Light and Colour

We have started looking at Light and Colour in Room 1 as part of our Science topic. Here is a selection from the things the students want to know;

How do we see light?
How is light different colours?
Why does light shine from the sun?
How is it made?
Why does light travel so fast?
Why do shadows make a picture of you?
How does light stay being light? What happens when it stops?
Why is this crayon brown when I look at it and not blue?

I think I have my work cut out and 'because' probably won't cut it.

Here is a collage of the spectrum that we have made in class. Special thanks to the main gluers - Olivia, Liam and Maggie May as well as all the colour finders.

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Pizza Fractions

On Friday we had pizzas for lunch.
Here are some fraction photos.

Half a Pizza

Whole pizza

One quarter of
a pizza 

3 quarters of
a pizza

What fraction is this?

I was so pleased to hear the children say that these are not quarters because they are not equal sizes.

Normandale Olympics

Last week we had our Normandale Olympics with relays, mini-javelin and many other sports. Mr Haste took white water kayaking.
We used cones for gates, hurdles for rapids, and hoops for spin round zones. The kayaks were pretty tired looking after everyone had had a couple of turns in them!

Swimming

We had our own little Busby Berkeley moment at swimming today.

Our classes have a photo exhibition "Normandale - Through The Lens". The photos are on display in the hall. There are a few more to go up but they will all be there by the end of the week. Here is a sneak preview of Room 1's photographs.

Swimming

Yesterday we had our first day swimming. Some of us were in the main pool. We watched as they made the pool shallower so that we could all touch the bottom of the pool.

Warm up games.

Practising kicking.

Telling Time

Last week we were telling the time. We used the whiteboard to show o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. Here are some of our students using the board.

Here is the link to the clock so you can have a go at home.

http://www.teacherled.com/resources/clockspin/clockspinload.html

Spinning

  On Tuesday we had a visit from Mrs Ross who showed us all about how you turn wool from a sheep into wool that you can use to knit or weave.

 

 First we looked at some wool that had been shorn from a sheep and washed. Liam said it was really soft. Ben said some of the wool was a bit stinky.

First she had to card the wool, which takes the knots out of the wool and helps get rid of any twigs and grass in the wool (Rachel).  The picture shows her using a hand carder.

Next Mrs Ross Spun the wool. She showed us two ways  of spinning. The first was a spindle where you spin the wool by hand. Then she showed us how to use a spinning wheel.

We all had a turn on the spinning wheel but it was a bit harder than it looked.

Netball Practice

Some people had so much fun on Pyjama Day they didn't even change for netball practice.

Thanks to Sam for the photo.

Visitors

I was just looking at 'Who is watching us and we reached a couple of milestones last week.
We had our 2000th visitor to our blog!
Among those we had our 100th visitor from the USA (from 26 of 50 states).
We had visitors from Portugal, Ireland and Switzerland which brings the number of different countries to 30.

It always amazes me how so many people from so many different countries visit our class blog and see what we are doing.

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Special Reporter:
Monteith Bear

We had a lot of fun today in Room1. It was our special Teddy Bears' Picnic. There wasn't very many bears though, but I made lots of new friends. There were penguins, monkeys, dogs, a dragon, a puffle, and many other animals.

When Mr Haste called the roll the children introduced their toys to everyone. Then the toys all sat together with me while Mr Haste taught some maths and reading.

All the toys together.

After that they were allowed to go with their owners to watch a movie - Because of Winn-Dixie.

 
At lunch time they got to go outside and play while I stayed inside with Mr Haste. Lots of the children were wearing pajamas and dressing gowns too. That confused some of the other teachers.

 

After lunch we watched the rest of the movie. I think the toys were very well behaved, especially as many were quite a lot younger than me and had never been to school before.

By Monty

Look for more photos on our photoblog.

Race to 500 Celebration

We have made it to 500 points in Room 1!

The students have decided that they would like to have a Teddy Bears' Picnic.
On Thursday they can bring a soft toy and in the afternoon we will watch a video.
If they wish they can also bring pyjamas to wear, slippers or a dressing gown.

Wenlock and Mandeville

Today we began learning about Wenlock and Mandeville. They are the mascots for the London 2012 Olympics.
Here is their story.

Wenlock is the mascot for the London Olympic Games.
Wenlock is named for Much Wenlock, a town in shropshire. In 1850 the Wenlock Olympian Society held their Olympian Games which is one of the inspirations for the modern Olympics.

Mandeville is the mascot for the paralympics which are held in London straight after the Olympics.
Mandeville is named for the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England. In 1948 they held the Stoke Mandeville games, a competition for injured soldiers. It was the inspiration for the Paralympics

Holiday Quake

Who felt that earthquake last night? At our house it was very noisy (bit like a big train going past) and went on for a long time but the shaking wasn't very strong. It was more of a gentle rocking with a couple of small judders mixed in. It didn't wake up my boys.
Tell me what you felt or if you slept through it as well.

It is great seeing that there are so many having a go on Superclubs Plus. Every time I log on there is always at least 1 person logged on from Room 1.
I like your home page Lara.