Maths in Room 13

Lately in Room 13 we have been looking at patterns!

We pretended we worked in a supermarket, and created a "Tin Can" Display using plastic cups. We had to fill in a table to find out how many "tins" we would need to create a display that was 10 rows high!

The pattern was to add an extra cup to the bottom row each time!

We figured it out using the pattern then tried to build it! But we found out we didn't have enough cups...

We tried to make our own arrangements up too!  

We found out you have to have a steady hand for this job!

Maths is fun in Room 13!

Term 2 Weaving

Over.... Under..... Over.... Under...

Here is some more of our fantastic weaving artwork! We have been working hard in Room 13.

Some of Room 13 with our woven boats!

Close ups of our boats - how cool are they!?

Busy painting a picture to weave!

Making woven rockets... check back next week for our finished products!

Tyson proud of his rocket!

Weaving can be messy.... but it's fun!

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Jack's Drone

A few weeks ago Jack from Room 13 brought in his drone. It was a present from his Dad from Australia.

He made it do front flips.

He crashed it a few times. Once it crashed into the roof!

Jack getting the drone going.

Apache jumping out of the way.

Where did it go?

Can you see the drone??

Trying not to hit anything!

The best part was when he flew it high over the roof. We were excited when Jack flew his drone.

Cross Country!

Last Friday we had the Hampstead School Cross Country! We set goals in Room 13 and worked hard to achieve them for weeks. We are so glad our hard work paid off!! Here are some photos from the day.

Ashley running hard.

Go Zayla!

Great work Sally!

Trying our best at Hampstead School.

Some spectators clapping and supporting.

Run Jack run!

Go Brandon!

Good work Tyson!

Crossing that finish line! Go Cooper!

Great work Austin!

And a big congratulations to Joshua Pitney from our class who finished first in the 2-Lap in-school Running Competition!

Jack and the Jumping Beanstalk

Last Monday, the Year 0-5s at Hampstead School were lucky enough to be treated to a hilarious and musical rendition of Jack and the Beanstalk that also taught us a lesson about reducing, reusing and recycling litter. 3 actors played a variety of characters and we really enjoyed watching!

Jack and his mother on the stage.

Room 13 Enjoying the show.

The Jumping Bean is hiding in the audience.

Three very talented actors!

Is that a kink in your neck?

Oh no! Jack has been arrested for being a litter bug!

Getting Creative in Room 13!

In Room 13 we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Here are some of our creations that we made from using different 2D shapes!

A cat using 4 triangles, one diamond and a hexagon.

A flower using 9 triangles, 2 diamonds and a hexagon.

Another flower using 8 diamonds and 5 triangles.

A fish using 8 trapeziums, 3 triangles and 4 diamonds.

Some of our shapes.

A beautiful rose!

We have just started our weaving topic for art in Room 13. Here is some of our ANZAC themed woven artwork.

And some of our zigzag woven artwork.

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Term 1 Activities

Term 1 was a busy one in Room 13. Here are some of the things our class got up to:

Adventure Based Learning for P.E. - we did a variety of activities.

Me & My Shadow - Sally trying to fit into someone else's outline 

Lexi trying to fit into someone's shadow outline.

Riley having a go!

Lacey's turn - looking staunch!

 To work on team work, Room 13 tried making different shapes and letters by lying down in groups.

Making a triangle!

The letter D!

The letter M!

Creating a square!

 We also played "Twist & Shout" where everyone had to link arms and then try to get untangled without letting go of each other's hands!

All tangled up!

Free at last!

Sheryl Stivens also came to talk to our class about water conservation. She created a really interesting model and we learnt a lot about not wasting water!

Talking to our class.

We enjoyed being helpers!

We also attended a weaving workshop that was taken by Lisa. She showed us all the different things we could do with flax weaving.

It was interesting looking at all the different things she has weaved from flax!

Austin trying out a hat.

 We can't wait to start weaving for our Art topic in Term 2!

Shelley, a netball coach, also came every Tuesday in March to teach us about lots of useful netball skills. These were so fun.

Stacey, Lexi and Tyler.

We had a lot of fun!

We can't wait to learn about rugby and hockey skills in Term 2!