More Fun at Discovery Time

Our activities this week were... Moulding goo, Construction with boxes, Nail polish, making huts, Making books.
We were practising taking turns and sharing. There was some very creative finger nails...

Kayak Fun

We have also been having fun in the kayaks in our school pool. We were learning how to paddle the kayak with our hands and how to steer it around the pool.

Water Safety Activities

This week is our last week of swimming lessons in our school pool. So we have been doing a few different water activities.
We looked at wearing lifejackets, how to put them on properly, and when we might need to wear one. Also, what to do if we were tipped out of a boat or a canoe and how to kick on our backs while wearing out lifejacket to get to a place of safety.

Writing Words

Today we tried a new activity "Fast Words" We had to try to write the words Mrs Ross said on our white boards before she wrote them on hers. 

Or we could just copy them...

Learning how to play 'Naughts and Crosses'

At school on Friday the children learnt how to play 'Naughts and Crosses'. There is a lot of thinking involved in this game.... Problem Solving... even trying a Strategy that could help. They all enjoyed it and then some proceeded to ask me when we were going to do maths...little did they know they had already done it.

Discovery Time week 5

This week we had our all time favourite Discovery Time activity.... Marble Tracks...
While creating marble tracks there is soooo much learning going on for these little children, and it is also so much fun. Squeals of delight filled the area outside our classroom today as the marbles came out the other end of a tube or.....got stuck. The children were busy thinking things through and sorting it out for themselves.
The other activities today were , painting, puppet shows, making crafts with toilet rolls and pretend picnics. We were so good at making good choices and sharing the equipment.

A Butterfly Emerges

Today during Discovery Time we saw a butterfly emerge from it's chrysalis. This is something that not everybody gets to see... because it usually happens so fast that you miss it.
 So it was a very special event in Room 3.