We've been icing biscuits!

Learning about synonyms

Today on the 27th of October at ESOL I learnt about synonyms. I had to do a piece of paper about them.
I learnt that synonyms means if you have a word say, big you look for a word that means the same like giant/large. Synonyms always mean the same. If you use synonyms in your writing your writing will be much better.

Rainbow group learning about apostrophes

We are learning use apostrophes. Yoon Seok said, "I use apostrophes to make words shorter". "I use apostrophes to show belonging", said Chris. Tae Hun said, "I am practising using apostrophes". Chris K. said, "It is good to use apostrophes in a paragraph to show belonging". "We played a game using apostrophes. I learnt that apostrophes show belonging", said Noa.

Rainbow group

We are learning about apostrophes. We use apostrophes to shorten a word and to show belonging.

Noa's graph

We made a bar graph about how many children are in each class.  We found out that

Room 15 has the most students in their class.  Room 2 has the least amount of students in their class. Room 14 has more students than Room 3.  Room 5 has less students than Room 20.  Room 3 and Room 4 has the same number of students.  My class is Room 15 and it has 30 students in it.

Room 18, 19 and 22 has got the same number of students. They have 29 students.

Measuring with Water

Today at ESOL maths we learnt about capacity. We learnt about how much containers could hold. We learnt about millilitres and litres. I thought it was cool when we were measuring with the water.

By Noa

Noa's Maths

Today we learnt about weight. We did it with mystery boxes. First we estimated which one was light and which one was heavy. We put them from the lightest one first to the heaviest one last. Then we all checked if it was right. Finally we measured them and put a tick if we got them right. I learnt a lot about weight. I learnt about grams and kilograms.

By Noa

Reflections on our Rest Home visit

"I liked serving the old people because it was fun. I was very happy that they were happy with the food and my sharing." Tae Hun

"I enjoyed when we showed our work because I was very brave and they were proud of us." Chris

"I liked when the people saw my curly hair. They said my hair looked so curly and cute." Aron

"I liked when I was sharing about Switzerland because it was my home country. I told them about where I grew up and how I like to go to the mountains." Ryan

"I liked showing the other people what I made." Noa

"I liked doing the slideshow because I was helping people." Yoon Su

"I quite liked the lolly cake because we made it and it was quite delicious." Yoo Kyung

"I liked being helpful and sharing all about me. I said all about me - that I like bunnies, I am seven years old and I am from Korea." Na Myung

"I liked telling all about me because then we knew each other." Yoon Seok

"She didn't know my story and I told her my story so I am happy. She said it was good." Soo Hong

Mathematics Learning - Term 2

For the first half of this term the students were working on learning the language of Geometry - position and orientation.

The Yellow, Red and Purple groups learnt to use prepositions accurately for example above, around, in, on, under, behind and in front.

These junior students are placing pictures on a scene by following instructions which include prepositions.



The Green and Blue groups learnt the language of mapping for example clockwise, anti-clockwise, left, right, North, South, West and East, whole, half and quarter turns.

After following oral instructions to reach their destination, these senior students are hunting for buried pirate treasure.



They then created maps and instructions of their own.

The Green and Blue groups are now learning about Measurement - capacity and weight. The students are applying their knowledge and vocabulary by baking for their visit to Mayfair Rest Home in Week 9.