Our Week in Room 7

We have had another very busy week here in Room 7, we've had a netball tournament and Hui Ako. What amazing opportunities our students at Outram School get! As a class we have been working on creating a class newspaper as a way of writing about all of our experiences. We have looked at other newspapers and identified the layout and language features that they have used. We've practiced creating interesting headlines and have begun developing the first drafts of our articles. Working in a group can be challenging and learning to work together effectively is a focus for us this term. We are learning to listen to each other and consider new ideas, compromising and co-operating.
Keep an eye out for 'The Outram Weekly' newspaper coming out soon!

An updated class photo - what an awesome bunch we are! (Hannah absent)

Next Week - A Request Please

Could all students please bring a clean jar with a lid to school next week please! Secret things are happening!!

Ukulele Jam

What a fantastic time we had at Ukulele Jam this morning! It was great to see so many children there singing and playing with such enthusiasm. Mrs Jackson was so proud of all of Room 7 - you represented Outram School beautifully. You managed yourselves so well! Well done to the students who took up the challenge of going up to the front to do a special job for some of the songs.

Ukulele Jam!

Ukulele Jam Artworks

Next week is Ukulele Jam! Yay! We are really looking forward to it. All our hard work practicing is beginning to pay off and we have all noticed how much we have improved.
Part of the event is a ukulele designing competition. Two entries from each class/school are chosen to enter the final competition. There are some great prizes up for grabs!
We have been working hard on our individual designs this week and they are looking amazing! Lots of different ideas coming through - lots of glitter too!
Mrs Bayne now has the tricky job today of choosing just 2 ukuleles from our class! The other ukuleles are going to be displayed in our classroom.

What a colourful classroom we are going to have!

Liam Brady's ukulele

Hannah's creative design

Anita's musical creation

Michael's colourful ukulele

We're 'green' with envy - William's looks great!

Maths - Transformations

This week we have exploring shape transformations. We have been looking at reflection (flip), rotation (turn) and translation (slide). To do this we used cut outs of our first initial. First we looked at all of the three transformation as a class then we had create a pattern showing all three transformations on our own. Next we had to explain to a partner what we had shown. Our final patterns have become 'transformation artworks'!

Angus, Liam Ba, Ava, Laura, Jack, Sophia and Hannah holding their transformation artworks.

Cross Country

Just a reminder that our school cross country is on Thursday afternoon! The grounds will be quite muddy so it is recommended that you bring along a spare of shoes and some spare clothing. Bring a warm jacket and a hat to keep you warm while you're cheering on the other runners. Remember to bring plenty of food and water to keep you full of energy and hydrated.

Water - A Sustainable Resource?

Our inquiry topic this term is all about good old H2O! We will be looking at what water is, how it is used, how it is tested and how we can help to ensure it is a sustainable resource. It's an interesting topic. Today we thought about what water is and brainstormed some questions about water. To help us record our thoughts Mrs Jackson introduced us to a new web tool called Popplet.

We will be adding onto this over the next few weeks.