MAKE IT MONDAY - MASK MAKING

Our wonderful DOLPHINS reading group read us "The Mask Parade" to HOOK us in.  

They had set a challenge for us to make our own Mask and then have a parade in the class.

 

We had to do some more investigating about symmetry to ensure we met the Success Criteria.

 

 

       

"Today me and Ava T made a bunny and a unicorn mask.  It was so hard to cut the eyes so Ava did it then we got the job done". Ava T & Ruby

"On Make it Monday we all made masks and I made Harry Potter.  We had a parade and Mrs Peck came in .  These were my materials paper, jovis and string and it had long black hair and a lightning bolt scar on his forehead and I also made his wand". By Oliver H

"Today we made a mask.  I made a cat and I like the little tongue.  It is very cute.  I love it and the cute rosy cheeks and is was the cutest thing ever". By Layla G

"It was easy.  I made a wolf mask.  It had pink ears but no nose.  It had sharp teeth and whiskers.  It is orange.  I liked making to because it was cool fun". By Royce

"My mask is an owl because it hoots at night and another reason is because it sleeps a lot like me" By Brooke

"My mask is green.  My mask has cardboard behind it". By Connor

Yesterday we made masks. Some people made bunnies ad unicorns and ogres and scary monsters too.  Afterwards it was a pig sty.  It took so long to pack up the mess.  Some people got to move their Self Manager.  Then we sat in a circle and then we did a parade and Mrs Kenyon took photos of us.  By Charlie

Yesterday for Make it Monday.  The Dolphins decided to make masks.  I made a unicorn one but it did not fit.  So I had to get some more string,  By Ruby

TRAP THE WASP CHALLENGE

Amon, who we have previously met as a very Effective Communicator, came up with a wonderful idea for a challenge for Genius Hour on Friday.  After reading the book The Giant Jam Sandwich, he and his friend Skylah, challenged the children to come up with a way to trap the wasps.  But there was a twist - the children were NOT allowed to make a sandwich, like the people in the book did.

Clever Amon and Skylah read the book to the children as the HOOK, then they told them the success criteria they had come up with.

The children worked very hard problem solving, negotiating with their team mates, problem solving and working together to solve the problem.

Here's the video of Amon issuing the challenge to the class...  we think he'll be a teacher when he grows up!

Here is Amon and Skylah's slideshow - with a bit of help from Mrs Lunn...




Here's how the kids all did...

Oliver W and Quinn G are working on their trap.

Ryla, Ava-Rose and Holly H are busy at work designing and making a trap.  They did a great job following their plan.

Fear not the people of Itching Down.
The Dinosaurs will eat the wasps!

   

Here's the video of the story...

We had a Wasp Challenge and we made a trap.  There was one hundred wasp and then we made a ginormous jam sandwich and the wasp for fat and fat and the wasp went BOOM! By Kento

MAKE IT MONDAY - PUPPETS

Today Ava T and Ruby came up with a challenge for us to make a puppet and a stage.

First we WONDERED what we would need to know about how to make puppets.  The success criteria mentioned patterns and symmetry ... so we definitely needed to find out all about that.

 We have been focusing this term on being Effective Communicators.  This activity was a great one to practice our skills.  We had to negotiate, take turns, problem solve, work together and cooperate.  These are pretty hard skills for 6 and 7 year olds, but the teachers said we did an outstanding job!

 Ava-Rose, Ryla and Holly H worked together today and made two puppets and a stage.  They achieved all of the Success Criteria.

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 We were so busy making our puppets and stages.  It took us right up until lunchtime!

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 We made some very creative puppets.  They were all different shapes and sizes!

 We learnt about pattern and symmetry too

 Look at the Batman puppet the boys made!

 Part of our Inquiry process is REFLECT.  We think about how well we worked together and if we met the success criteria.


Watch Keira and Maddy's Puppet Show...