Matisse Masterpieces

Matisse Masterpieces - slideshows

We have been busy little beavers today, using many Habits of Mind to create some fantastic art. We have been learning about Henri Matisse, and how he loved colour and shape. We found it hard to believe that he died over 50 years ago - even before Miss Revell was born! (That seemed to draw a great deal of attention) We were inspired to create original work that looked similar to Matisse's collages, and the exemplar that Miss Revell had knocked up.

We focused on four habits in particular - Creating, Imagining and Innovating, Managing Impulsivity, Taking a Responsible Risk and Striving for Accuracy. Do you think that we have been successful in using these Habits? Marvin does.

Writing Wall updated!

Come in and have a look... our writing wall has been updated to display our published fairytales. We would love you to give us some feedback.

Giulietta's writing

Wow! Many of us have been creating and imagining at home recently. Giulietta brought this writing in this morning. My apologies for the wobbly scanning - I wasn't taking my time and striving for accuracy! Marvin will be disappointed.

Kiwiana - Who are we as New Zealanders?

The Rockets are currently looking into who we are as New Zealanders, and where we come from. Today, we began to explore our family tree. We started by brainstorming the things we know about our Mums and Dads.

Here is Nataliya's brainstorm:

and Wayne's

Rocket Feedback and Feedforward

Rocket Feedback/ Feedforward from MissRevell on Vimeo.

In preparation for our school assembly, the Rockets were giving their three presenters some feedback and feedforward according to the Success Criteria for being a good speaker. Have a look and see whether you agree with them...

Jack wrote a story about Goldilocks

Strange Fairytale Characters...

This week have been reading Sir Nobonk and the Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Nasty, Naughty Dragon by Spike Milligan. 

We are glad that we have some strong knights to defend the Rockets in Room 2! 

Here is Sir Ethan.

Welcome Mr Jones!

Mr Jones came to MKK this week to say Hello to the teachers in preparation for starting next term. We thought it would be nice to post this to say Welcome, and that The Rockets are looking forward to meeting you!

Where in the world is ..?

We have been struck with Wonderment and Awe when looking at our Blog's statistics. We have now had people from 15 countries reading about our learning. We are always so excited in the morning to see if we have any new countries to pin on our map. Here are Jack and Ocean after checking out the latest additions.

Microsoft Maestros

We have been stepping up our keyboard skills this week, in order to be able to publish our writing in Microsoft Word for our Blog. We have some experts in our class already! Look out Mr Gates! We have had to make sure that we are getting it right - we know that the little red line underneath words means that we have spelt them wrong. We are finishing writing our Goldilocks stories this week, so watch this space!

Marvin's Malady

Marvin was a bit quiet earlier in the week. We weren't sure what was up with him. When he went home to Giulietta's house, she Listened with Understanding and Empathy to him when he told her about the pain in his arm. He was able to Communicate with Clarity and Precision when he asked him exactly where it was that it hurt. It turned out that he had a great big gaping hole in his bicep!

Nurse Whitney, Giulietta's Mum, focused on Striving for Accuracy during the surgery that she performed on him. We are so grateful! Marvin has fully recovered, and is once again fully engaged with his learning in Room 2 with the Rockets. Special thanks must go to the Whitney family for their care and attention, you guys rock!

Cloak Bay Capers

We have worked together to solve a problem over the last couple of days. We are lucky to have beautiful new buildings at our school, and we are learning to show that we are proud of them. Our cloak bay was a mess! 

We spent some time thinking about the process that we need to follow to keep our cloak bay tidy. The Rockets knew that a Flow Map would be best to display this process; it puts the things that we need to do in order. Here we are, proudly showing off the results of our efforts. Doesn't this space look great! 

Big Maggie

In the holidays, Marvin visited his cousin, Big Maggie. Big Maggie lives in Christchurch. She is the brainiest Elephant in the world, and uses the Habits of Mind to be successful in all areas of her life. We have written about how Marvin uses the Habits of Mind to be successful inside and outside the classroom. We gave examples of how he does this too. We would love you to come in and read them, and we will post some on our writing page.

Kayden on why Marvin is an expert... from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Emer on why Marvin is an expert... from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Rocket Stars...

Kookaburra from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Ukulele Stars from MissRevell on Vimeo.

We have been finding humour (and sometimes the beat) learning to play some tunes on our fabulous school ukuleles. We had so much fun. Thank you so much, Mrs Shand and Max.
Marvin showed his stickability, persisting to get his fingers on the dots. He reckoned holding his tongue in the right place helped! Marvin said his Dad used to say to him "You hum it son, and I'll play it."

Buddy Reading

Buddy Reading - free slideshows

Marvin loves to join in with the Rockets when they are buddy reading. Here he is with Rieff and Ryan.

Kids' comments and posts

View more presentations from Jacqui Sharp

Mr Thorne does Phonics

Mr Thorne does Phonics from MissRevell on Vimeo.

The Rockets are loving using our school's new ipads. They love the "Mr Thorne does Phonics" app, and giggle as they try to mimic his British accent. Ms White thinks this is very funny! We are so lucky to have this inspiring technology in our classroom.

Gymnastics

Striving for accuracy on the vault from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Mari on taking a Responsible Risk from MissRevell on Vimeo.

Emer on Striving for Accuracy from MissRevell on Vimeo.

We have been reflecting on our learning in Gymnastics. Many of us are able to articulate which Habits of Mind we have used, and explain how. Here are a couple of examples...

Bridge Maps

We have been super thinkers and have been getting our heads around the tricky concept of analogies. To help us, we have been using a Bridge Map. An analogy is a big word, but it has a fun meaning. Analogies are all about figuring out how things go together, or are related. Today we looked at our Habits of Mind posters, and matched them with the 'Rocket' Habit. We were able to give some fantastic examples of our Habits in action, using words that we are familiar with like 'having a go' and 'thinking together.'

Published Authors

We have been concentrating fastidiously at the computer to publish the stories that we have written. We are so excited about people reading them on the blog!