

The Smiling Seat Project
Art or Design? Ms.Marijn from Netherlands is an artist and designer. She came to Grade Two class and did a brainstorming session with us....


Visit to Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
A Day Appreciating Art We had a great day out visiting the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. It was a half day trip so we managed to see...


Looking at Sculptures
Grade 2 and 5 Art Collaboration With the G2 and G5 teachers being good friends and all, we thought it would be fabulous for the two...


Mentor Author - Eric Carle
We have been studying different authors in our Writer's Workshop, with one of them being Eric Carle. We studied his writing style and...


A Cultural Expression - The Haka
We were reading the story 'Last Stop on Market Street',about a child who went on a bus ride with Grandmother. They saw different...


Writing for an Audience
Writer's Workshop One of the skills we are working on in our writer's workshop is - writing for an audience. We were tasked with writing...


Book Week Day 5
Mystery Reader On the last day of Book Week, our brilliant Mystery Reader entertained us with the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk,...


Book Week Day 4
Mystery Reader Today We could not have asked for a lovelier Mystery Reader than Takeaki's Grandmother, Fumiko. She came dressed for the...


Visit to Maishima Incineration Plant
We launched our new unit - Sharing the Planet, with a visit to the Maishima Incineration Plant. We will be looking at the 3Rs - Reduce,...


Book Week Day 3
We are into Day 3 of our Book Week. The excitement continues. Mystery Reader of the Day We had a surprise visitor in the classroom in the...