Sewing the Olympic Rings

This week we started a fibre and fabric unit.  We learnt to thread a needle, tie a knot and use back stitch.  We drew the Olympic rings on to hessian then used these as a guide for our stitiches.  Some of us found this sewing very hard but others like Jack and Heath had excellent skills. 

Olympic Popplet

Vote Below For Your Favourite Olympic Sport

A Babberize

I created this Blabberise to show us how we can publish our writing this week. Look out for our presentations.

Harry's Voki

Kate's Voki

Ethan's Voki

Eligh's Voki

Nikita's Voki

Olympic Ring Dance

Today we created Olympic Ring Dance routines and shared them. We learned about accepting each others ideas, working as a team and respecting each other. The dance performances were great. We only had a short time to prepare our dances so we all had to focus and support each other.

RSPCA

At the end of the term 2 Neve,Samara and Georgie organised a fund raising day for the RSPCA. Children wore mufti and brought cat or dog food, jerseys, towels or blankest. They raised hundreds of dollars of food and collected materials to make the animals comfortable( towels, blankets, jerseys). The girls organised the whole thing. They even managed to get in the newspaper! Neve also received a letter from a Labour member of Parliament thanking her for her empathy and care. Well done!

Olympic Rings

Can you make the Olympic Rings out of things at home. Photograph these and email them to school or bring the photos into school to share. Here is a montage of some ideas. Be creative

Making the Olympic Rings

We all experienced the linking of the Olympic rings and how it connects us .

Reading Activity

Tao and Roman followed instructions well and made these great boats. Well done boys. Great photographs you took!

Olympic Mascots

Meet  Wenlock and Mandeville.  They are the official mascots for the London Olympics and the Paralympic Games 2012.  Watch these videos and follow their adventures. The story is written by one of Room 16's  favourite authors, Michael Morpurgo.

London Olympics Emblem

What is an emblem?
The dictionary says...
1.special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
2.a visible symbol representing an abstract idea


The London Olympics Emblem is based on the number 2012.
This is the year of the games. The word London reminds us of the host city.
The vision at the heart of the games is that London 2012 will be ‘Everyone’s Games’.

Fractions are Fun!

This term we are learning about fractions. Fractions are parts of a whole. Each part must be equal. Watch these videos to learn more.

Learn more about fractions by making an origami dog.
Play Turkey Terminator. It is a fun fraction game! Throw pies to get turkeys. When you run out of pies, answer the fractions question to get more. How many turkeys can you terminate in two minutes?








Meet Zeebo. He is the King of the Fractions!
Duh. Can you see why? Zeebo lives this stuff, so he's the guy to show you how to work them. Really, fractions aren't as bad as you think. In fact, they're pretty fun once you get the hang of them. Visit Zeebo to learn all about fractions.

The Olympic Flag

This is what we learned today...

• The Olympic rings are a symbol of the Olympics


• There are five interlacing rings


• The colours of the rings are blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white background


• The colours were chosen because at least one of these five colours is found on the flag of every nation


• The rings are interlocked to show friendship among the nations


• The rings represent the 5 main land areas of the world (continents) - Asia, America, Europe, Africa and Australia


• The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius. This means Faster, Higher, Stronger in Latin

Tomorrow we are going to get into groups of 5 to make the rings by interlocking our arms, forming a circle, so that we can experience how the rings interlock and unite us.

Then we are going to make up a short dance. Our starting position will be a ring, then move outwards and around, twisting and turning, then coming back to our starting positions.

Olympic Games 2012

This term we will be learning about the Olympic Games. To start the inquiry we will be learning about the Olympic rings. We will complete a visual art unit on sewing and will stitch the Olympic rings. Watch out for photos of our sewing. The 2012 games will be held n London. Visit these websites to learn more and play some games.







Games

Miner's Huts

Last term we made miner huts as part of our inquiry.  We went through the design process, making plans, testing materials, changing or modifying our plans, building our prototypes then reflecting on and sharing our final product.  They looked great! We photographed them amongst the tussocks in our school garden and they looked very authentic.  What do you think?