Fergal is Fuming

Mrs Dijkstra read us a story called Fergal is Fuming. Fergal is a dragon who gets mad. His fiery temper gets him into trouble. He needs to find ways to cool down. His friends suggest that he could count to ten. He could tell a friend. He could watch the sunset. He could find a quiet spot and make a big noise. He could lie back and have a big stretch. He could run fast. At the end of the story he finds interesting ways to use his fire. What do you think that might be? Maybe there will be times when we could use some of Fergal's cool down ideas?

Family Shields

We made a shield. We drew pictures of our family and of food we like to eat and of things we like to play and of things our family like to do together. Our shields told a lot about us and helped us get to know each other better.

Mrs Dijkstra loved the detail in our drawings and how colourful they looked. Mr Dijkstra stapled them up high around our room because he is nice and tall.

Self Potraits

We have now finished our self portraits. We painted inside the outline with skin coloured paints and collaged the background using three different shades of blue. We glued on wool for the hair and our sunglasses illustrate what we did in the holidays. We also used pastels to complete our faces.

We all look gorgeous!

Chinese New Year

To celebrate the start of Chinese New Year some children in Room 24 wore Traditional costumes and looked gorgeous!

Mrs Dijkstra showed us a video on on You Tube  from Fortune Tales that explained a number of traditions that take place during Chinese New Year.

We also made a red envelope and an origami Dog. Daisy very kindly gave some children an envelope to take home. It was a fun day!

Magical Stones

Mrs Dijkstra read us a story about Milo and the Magical Stones. It is about a group of mice who live on an island and discover magical stones. The story reminds us about making good choices and as we do there will be either be a happy ending or a sad ending. Our own gold stones glittered.

Picture Find

During our first week we worked with a buddy to find items in a picture. We worked as a team, helping each other. We had to search carefully. It was a fun challenge!

Ice breaker Jelly Bean Activity

  

                                                         

Room 24 began the year with some Ice Breaker activities. We were given some plastic jelly beans. We choose one which was colour coded to a sentence starter. We told our buddy about our family, our holidays, what we liked to play and what we are good at. We learned a lot about each other.