International Dot Day- Art- Starting From A Dot

Tomorrow is International Dot Day.  Schools across the globe will be reading, "The Dot" by Peter H Reynolds. The author has challenged us to make our mark. This story links to the character strengths of bravery and creativity...

"The Dot is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to “make her mark”. What begins with a small dot on a piece of paper becomes a breakthrough in confidence and courage, igniting a journey of self-discovery and sharing, which has gone on to inspire countless children and adults around the globe."

Read by Lily V

The story inspired us to do some artwork. We started from a dot and used our strengths of creativity and bravery to create these: 

By Clem

By Lily V

By Nela

By Marnie

By Ridley

By Greta

By Ruby

By Molly

By Emelia

By James

By Eloi

By Jupiter

By Hadley

By Ari

Maths: We are learning to write numbers in Chinese

It is New Zealand Chinese Language Week In Maths we learnt how to write numbers 1-100 in Chinese. It is a great activity to help us with Place Value. 

You can learn how to write the numerals here: Structure of Chinese Numerals 

And say numbers 1-10:

The Dot- Planning for Writing

Drawing by Eloi

On Thursday, it is International Dot Day. International Dot Day is named for the classic Peter H. Reynolds storybook The Dot. Today we read the story and retold the story in pictures. What character strengths does Vashti have?

Auntie Dot Poem

Some of us read a poem called, "Auntie Dot" today. We have been learning to read poetry in different ways. 

Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment

Today, these guys showed us an experiment with baking soda and vinegar. Before we did the experiment we made predictions about what might happen. We said that it might:

• rise up 
• cause a reaction 
• explode 
• poof like a cloud of smoke 
• get fizzy 
• froth up 
• create create carbon dioxide 
• bubble

The dragons are coming ....

Scott's base groups performance .... What a night !

Pizza making

As part of maths Chrissy and Scott's maths groups have been learning about fractions. 

We made delicious pizzas today to reinforce our learning.