International sleep day. 15 March

It was such fun being able to come to school in pyjamas on Friday. Excitement was high as my class waited in anticipation for our fun activity.

We started the day by discussing the benefits of sleep and then it was time for some design and technology. The children could work in pairs or alone, they had to design and make a 3D bedroom out of paper and cardboard. It took most of the day to complete as they accepted the challenge and came up with some lovely ideas.

There was a little time at the end of the day to tuck up under their blankets and watch a movie. Something they had been dying to do! 

International Potato day

We decided to put our senses to the test today on International Potato day. 

We did a blind test on five different types of chips- we first smelt, then looked at the texture, described what it looked like and then lastly tasted the chip to tryand guess the flavour. It is amazing how many different  flavours and smells you pick up when you dont know what type or flavour of chip you are eating. To me the chemical and oil flavours and smells were the most prevalent! 

Once we had built a word bank of vocabulary we designed our own packet of chips and then wrote our findings on pieces of paper "chips". 

Lastly I got each child to recall a memory of eating chips - it was so interesting to hear what they came up with.  Chips remind me of....family movie nights, my pool party where we floated on floating chairs and ate our chips, of the view when we went to a game reserve, of travelling on a long journey, of my mom who has to eat nik naks and drink coke to keep her awake on long journeys, 

 are a few examples.

International book day.

We had such fun reading to the Grade R children for International Book day. The grade 2 children felt so important reading their favorite stories and the younger children just loved listening. We will definitely do it again soon. 

We also had an opportunity to read our books to each other.