Sunday, August 17, 2014

Production


We performed our item at the Team Rata Production, A Taste of Kiwi for the school on Tuesday as a dress rehearsal and our families on Wednesday.  The children's performance was excellent. 

Twisting couples







Our Band


Classroom Environment



Room 1 environment

Production finished and we are able to put our room back together so I decided to ask the children which areas they thought worked well and which needed to be changed. 

We had undertaken this activity in term 1 and it is very noticeable that the children are capable of much deeper and clearer thinking.  Their ideas this time are a response to how they are able to work in areas whereas at the beginning of the year it was much more about activities they like to do.

The children were able to justify their comments with sound ideas based on their experiences.  The changes mostly were around ease of access and being squashed using a particular area or table.


Emily – in room 1 I think that the browse boxes are easy to get and easy to see and they are in the right place also the maths need moving and the library books need moving to a different place I think that the whiteboards and the whiteboards need to go a different.  (It needs a bigger space – library books)

Daniella
What is good in this classroom is the curtains because it is like a dark spot. I also think that we have change something is the bookshelf and the literacy activities. (Because so then we can learn other stuff)

Samantha
In room 1 the library corner maths activities are working really well we can get them.  The library corner you cannot get the books.

Sophia
The birthday cakes on the wall can stay where they are

Alexey
We need to move the white shelf to the jelly table. It is very nice (so we can see it from the far away.)

Jacob M
The maths shelf was working well because when you tell us we can just walk to the maths trolley from the mat.  The library corner needs to be moved (when books fell off people might bump into it)

Jimmy
The maths trolley is perfect.

Charlotte
The maths are going very well because we are able to get them and I think we should move some paper into some square holes  (from blue shelf to white shelf)


Bella
In room 1 the browse boxes are in the right spot.  Because it is in the right spot the maths trolley can move because they are in the way of us playing.  (There’s not enough room to play with the maths.)

Adam
In room 1 the maths are easy to get there so you can get the activity and the worst is the key area (if heaps of people want to look at it there is not enough room)

Jacob Y
In room 1 the browsing boxes look very good and they easy to get to.  The library corner needs to get moved (when you try to get a book the curtains pull up and down)

Toby
White shelf is in right place but the maths shelf isn’t (when we want to get a game we might hit our heads.

Madison
In room 1 the white shelf is in the right place the whiteboard could be around the other side of the TV and the couch could be where the maths is.

Kaiden
My idea is a treasure map so we can go hunting.

Lucas
In room 1 the books are in the right place the whiteboard needs moving (so I can get the whiteboards and not need to ask a child0

Haylin
I think the library shelf shouldn’t be moved because its got a wee bit of space but I think the literacy should be moved because it doesn’t have a wee bit of space.

Harrison
The maths trolley is in the right and it should not be moved. (The table by library because people get squished through that little space.)

Coben
I would the big table needs some more room otherwise you go to side it and get squished.

Catwings

We have been reading the story Catwings about four cats that have wings and escape from the hard city streets to the country.

We talked about the pros and cons of being a cat with wings.


Yellow hat
Black Hat
Harrison
The Catwings can fly up in the air high.
The cats can get lost in the clouds and they can’t fly in the rain
Daniella
I think that flying cats are very soft because when you pat them they are very soft
The worst thing about cat are scratching their selves
Bella
If I was a catwing I would fly to a rainbow
The bad thing is I flew into a rock
Haylin
The good thing that was that you can’t crash if you don’t have your eyes open

Adam
The good thing is you can fly to school
The bad thing is that you can fly away
Samantha
The cat can fly to its nest
The bad thing is you could bump into your nest
Charlotte
If I were a cat with wings it would be very good to fly
If I would shut my eyes I would crash
Jimmy
If I was a cat with wings it is a good thing that I can fly home from school
If I was a cat with wings and I got captured I would be a bad cat for them
Coben
The good things are when I go home
I will stay in school for ever
Madison
The good thing would be if I could fly and get my food and drinks
The bad thing would be I might get trouble and somebody might put me in a cage and keep me
Emily
I am a cat and I have wings that have points and a delicate body that has ginger fur on my body
I don’t like licking myself
Kaiden
The cat is normal and it flies
I won’t be the king
Toby
The good thing is I can fly
The bad thing is I could get caught
Lucas
The good thing is I have wings to fly
The bad thing is I could crash into a rock
Jacob Y
You could see things on the ground
The bad thing is you could crash into another bird
Sophia
The good thing about being a cat with wings is that you can fly all you want
The worst thing of being a cat with wings would be that there would be too many other birds that you couldn’t see
Ginny
I would like to be a flying cat because I would fly high
I would not like to be a flying cat because I could fly into a tree
Alexey
The good thing tis he cat is not flying far away
Don’t fly far away from your parents
Jacob M
It will be a good thing because I can fly anywhere
It will be a bad thing because a bat will bite me.