As part of the PDHPE, we participate in different types of dance, movements, composition and styles. Today, we played along with Just Dance on YouTube. We had between two and four lead dancers while the rest of us followed on. We danced along to six songs:
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One of our weekly writing tasks is to write a brief descriptive passage on a given picture. But no ordinary picture...
Every week, we follow along in a unique drawing lesson by American author, illustrator and artist, Steve Harpster! To tie into our Japanese unit, we looked at Steve's video lesson on how to draw a dragon. Below is a small collection of our dragons. We hope you like them. What is more beautiful than a cherry blossom painted in water paint? TWO cherry blossoms painted in water paint!
Why stop at two? As part of our studies of Japan, we researched some art work on cherry blossom trees and recreated our version based on the inspiration using the iPad app, Paper. Below is a collection of some of our work. These pieces are currently on display in our assembly hall.
Students in 5/6M are studying Japan this term. As part of our end-of-term project, we made a video briefly describing an aspect of Japanese culture - be it a sport, custom, landmark or something similar.
This was also our first step into the realm of green screen videoing. We've heard of it before, but never participated in it until now. How did we make it? We app smashed a number of iPad apps: Green Screen; Intro Designer; Video in Video; and/or iMovie. We're very proud of our first attempts at this type of project and hope you enjoy watching them.
This week, we're working on probability in maths. Theory and introduction aside, we looked at the mathematics involved in pulling out a single card from a collection of eight cards, as well as rolling a ten sided die to see what the chances were to roll a three, five or another number.
After that, we split into pairs and were handed a bag with twenty Skittles in it. Each bag had a random collection of colours. We looked at what colours we had and discussed with our buddy what the chances would be to select each colour. Next, we closed our eyes and randomly selected a Skittle from our bag to see if we picked a Skittle that had a high chance of being selected, low chance, 50:50, or something in between. We took notes on our selections as well. Afterwards, we got to eat the Skittles so we didn't have a lot to pack away. Mathematical Skittles are best Skittles! Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM), more commonly referred to as, STEM, are bi-monthly challenges 5/6M will be taking part in to expand their focus on teamwork with a hands-on solution to problem solving, while having the students troubleshoot their end-products for improvement. This week, students had to find a solution to launch a marshmallow over a given obstacle from a fixed point. The marshmallow then had to land somewhere within a target area for success. We did have videos of our final attempts, but they couldn't be uploaded.
We've been doing some work in geography using a green screen this term. The final videos are still being edited, but we'd like to share a few behind the scenes shots of us working.
We'd like to share a candid look at one of the ways we do spelling groups in 5/6M. This week, we split into four groups and rotated through the following activities:
Panoramic shots of us working in our groups around the classroom.
This week, we took our first steps into the world of superimposition - placing an image or video over the top of an existing image. We used the iPad app, Matter, to create the images and videos below.
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