Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Report News Broadcast

Last week the class has been busy writing news reports.

Once completed they had to then write a script for their news report and then film it.

Some choose to do green screening while others did movie maker.




The class really enjoyed creating their news broadcast.
Here are some of them.






Joshua, Ryu, Lucas and Sak


Panhaboth and Wattai


Srey Pich & Kelly

Gangmin & Reach Oona, Liza & Rio SeoYoung & Victoria

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

One School many Languages

Here is a video by our EAL teachers on way your mother tongue is so important to children that don't speak English as their first language.
It is a very touching video.
Thank you to the our wonderful EAL teachers and children for sharing it with us


Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Environmental Writing

Today the class had an opportunity to go out side to do some environmental sensory writing.

Here are some examples of what a few children wrote.

They were all amazing....


Sitting on a bench and looking around I hear construction workers hammering.
I see insects buzzing around the sweet smelling flowers.
I feel peaceful,  yet chaotic.
Leaves and branches sway in a gentle breeze.
Ants scurry.
Clouds slowly dance across the sky.
The hot sun beats down.
Birds soar on the wind.

By Oona

The construction rumbling like a herd of bulls. Wind gently whistles in my ear. Trees gently wave like saying goodbye forever. 
Birds hovering the sky doing figure 8’s. The grass lies motionless. Ants crawling on the ground like panthers sweeping the jungle. the smell of dust surrounds  us. 
The heat is like a video game getting harder and hotter.
By Joshua

Sitting on an artificial tree trunk, I watch plants sway and birds fly off into the distance. Bees buzz around flowers that sway and try to push them away.Tall trees are standing fighting against the gentle breeze,  there thin leafy branches dancing. The crunching sound of people walking on pebbles is like potato chips crunching, making me hungry. The grass looks squashed  and defeated as they lie there on the soft dirt. In the afternoon it is hot but in the morning it is not. There is a spiral just standing there looking like a snail shell. A house standing at  the edge of a hill.
By Wattai











Crazed woodcutters occurred in the peaceful view, causing chaos and destruction.
As busy as bees, soaring birds fluttered with their gliding wings, finding a home.
Flies, birds, bees, all together finding themselves in the clouds, a peaceful view.
White fluffy clouds like cotton candy, emerging from each sides, forming into other shapes.
A bright glowing beam of light from the sun poured on me, like a bucket filled with infinite water splashed on my poor head.
Grass, grass, grass, a field filled with green enriched grass.
Trees covered in attractive beautiful flowers, so sleek like humongous pencils.
A breeze of wind splashed on my face, even though I was not wet.
By Lucas













Clouds slowly move across the sky. 
The sun pushes through the clouds forcing itself onto the world waking the day and forcing night away. 
Birds fly high across the cloudy sky soraring on the currents. 
Leaves gently sway on the breeze. 
 The sound of cicadas can be heard in the distance.
By Mr Simon



Butterflies fly in the natural sky and the trees dance as the wind blows along.
The flowers are blue.The wooden bridge is the passageway that people walk along and
it swings like crazy in the breeze. People having fun, they shout, laugh and giggle .
By Sak





Friday, August 28, 2015

Unpacking "what it is to be a leader"



This week the children have been busy looking at different leaders and why they are leaders in the different fields they are in.


They will then display these and will continue to work on them this week.









Thursday, August 20, 2015

Rio tells us about leaders

For homework this week the children had to talk with their families and decide who are the leaders in their famiies, leaders in the school and leaders in the community.
Here is Rio telling us about her family and who the leaders are in her community.

Friday, August 7, 2015

Unpacking our School Vision and Essential Agreement

On Friday the class spent time unpacking our school Vision and creating our class essential agreement.

VISION
"Learning together, growing together, each making a difference."



The children had to be creative and illustrate what they think our school vision means to them.


They will share their illustrations to the class and we will create a class collage. I was really impressed with the creativity of the children and how hard they worked. They definitely understand our school vision. I will share their illustrations once they are finished.

They also spent time creating our class essential agreement - what helps them learn. The class talked about what they saw as most important for our class essential agreement which will maximise learning for everyone.

This will become our guideline in the classroom to support our learning.

Our Essential Agreement
- Be supportive, listen to others people's ideas and work cooperatively

·     Never give up. Keep trying even when it is hard

·    Be a thinker. Ask questions and search for the answer

·    Try new things, even if scares you

·    Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. We learn from them

·    Enjoy your work and be creative



We finished off the day with a game that Miss Alison taught us called "Stop Ball" with the rest of the Grade 4 classes putting into practice our essential agreement.