Our trip to the suter art gallery

Where did we go?
On Wednesday the 27th of February Room 6 went to the Suter art gallery. It was really fun.

Whose artwork did we look at and where was she from?
Room 6 looked at Jane Evans pantings. They were amazing. We love her pantings. Jane Evans was from Nelson.

What were the main things she liked to paint?
Jane Evans liked to paint flowers, animals, people and nature.

What did we learn to do when using watercolur paints?
We learned that watercolour pants are smudgey. We learned that the more times you stroke the brush on the paint pallet, the stronger your colour will be. And we learned to wet our whole piece of paper then use different brushes to paint with.

Here is a great video of our trip to the Suter. Thank you so much to Lily K-H's mum for making us this video :D
From Stephanie and Connor.

Reading and Writing

What have we been learning to do in Reading?
We have been learning about predicting before we read a story and while we are reading.

Why is this important?
This is important because it makes us think about what we are going to read and what we have read.


What have we been learning to do in writing?
We have been learning about writing more detail in our descriptions.
We have been learning to 'show' instead of 'telling' in our writing. Here is an example of a sentence that 'tells': I felt tired. Here is an example of how we can 'show' this sentence to the reader with more detail: 'I was yawning for ages, my mouth was wide open like a hippopotamus. My eyes were nearly shut, and I knew I was about to drop off to sleep'.
We are also learning to split our writing into paragraphs. Each paragraph is about a different main idea.

Why is it important to learn these things?
It is important to be able to add details to make our writing more interesting for whoever reads it. That could be parents, friends, or teachers.
It is important to put our writing into paragraphs so everything isn't all mixed up. It helps to have it broken into ideas to make it easier to read.

What have we been writing about?
We have been writing descriptions about a pet or a person who is special to us. We are doing this so that everybody in our class can learn about us and about the people or animals important to us.

When we have finished our writing, we will put some examples on the blog so that you can read them too!

By Anushka, Jayda and Ellie!

Suter Art Gallery Visit

Thank you to those of you who could make it to the Suter with us today! The class really enjoyed looking at Jane Evans' artwork and then trying out some of her techniques themselves. We also had a great time having lunch at the Queen's Gardens!

Hopefully we will see many of you next Monday at swimming sports or next Thursday for the middle syndicate beach day.

Matt and Kate.

Van Gogh's Art

What artwork of Van Gogh's did we look at?
We looked at some of Van Gogh's sunflower art.

What have we been learning to do in art?
We have been learning to blend pastels to make rich colours and patterns.
We are also learning to use hot and cold colours. Hot = like the sun and cold = like water.
We are using hot and cold colours in our pastel work.

What was the odd thing that Vincent Van Gogh did to himself?
He chopped off his ear and gave it to his girlfriend.


Here is a picture of Van Gogh's sunflower artwork. When we have finished we will put some pictures of our own flower work on the blog too!

By Riley and James

Welcome to 2013!!

Hello Children and Parents,

We are a couple of weeks into 2013 already, but there have been so many things happening at Nayland Primary and in Room 6!

We are all really excited about our new class and Mr. Witty and Kate have been so impressed by the great start we have made to the year. They feel very lucky to have such a stellar class!

Tomorrow we are visiting the Suter Art Gallery and next Monday is Swimming Sports. Then we have our Beach Day next Thursday and we will be visiting the magician Elgregoe the following week. So lots of exciting trips on the horizon. Please remember to pay $2 for swimming sports and $2 for Elgregoe before these events happen.

Parents/Caregivers, a reminder that you are always welcome in the classroom and thank you for all of the support that you give to your children! Throughout the year you can check out our blog as we will all get chances to update you with what has been going on in our Room 6 community. Right now you can check out our great class photo!

Our Favourite Things About Camp

Jasper: my favourite things were the go-carts, hydroslide and the waterslide. The reason I liked the go-carts was because I could drive full speed. I liked the hydroslide because of the corners. I liked the waterslide because I went super fast.

Keegan: my favourite things at camp were the flying fox, kayaking, and the waterslide because I had a go at all of them.

Jay: my favourite thing at camp was the waterslide because when I went down it felt like I was going so fast I would ZOOM past the island and go in the prickly bushes that you go into when you go on the flying fox!

Matthew: my favourite things at camp were the waterslide and the flying fox. The waterslide was first because it went really really fast. When I went down it, Josh saw me and I was like "opp opp opp opp op oppa Gangnam style" and just before the end of the water it goes all wiggly and then SPLASH!

Lee: my favourite thing at camp was going in the kayak because I have never been in one before and was trying to tip everyone over and I fell out.

Liam J: my favourite thing at camp was kayaking because I had never been on a kayak before.

Mady: my favourite thing at camp was the hydroslide because it was so fast and you didn't know when it finished.

Josh: my favourite thing at camp was going on the go-karts because I was allowed to drive the go-kart.

Kynan: my favourite thing at camp was the go-carts because I said "oh my God he is going to flip, oh my God he is going to flip". I also liked the golf because it was tricky.

Levi: my favourite thing at camp was the kayaks because Daniel kept splashing me so I gave him revenge by holding onto the front of his kayak, and he rammed me and Lucas in the kayaks.

Tate: my favourite thing at camp was the go-karts because I am tall enough to drive, plus it is complicated over the rocks and stones.

Luca: my favourite thing at camp was the kayaks because I got to smash into other kayaks and it was hilarious. It was funny when we crashed into someone from Room 8.

Brandon: my favourite thing at camp was having extremely awesome fun. It was fun swimming a lot.

Liam I: my favourite thing at camp was going in the pool because the Year 4's got to get in the pool very early.

Lucas: my favourite thing at camp was kayaking because I fell out of the kayak on shore and got soaked but I still had fun.

Sky: my favourite thing at camp was going down the cool, blue, big exciting waterslide with Siao-Wei because it went really fast and when we went round the corners I thought that I was going to fall off the mat.

Krystal: my favourite thing at camp was kayaking by myself, having tea with you and Sky and having hokey pokey ice cream sandwiches for a special dessert before we left.

Alexis: my favourite thing at camp was doing the fire 'n' damper, canoeing and spending time with teachers and friends.

Shontay: my favourite thing at camp was kayaking because it's fun to meet new people.

Madison: my favourite thing at camp was the waterslide. I liked it because it was funny. Everyone was laughing at me and it was scary when I got to the bumpy bit of the slide.

Nia: my favourite thing at camp was the go-karts because I got to be driven by Ashley in Room 7.

Saphire: my favourite thing at camp was the slippery pole and it was fantastic.

Lucy: my favourite thing at camp was kayaking because I got to learn how to paddle and turn in the kayak. I kept on getting stuck in the grass and I stopped.

Mackenzie: my favourite thing at camp was going on the waterslide because my Dad went down with me.

Carlee: my favourite thing at camp was going on the kayak because it made me go faster.

Anna: my favourite thing at camp was going on the waterslide. It was funny when Mackenzie's Dad did a big splash and got Mackenzie wet.

Jasmin: my favourite thing at camp was canoeing, it was fantastic. When I got to shore my feet got wet as. My other favourite one was the obstacle course because we had to climb over walls and go over and under things.

Siao-Wei: my favourite thing at camp was the big blue waterslide because it was going fast and cool. When I was on the waterslide, I was with Sky. It was exciting and fun! It was so fun!!

My time at camp!

On Monday I had to get ready for our long journey to Bridge Valley Camp and I was in group 2. Our first rotation was slippery pole and it was very tricky to get down Seth. But still I bet him. Then when I versed Kaitlin I was hanging on the bottem of the pole and then I HAD to fall.

The next rotation was the water slide and the pool. I liked the water slide more, because in the pool I got a surprise that it was too deep and within the water slide I did not drown because I had something to support me the one the only, SUPER LIFE JACKET!!!

Then by the time the day flew by the year 3's had gone. Then we had our concert. my favourite act was daniel on the keyboard doing crazy frog because it was interesting how he did it.

Then we got to have a milo and a COOKIE and I liked the chocolate chip cookies, mmmm my favourite!

Levi