, and it was great to see number of Rm 17 kids going along to help. I wonder what they'll be planting next...

Sharing our learning about the Celts!

Here are some photos of Rm 17 sharing their stories and research during our sharing morning and also with our buddy class. We hope you enjoyed coming in to see and hear about some of the things the children were learning!