Week 10 Performance

We have an arts exhibition/performance in Week 10. We are working on creating our own special interpretive dance to a medley of interesting music! 

We are learning about the elements of dance and how to use them.

So far, we have focused on using different levels and space.

Look at these amazing dance groups below. 

How do they use levels, space, their body and their energy?

How do they work together?

Adaptations

Since there are over 250,000 species of marine animals, we decided to focus on fish when finding out about adaptations. Each species has unique features which enable it  to survive in a particular environment.

We began with doing a variety of activities to help us discover the interesting adaptations of Midnight Zone fish and Sunlit Zone fish as they live in contrasting environments.

This is what we've discovered so far...

Our interpretation of Van Gogh's Starry Night

Finally...!

We have completed our collaborative class mural of Starry Night. Each of us painted a piece of the picture that we had chosen.

After spending time learning how to blend different shades of colour and paint with Van Gogh's quick strokes, we have produced this beautiful mural together - a sight to behold!

Check out the timelapse video of us piecing it together!

Starry Night Collaboration  - Timelapse

Hagfish - a video about this amazing creature of the sea!

Adaptations

We are learning about the adaptations of marine creatures in different zones of the ocean.

We found out that the Midnight Zone (Bathypelagic Zone) is really, really cold, has no light  and the water pressure is very high.

In order to experience what it might feel like in that part of the ocean, we used blind folds, buckets of water to create pressure on our chests and ice!

We experienced difficulty in breathing, numb hands that became painful and a strange sensation of feeling slightly unsafe with not being able to see.

From here, we discussed what features fish might need to survive in the Midnight Zone. We also watched a fascinating video!

 

Holidays!

Some fun for the school holidays...

If the weather is bad and you're stuck inside,  spend some time making a movie, a card, a picture or telling a story on this site...

KERPOOF!

Planting ready for Winter

As the Enviro Team had so diligently weeded some of the vegetable plots, Room 3 students decided to make use of one.

Firstly we scattered lime over the soil and then turned it over. This is to stop "club root" forming in our vegetables. Also, lots of plants/fruits/vegetables like lime although tomatoes and rhododendrons don't like it much.

We planted "Great Lakes Lettuces", "Cavelo Nero Kale", cauliflowers, cabbages and broccoli. After we had planted the seedlings, we watered them to give them a healthy start in life.

Many of us enjoyed weeding, digging, raking and turning over the soil not to mention getting our hands dirty.