Inquiry
This week we got into small groups to research about the main beliefs from around the world. In our groups we had to prepare a short presentation to the class so that we could gather information about different beliefs for our inquiry. The groups had a limited amount of time to use the library to find books about their chosen topic and then more time to prepare a slideshow of the key points. Finally each group had some time to work on their presentation techniques - no reading from the slides; interact with your audience; speak in a clear loud voice.
We watched each others' presentations and then recorded their information and reflected on our presentation skills. It was nerve-wracking but fun!
Art
We have continued our theme of expressing ourselves through art by looking at a different style of art - Pointillism. We first practiced by making pictures using small dots using marker pens of any simple object we wanted. We then sketched a picture of a landscape we were interested in and then chose whether to paint or color using marker pens to create a finished product. We found out that it takes a long time to create a piece of artwork using this technique as you have to make so many dots!
Language
We have been reading and writing poems this week. We learnt that there are many types of poetry and that they don't always need to rhyme in order to be poems. These types of poems are called free verse. We used 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright to create our own free verse poems of fantastical things we would put in our very own magic box.
Mathematics
We have continued our learning of patterns and sequences this week by consolidating our knowledge of how to identify a pattern by looking for the rule (and practicing our four operations at the same time!) and using these skills to investigate repeating shapes. It was challenging to find the links between the numbers.
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