Book in a Bag: Fart Powder - The Magical Fruit by Jo Nesbo

Escher Inspired Tile Art

Looking at Art: M.C. Escher 2

Staircase for Days

When I see this painting it makes me feel sad for the ragdoll/mummy people. Their faces are emotionless because they are used to it. I think that the ragdoll/mummy things are stuck in a maze/labyrinth that is hexed by magic.  If there was a simile and metaphor for this painting it would be " faces like that are hard to come by" and the metaphor is "climbing the world".  The alliteration would be "stunning stars" and the idiom would be "cross your fingers". P.S. the real name is Relativity.

Procedural Writing: How to make delicious chocolate fudge

E.P.I.C. Testing 1

Fraction math games

Working in small groups, students created math games to help understand equivalent fractions. They used Cuisinaire Rods, pizza slices and a set of fraction cards. Students taught others to play the games they invented. 

Constructing Nets

Group Novel Study Culminating Task: The Witches by Roald Dahl

Chuck Close Inspired Self-Portraits

Janeen from Lello Art School introduced us to the work of Chuck Close. Inspired by his paintings, we created these self-portraits based on photos that Janeen took of us. Mr Hannah's students joined us for this fun and inspiring workshop. Their pieces were displayed with ours in the gym during the School Council's Art Show and Business Fair held today. All King George classes had Lello workshops and their work was also exhibited. It was fantastic to see so much creativity in one room!

Bridge Building - The Testing Phase

All bridges passed the three tests: 

• Two Hot Wheels type toy cars must be able to pass each other
• Must support two weights of 200g each
• Must withstand the "wind test"

All Bridges were less than 50 cm long and were completed on schedule. Six out of nine were long enough to bridge the 30 cm gap. Four bridges were built "under budget", using either less than 40 straws, less than 2 m masking tape, or both. 

Well done engineers!

Group Novel Study Character Portraits

Martine from The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John

The boy who was turned into a mouse from The Witches by Roald Dahl

The wyvern from No Such Thing as Dragons by Philip Reeve

Daniel from The Jacket by Andrew Clements

Group Novel Study: Cell Phones