Fun Friday - end of Week 1

Today Room 3 girls worked in the hall to learn about Girls Self Defence. Check the homework book on Monday for their rap, and ask them about what they have learned from the visiting instructors.

Meanwhile the boys had a day doing different learning in the classroom, starting with a maths challenge that they will finish next week with Mrs Roberts and ending with a STEM Challenge with Mrs Beilby.  What a fun way to end the week, with lots of oral language, problem solving and working together.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths - so lots of learning areas covered with a really hands on activity.

The problem set was to design a shelter for a family that would withstand rain. Unlike most of our making at Discovery, they only had $10 to spend on their design and could purchase the materials from the teacher. Then the fun began. Lots of different creations, and I think that every one of them kept the family dry inside!

Purchases made - the building begins.

After lunch we took our shelters outside to see whether they were 'fit for purpose'.  Rain was dripped/trickled onto the shelters. Then we checked whether our families were dry.

Some of the designers with their wet shelters, all of which were fit for purpose in light 'rain'. We saw that some needed to be sturdier so that they didn't collapse once they got wet on the outside.

Check our homework books next week to see how we self evaluated our shelters against the criteria.

3 boys homework books not at school today, please make sure that they are here Monday.