Week 11 Term 2 2010

Wow what a busy week it has been . It started with us going to see the middle syndicate's production of Gnomes and Gardens. Callum, Stephanie, Sam, Jade, Oscar, Mahad and Olivia all had a family member in the show and it was so exciting to watch them

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Room 14 surprised us by popping their puppets up at our window - and then coming in to show us them. They were very impressive and to think they were made from old socks.



We had a look at an old toy that Mrs Westcott had when she was little. She still has the original box and it came all the way from England.


On Tuesday we had the 'Toys Tea Party' - An opportunity to share our learning with a special guest and spend time together. It was a lot of fun and we thank all the people who came to share in our special tea party.

Week 10 Term 2 2010

This week our local educational police officer popped in to see us. His name is Constable Harwood. He stayed for a little while and talked to us about his job and showed us some of the tools he uses in his job.

We took the opportunity to ask him about what his favourite toy was when he was little. We found out that he use to play with toy soldiers and that he didn't have them anymore BUT he did keep the 'Tonka toys' he use to play with. Thanks Constable Harwood for popping in to see us and thanks Jade for taking this photo of him with the class camera.



We also made some invitations, inviting a special guest to our 'Toys Tea party' next week. You can tell by the image below how excited we are to be having a tea party at school and sharing with our special guests some of the things we now know about toys.




Thanks also to Martin for making these paper toys, following the instructions in his reader this week. At our developmental session on Friday Martin showed others how to make them.

Week 9 Term 2 2010

We have been learning to classify toys in a variety of ways. Click on the pictures below to enlarge them.

Blake



Charlie



Nicole Patton



Olivia



Austin



Alexas

Week 8 Term 2 2010

Did you work out that the toy we made was a cup and ball?
We each took a photo of our toy -






We had a great deal of fun with our new toys. We found out its actually quite tricky to get the ball in the cup. It takes a great deal of perseverance.


On Friday we went to the syndicate assembly and four girls wanted to read the descriptions they had written about an old doll.
Well done girls.

A visit from Mrs Stewart

This week Mrs Stewart our Principal came to our classroom and talked about her favourite toy - a teddy bear. She has put her teddy bear somewhere safe and can't quite remember where it is at the moment. She said it had a very hard body and had limbs that moved. She brought along a teddy bear that she has had for 10 years. For a long time it has been in her office but since the arrival of her Grandson it has become a regular passenger in her car to keep him company.It is a lovely bear so soft and cuddly. Thank you for coming to our class and talking to us Mrs Stewart.

A special bear

Jade brought in her Nana's special teddy bear that is 51 years old. He is obviously a well loved bear as a lot of his fur has worn off. Jade took the following photos of this very special bear. Thanks Jade for bringing in your Nana's bear to share with us.

Sorting old and new toys

Today we had fun sorting old and new toys on the following website. Click on the picture below and have fun with this activity at home.

Our trip to MOTAT

This week we visited MOTAT - It was a rather exhausting but fun filled day. Needless to say we got to see a lot of toys.

On Friday we recorded this podcast so you can see some of the interesting things we saw on the trip.







We saw a spinning top and we wondered if it was like the one you use to play with Mr Wood?





We also got to watch spinning tops in action - look at the video below

Sonny Bee

When we went to the singing assembly we were spotted by Sonny Bee as a class that was trying really hard to sing the songs even though we didn't even know all the words!!!
'Sonny Bee' spent a week in our classroom and enjoyed learning with us. Sonny Bee watched over us all week and was always keen for a cuddle. See us cuddling 'Sonny Bee' and look out for Mrs Elliot. She is a student teacher who spent a week with us and will visit us again next term.

Strawberry shortcake toys

Jorja brought in some toys that her mother played with when she was five. Look at the photos Jorja took of her mothers strawberry shortcake toys. We discovered that some of them still smelt of strawberry!

Not a box by Room 6

This weeks shared book was called 'Not a box' by Antonette Portis It's a fantastic book as the main character has fun showing you that a box is not a box when you use your imagination - it can be anything you want it to be from a car to a robot. We decided to use the programme KidPix to show you all what we decided the box could be. We all started with the same box image on KidPix and then drew our own drawing.

Week 4 Term 2 2010

It has been yet another busy week in room 6.

Mr Barnes brought in his favourite toy to show us - We were in awe of it - as we watched it go around and around. Mr Barnes is very fond of his toy having bought it 30 years ago in Singapore.



He has looked after it for 30 years making sure that it is always put back in its original box.



Watch this video - We just loved watching Mr Barnes favourite toy and we thought you might too.



Mrs Rennie brought in her favourite toy - it is a doll she was given from Santa when she was five. It's now 73 years old. It has a cloth body and porcelain arms and legs.



It would great if you could tell us your favourite toy by leaving us a comment.

Week 3 Term 2 2010

We have had another busy week in Room 6. We started the week with a lovely Autumn walk - looking at the lovely Autumn tree just outside our classroom. We scrunched our way through the leaves, gathered them in our hands and then had a great deal of fun throwing them. Our faces say it all.



We went to our first session of badminton. Our coach was very impressed we could make our way through the obstacle course BACKWARDS!!!!



We continue our work on 'toys' and have been busy inviting some people into our classroom to show us their favourite toy. We sent our invitations by using e postcards and discovered this meant that the person we sent it to wouldn't be getting the postcard in the letter box but in their in box on their computer. We got a reply from Mrs Stewart our principal it looked like this.....



The photo below was taken by Flynn. It is of Mrs Rennie-Youngers favourite toy. She got given it when she was 5 years old from Santa. Her sister got one as well. Mrs Rennie-Younger's doll is on the right and is called Sharon. Her sisters doll - (Madeline) on the left is wearing the dress the dolls were wearing when they got them. As the dolls were 'twins' Mrs Rennie-Younger's mother had to write the dolls names on their feet !!!



We would love to know what your favourite toy was as a child. It would be great if you could let us know by leaving us a comment.

Week 2 Term 2 2010

This week we read the shared book - 'The best bear'. Most of us brought in one of our bears while others brought in a toy kitten.
Every one took a photo of their bear or kitten



We then used these images to describe our bears and kittens - making our own book -

Week 1 Term 2 2010

The first week of the term has flown by. We have started our inquiry on 'toys over time'. In this inquiry we will be looking at toys and how they have changed over the years.
We started the week by listing some of the toys we have at home. We wrote them on a 'wordle' and then chose the one we liked.



Later in the week we brought in one of our favourite toys and took turns using the class camera to take a photograph of it.


We have used these photos to make an ebook - look out for this later in the week.