December Blog

December 24th, 2014


Holiday Bazaar dance

We had fun preparing and performing for the Holiday Bazaar. It was great when we had some audience participation. We also draw a picture of our favourite dance moves.

1 minute maths activities

We had lots of excitement with these activities awarding ourselves 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and good run ribbons.

Tellytubbies

We showed a lot of commitment to complete our simple machines projects. We then individually presented them to an audience.

Couplet poems

  

We had our first attempt at writing poems. A couplet poem is in two parts, as in a couple with the last word of each line rhyming. We also considered respect for one another. We were authors but then had the job illustrating someone’s poem. We then presented our poems to individuals in the ELC3 and Reception class. Here are samples of some poems:

I kiss But I still miss	Cocoons are fun But do they grow in the sun?
I am fat Because I ate a cat	I made a wish I want a dish But in the end I got grilled fish
I am two and I have a tutu Mary, my friend has one too	I had a big fright In the night

Cinquain poem

Line 1: Title (noun) - 1 word 
Line 2: Description - 2 words 
Line 3: Action - 3 words 
Line 4: Feeling (phrase) - 4 words 
Line 5: Title (synonym) - 1 word

It was very windy at the time so we decided to write some poems relating to this. Here are some examples:

Wind Strong, fast The air blows Makes me feel cold Windy

Wind Cold, dangerous Howling, breaking, spinning Makes birds feel scared Storm

Wind Cold, strong Goes very quickly Happy when going fast Invisible

Acrostic poems

In Acrostic poems, the first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word. 
The word often is the subject of the poem. Below are some of our poems:

Soccer is really fun says Mr. Avinab. Pressure is not allowed in this class says Ms. Abigail Off the field says Principal Ye Jin Responsibility is in this class says Ms. Alaka This P.E. lesson is about badminton says Mr. Robert

Cares for you eyes allowed to eat raw, boiled or cooked raw carrots are tasty for rabbits really nutritious for you only carrots can turn you orange time to start eating carrots

Persuasion  

What do you think? Cats make better pets than dogs?

Read what the dogs and cats have to say.

Dog 1. Hey cat. Just want to say you are dirty. You lick yourself.	Cat 1. Well that’s ok. You are so lazy you don’t want to clean yourself.
Dog 2. Hey little kitty witty. You are so lazy and weak. You don’t even know how to bite people.	Cat 2. Oh yea. You have to be trained by your owner. We already know that stuff.
Dog 3.  I am so great. I swim and save my owner when he is drowning.	Cat 3. I don’t think so. We are just peaceful.
Dog 4. Look I’m so mean.	Cat 4. But I’m so cute.

Cat 1.  Lazy people love me because I am lazy.	Dog 1.  You are not helping your lazy owner to be a healthy person.
Cat 2. Hey Mr. Little dog. You take so long to take a bath.	Dog 2.  It’s much more efficient than licking.
Cat 3. We cats can clean ourselves.	Dog 3. But I thought you hate water?
Cat 4. Meow look at me I am a beautiful cat.	Dog 4. But I am more handsome than you.

Persuasion – Children today are smarter than their parents. Let’s see what the kings and queens have to say to the prince’s and princesses.

Princess Hoyeon The fact is children today are smarter than their parents because they learn from smart teachers and good lessons but parents learn that along time ago so parents forget everything.

Princess Alaka Surely children are smarter than their parents because it’s easier for children to learn things but parents have to train really, really hard, like for years.

Princess Ye Jin I know children today are smarter than parents because I am a better dancer than dad and I study at school.

Prince Jordi Others must agree that children are smarter than parents because they get to learn more stuff like using jet pack and hacking systems.

Prince Avi I really feel that children are smarter than their parents because parents teach them what they know and then the kids go to school and they learn new things their parents did not teach them.

Prince Robert The time has come to say children are smarter than their parents. Parents are born maybe in 1985 and that is a long time ago and it is in the past and now is the present with more technology. Kids know this stuff and parents don’t.

Prince Robin I’m absolutely certain children are much smarter than their parents because they have more modern schools and more information about the world.

King Clay I believe that parents are smarter than children because they know mathematics more than us when they were little.

Queen Rahma Clearly parents are smarter than children because they have experienced a longer life and have more knowledge.

King Prince the 5th of England Everyone knows that parents are smarter than children because my parents are teaching me every day and making me as strong as a gorilla.

King Dyllan In my opinion parents are smarter than children because they learn more like some business men who like to travel and that include maths.

King Nathan I’m absolutely certain parents are smarter than their children because parents know way more than kids.

Queen Gaby Without doubt parents are smarter than children because parents teach children and some teachers are parents.

King Feri Of course parents are smarter than children because my mum can cook any type of food and my dad is smart at maths.

Persuasion  

Look into our shop window. Do you like our window display? Will you walk in the shop and purchase some lego?

Excursion to Sinar Galih Wayang Golek

We visited the Wooden Puppet home industry with the Grade 6-8 class. This excursion was the same day as the Diwali Celebrations. The students had been learning about the “Rama and Shinta” story so the timing was perfect for this visit. The home industry is a small family business. The family started making wooden puppets in 1965 so next year there will be a 50 year celebration. They are continuing to pass on their artistic skills from generation to generation. “Wayang golek” (wooden puppet) is a traditional art form of West Java. There is also “Wayang Kulit” (leather puppet) and “Wayang Wong or Orang” (human puppet) from Central Java. For the “Wayang golek” artists carve the wood by hand, paint the features and then clothe the puppets with materials like batik or sarong. The student’s task was to paint the face of Rama or Shinta very carefully. This was a very delicate task. The evidence is on the expression of the student’s faces as they paint. Some of the students got to use some other puppets on display to make their own performance. Everyone got to take their puppet home and some were busy having their own puppet conversation while traveling on the bus back to school. 

RAVANA
THE EVIL CHARACTER IN THE DIWALI STORY

We multiplied our own heads 10 times to turn into the king of demons, Ravana. We also made 3D models of evil faces and put them together to represent Ravana. We used our imaginations as to what each pair of faces may be capable of.

Below are some features different students came up with:
Head 1 and 2 - Can read minds and turn to an animal or person
Head 3 and 4 - Omega beams
Head 5 and 6 -  Are the bosses
Head 7 and 8 - Shoot out spider webs
Head 9 and 10 - Spit boiling water