Millennium Falcon, look out!

The interest in space continues...

In Thursday's Discovery Time I put out the option to work on a group make and take project, and many students came to work together to build a spaceship.

At first there are only a few students working on the spaceship.

But then more came to join in the fun!

And after a lot of work (and LOTS of sticky tape), it was done.  All that was left was to draw some astronauts.

I spray painted it after school today; I can't wait for them to see it on Monday!

Today we started a whole class story about the rocket, and this is what we have so far:

3...2...1... Lift off! The rocket blasted off into space. (Agnes)  

When they blasted off they saw the moon and the sun. (Laura)  

10 astronauts landed on the moon and they made a tent. (Liam)

Then they saw aliens on the moon! (Lyla)  

A hundred aliens! (Rinka) 

And they have no noses; they breathe by their skin. (Aaryav)  

The aliens have no feet, they just have slug pieces. (Alfie)  

They have 3 eyes.  (Vivian)  

The aliens are yellow. (Aidan)  

They are scary!  (Som)  

The aliens broke the tent. (Yaana)  

The aliens broke the rocket. (Charlie)  

The astronauts are angry at the aliens! (Mercer)

How shall we finish the story?  Stay tuned!

Many students are busy making their own space stories, pictures and works of art.  Some have been exploring day and night and shadows.  Here are a few more snapshots from our week.

In the dark room, experimenting with shadows

Scenes of space to inspire our abstract art

Carefully studying illustrations, noticing details

Fashioning the Sun and the planets out of plasticine

Blue Skies Day

In class we counted $93 dollars brought in for Kalimantan charities and, with an extra donation at the end of the day, it pushed our total over $100.  Well done, K1 CaM!

UN DAY

Next Friday, November 20 is our big UN Day celebration.  I hope you can come and share the fun with your child that morning.  We will have many engaging activities waiting for you, and of course at the end is the UN concert!  The students have been busy practising their songs, and thinking about "peace".  Our class has been asked to learn how to say "peace" in Japanese.  I hope I am getting this right when I say it is "heiwa".  You can use google translate to hear how it sounds: https://translate.google.com.sg

And if you get a chance to practice it with your child over the weekend that would be great!