Season Dioramas

Room 5 and 6 got together to make some dioramas representing the four seasons.   First we were put into groups of 3 - 4.  The Year 6's were the leaders and had to make sure everyone was participating. We had to plan what we were going to do.  Then we were given some cardboard, scissors, tape, crayons, paper and, of course, a box to make it in.

  We tried to design our dioramas as 3D models but some groups found that quite hard.

When we were finished creating the dioramas we showed them to the classes and told them about what each feature represented.

posted by Karina, Khali & Aiden

Visiting Musician

We all had a real treat this week.  Bob Bickerton came to visit us and he brought along heaps of really interesting musical instruments.  We all went over to Room 1 to listen to him tell stories and entertain us with his music.

He had some bagpipes which sounded really screechy when he first started to play them.

 He had to fill a bag up with air, stick it under his arm and squeeze the air out.  As he did this, the air passed through the mouth piece which is where the sound was made.  He had a flute-like thing which changed the notes.

He also played a harp which sounded very beautiful.  It was so big that it sat on the ground and Bob sat in a chair and plucked the strings.

He had all sorts of other musical instruments like drums, a violin and different types of flutes.

After he had shown us the instruments and we heard them being played, Bob played a piece of music and we had to pretend that we were playing the instrument that we could hear.  It was really cool.

We enjoyed being entertained by Bob and hope he can come back again next year.