HICKORY DICKORY DOCK

Today we got a letter from the Mouse in the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock.  He needs our help!

Every time the mouse runs up the clock, the clock chimes and gives him a fright.  The mouse wants us to make him a clock so he can practise telling the time. Then he will know when to avoid running up the clock!

Clever Mouse!

The first thing we do when given a problem to solve, is WONDER.  We got into small groups and brainstormed all our ideas. We had to think about how we were going to make the hands move, and how to make our clock creative.When we THINK we are ready to move to ACT, we first need to check that we have learnt all the things that we need in order to make a clock that meets the success criteria.

In the EXPLORE phase, we learnt all about how to tell the time so that we could teach the Mouse.  We practised reading and writing times and we also had lots of activities all based on the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock.  We looked at different types of clocks to get some ideas.

We watched videos that explain how to tell the time.

Watch Kaito and Oliver explain how to tell the time...

We get CHECKPOINTED to show the teachers that we are ready to move into the next phase of Te Ako Ritenga, our Learning Process.

ACT, this is where we bring together all our learning from EXPLORE.  We draw a plan of the clock we want to make. We list all the materials we need to make it.

Then we gather all the bits and pieces we need and we begin making our clocks.  We have to negotiate with our friends as to who is making what part of the clock.  We are constantly reflecting on our clock and thinking about what we could do to make it better.

Once our clocks are all finished we have a sharing time.  We explain our clocks to the rest of the class and together we decide if we have met the success criteria.  Sometimes we only meet some of the criteria. When that happens, we think of ways to improve our clock so that all the Success Criteria are met.

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Out next step is to write instructions for the mouse so he can learn how to tell the time!  Stay tuned!


UPDATE:

Here are a few stories...

MILKSHAKE FRIDAY

We had so many kids away in Week Two that lots of our friends missed out on making milkshakes.  Mrs Lunn took them this Friday instead so that they didn't miss out...

Looks like they enjoyed themselves!

PAPER CHAIN CHALLENGE

Mrs Kenyon's nephew Dylan is having a birthday party and we had to make paper chains to decorate his house.  

BUT......Mrs Lunn said we would use all the coloured paper so only let us use 2 pieces. 

 

 

We had to make sure we only used 2 pieces of paper, that the chain was tidy and that it was long. 

It was tricky.  

 

Ruby, Ava T, Layla and Maddy got their chain to 2.6m long.  

Well done girls!

We hope Dylan has a wonderful party!

WAFFLE MAKING

On Friday Mrs Lunn helped us to make waffles. 

I made waffles.  

It was so delicious with golden syrup. 

 I did the dishes.

By Mason

MAKING BOATS

We had a blast at school today.  

Not only did Belinda bring her fire truck to school, but we made our boats!  Mrs Lunn showed us some photos of the boats the Maori people used to come from Hawaiki to New Zealand many, many years ago.  We had a close look at these ocean going waka and Mrs Lunn challenged us to include on feature of a waka on OUR boat.





The teachers were very impressed with what we came up with.  Many of our groups made a boat with two hulls to make them more stable.  Lots of us put sails on our boats and a few groups put a paddle to help the teddies steer their ship.  We were very good at modifying our designs to incorporate the newest Success Criteria

Then the teachers set up a testing station for us to test our boats.  They were very impressed with how well our boats meet the Success Criteria.

Here are a few photos of us in action...

We had a wonderful time building our boats.  This activity provided us with an opportunity to practise our problem solving strategies, our negotiating skills and our ability to cooperate.  The teachers were very proud of us AND our boats.

BOAT MAKING CHALLENGE

As you will have seen on the Blog, the teachers have challenged us to make a boat strong enough to hold three teddies.

Today we were able to get with a couple of friends and start planning our boats.

First we WONDERED what we would need to make our boats and what design features our boats might have.

Then we drew a plan of our boat.  We labeled our diagram and wrote a list of materials that we might need.

If we have any bits and pieces at home that we could use, please can you send them to school tomorrow.

Thanks!!!

First we WONDERED what we might need to make the boats

Then we had to draw our plans

Here is Fai'ana's boat

Here is Oliver's boat plan

Keira and Alec worked well together as a team

EXPLORING WEIGHT

Today the Blue and Purple Maths groups EXPLORED Weight.

The teachers were impressed with our use of mathematical language.  We were using words like heavier, lighter and balance.  We spent time exploring the different stations and then we were able to share back to the class what we had discovered.

The kids explored how to get the
stretchy weighing machine to work

Miharo put together some scales and figured out how they worked

Ethan was able to tell his friends how he got his weighing machine to work

Jamie realised that when he added
more teddies into the bucket the needle
moved around and pointed to bigger
numbers

Holly and Brooke were able to work out which cup held the most by
filling the cups and counting how many blocks each could hold.
They discovered that the one that has the most blocks in it, has the greater
capacity.

Mika was able to make a weighing machine too!

Taha was pleased with how his weighing
machine turned out

Ethan did a great job explaining to
the group how his weighing machine
worked