Before the February holiday, we learned about the Chinese New Year and the traditions.  They spend plenty of time with family. Here are some more traditions:

On the 13th day they have a vegetarian day after all the food they’ve eaten.  (Most nights they have special meals with their family.)

On the 15^th day to end the celebrations, they let lanterns up in the air which are believed to go to the Chinese gods.

To celebrate the 15 day we made Chinese lanterns. We drew different Chinese symbols and messages on our lanterns and also added a little bit of glitter to make them sparkle. We showed our primary 1 buddies how to make these lanterns and they loved it!

Ryan: ‘I liked how I got to make them with my buddy.’

Valerija: ‘I liked how they were creative.’

We also worked as a team to create and find out facts about a chosen Chinese new year animal.  The ones chosen animals were; dragon, dog, rabbit, pig, tiger and a monkey.

In maths we learned how to find the formula e.g. c=L+5

We also learned about rotational symmetry e.g  how many times a shape fits  into itself.  For example, a rectangle has the order of rotation 2.

Class dojo-Evie

Table of the week- MI6

Completed by Evie and Kari

This week has been a short week.  However, we commenced our WW2 context for learning.  We learned about key events in WW2 and completed a sequencing activity.  We also read the first chapter of ‘Boy in Striped Pyjamas.’  So far we have learned that Bruno and his family and their staff are moving away from Berlin because of Bruno’s father’s job.  We know it has something to do with the fury.

For homework we have a WW2 challenge which we are excited about.  Some of us are choosing to create a model, some are making a poster/booklet and others will create a powerpoint presentation to share with others.  Miss Bollen can’t wait to see what we come up with.

Current table of the week- MI6

Current Class dojo winner- Ryan

Have a lovely weekend,

P7b

RRS- Article 28