It’s been a busy term so far in Maths. The girls were learning more about place value – Hundreds, Tens and Units. The were enjoying using various estimation strategies during this activity. When learning about 3D shapes, we used solid 3D shapes to help us discover the properties of them – faces, sides, corners, curved surfaces. They used mini marshmallows and cocktail sticks to recreate these shapes. However the marshmallows went missing after this activity!!! We then went outdoors on a 3D maths trail where we discovered that there are a lot of 3D shaped items in the world around us – Builders cones, sphere cctv cameras, cuboid peers, cube jigsaw seat, cylinder poles!

When learning about sound in Science, the girls were given the freedom of the classroom to create a new instrument that would produce various sounds. Great team work during this activity. The girls presented their items and explained how they created them. While learning about the force of Water and Air, the girls did a lot of experimenting to show the pushing and pulling forces that air and water can do. The girls used balloons, straws and paper plates to show the force of air in action. And they showed how moving water can move their tinfoil created boats!

The girls became very good with their hands in Art class by creating pinch pots, a form of transport and fossils using clay. The final creations were beautiful. With Spring in the air, the girls designed bright and cheery dreamcatchers to hang in their rooms.

All the girls look forward to Little Red Kettle coming every year. It was a really fun play this year entitled ‘How to steal the world’, with a few fun characters from 2nd class added in!!