We have been learning about Brazil because it is our International Evening country focus that we will be sharing in Week 6. Each class is focusing on one/two countries as we are bringing the world to NBC.
So far we have looked at researching about the food, the Amazon Rainforest, native animals and music. We were even lucky enough to have Ana (Tristan's Mum) to come and talk to us about her experiences and knowledge being from there.
We look forward to learning more to share in Week 6!
On Wednesday afternoons we are learning to play Softball. Last week we started with learning how to catch and using getting used to the glove. This week we began to have a go at batting. We learnt to stand with our feet steady straight on to the ball, our hands together at the bottom of the bat and from our shoulder through making a swing. We had some fantastic hits over the fielders!
Today we were lucky to have Howard in to show us the wonders that the educational version of Minecraft has to offer. We had challenges to complete using coordinates, Māori language, spotting the wonders of the world, and many more.
We are lucky enough this term to be learn some softball. We first learned how to run around the diamond in the correct direction, then we learned how to throw and catch the ball. We practiced by ourselves, seeing how many claps we could do before catching the ball. Then we worked in pairs throwing and catching with cones and gloves. Check out how we went in our first session.
For writing we have been learning how to write explanations. This week we had our own choice of topics to write about; the water cycle, how seeds grow, the butterfly cycle and tornadoes. The majority of the class chose to write about Tornadoes. We decided to do the tornado in a bottle experiment to see how tornadoes are formed. See below to check out our tornado in a bottle experiment.
