Dolphin Popplets

Today the Dinosaurs reading group read a non-fiction book about dolphins. They used the Popplet app on the iPad to record some of the facts they read.

Here is Koito's Popplet:

Here is a Popplet by Dan and Sebastian:

Bully Bill

Here is another Puppet Pals narrative. This was created by Adam and Noah.

Bully Bill, By Noah and Adam from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Lunar Eclipse

In Room 5, we are currently reading the Tashi series by Anna Fienberg. Yesterday the main character Tashi, used a lunar eclipse to scare away some ghosts. It got us talking about what a lunar eclipse is. Here is a video with an explanation.

Puppet Pals Narrative

We have been learning how to write narratives. Finley has used Puppet Pals to publish a narrative he wrote about a bully.

Bullies, by Finley from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Safe Places

As part of Kia Kaha, we have been talking about the places in school that we feel safe to play. The children in Room 5 were set a group challenge of recording a video on the iPad of themselves in both a safe and unsafe place to play within the school. They made some great videos, here are the results.

Good Choices

As part of the Kia Kaha programme, we have been talking about making choices. Today we had to create some skits to demonstrate what making good choices is all about. 

You Can Make Happy Cake

Last week we read the book, You Can Make Happy Cake, which has a recipe for making a chocolate cake in the microwave! We decided to give it a go. Here is a slideshow of the results. It was delicious.

Introducing Room 5

Here is a slide show of the rad room 5!

Making Statements

We have been developing our statistical literacy. On Friday, we conducted an investigation on the different colour of smarties in a fun size packet. We had to tally our results and use this information to create a bar graph. We then had to discuss our findings and make statements. 

Nevaeh's data and statement

Don's data and statement

Christopher's Hairy Monster

Here is Christopher's picture that he created using ScribblerToo and a recording of himself talking about his monster.

Here is a poster that Finely and Christopher created for their hairy monsters. They used Sumopaint.

Finley's Hairy Monster

The children in R5 have spent the last week exploring the links on our blog. ScribblerToo is an art link that Finley has been experimenting with. He has created a hairy monster. There is also a recording of Finley describing his monster.