The Grade 5KL Hat Challenge has changed

When we started distance education 5 weeks ago Grade 5KL started a hat challenge. Every day the students researched the country my hat was from. Not surprisingly, I have now run out of hats! Our challenge has now changed to a T-shirt challenge. It has been lovely to...

Art work for Hope

Children all around the world have been making artworks to express their thanks and hope for the future in this difficult time. Some Grade 5KL students made rainbows. I just loved the different ways they managed to make rainbow art. Mohammed’s ingenious display....

Making Cheese in 5KL

As part of their Unit of Inquiry about food production, the Grade 5KL students were asked to follow instructions and make cheese at home using milk and vinegar. It was a great success. The students had been asked to make a video of the process and it is clear we have...

Using Seesaw in Grade 5

We have really honed our Seesaw skills these first weeks of distance learning, haven’t we? This week we used Seesaw to review rounding. So glad it has become an important part of distance learning!

Week Two of Distance Education in Grade 5KL

One of our maths activities this week was to design and build a robot made out of 3D shapes. Students had great fun and demonstrated a good understanding of 3D shapes and construction. Some students are choosing to present their hat challenge (research about a...