Fishy Business in Room 2

Well folks - it's great to be back.  

It's been jolly damp and chilly outside for most of this week and we've been inside a lot.  But... we have had some seriously good learning already.

We've been learning about Place Value and how to count in 10's.  There are two great games on a website called ICT games that use Place Value.  

Here are the links.   

http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html      

http://www.ictgames.com/sharkNumbers_v2.html  

Mrs B is going to give the blog a new look sometime soon and will try and put a few good links on it.  Stay tuned!

We are starting to look really hard at learning intentions.  So we all know just exactly what we are learning and what we will be doing to show that learning.  Have a chat about the learning intention when doing reading at night to see how it works.

Fishy Business

Our fishy friends have been named.  We wrote down our ideas for names and posted them in the class mailbox.  There were so many awesome names but only two fish so two names were drawn out of the box.  And the names are...  Bubbles and Spongebob.   Come and visit some time.

We've also been creating some fantastic artwork with a fishy theme.  Check out the first stages.  The work of world famous Henri Matisse, a local artist called Margaret Bell and the author/illustrator of The Rainbow Fish series, Marcus Pfister, have inspired us.

In the first stage we are applying water colours with sponges and large brushes to give a watery background.

 


Stage two involved observational drawing.  We made little viewfinders to help us concentrate on details.  Our drawing books contain observational drawings of all sorts of fish. Sharks, whales, stingrays, dolphins, starfish, puffer-fish and many others feature along with the goldfish.  There are also a few mermaids quietly swimming around!

Observational drawing is all about drawing what you see - not what you think you see.  And we are rather good at it too!  The viewfinders came in very handy for drawing parts of the fish like eyes, fins and tails in detail. 

 
Come and see the drawing books if you are passing but there are two more stages to go until the paintings are finished.  So you will see the completed masterpieces next time Room 2 is sharing at assembly.  Keep an eye on the newsletter for the date.

See you again soon.

Mrs B and the Room 2 crew.