Lots of Socks Day!!

Today we all wore lots of socks to raise awareness for World Down Syndrome Day, also known as Lots of Socks Day!! World Down Syndrome Day takes place on the 21 March every year. The date 21/3 represents the three copies of chromosome 21 that people with Down Syndrome have. 

Check out the photos of us wearing socks in creative ways. We even got a shout out on More FM this morning!! Did you remember to wear your socks today? 

We watched this YouTube clip to learn more about Down Syndrome.

 



Miss Gentil also shared a photo of her friend Dan. We think Dan is awesome. 

We made these posters for you Dan to say happy Lots of Socks Day!! 

Happy Lots of Socks Day Dan!! - Video Maker

Baa Baa Smart Sheep's Adventure with Josiah and William

Last weekend we took Baa Baa Smart Sheep on an adventure. Have a look at our slideshow to see what we did. Can you guess what city we went to? To view our slideshow click on the Baa Baa Smart Sheep blog link on the side of this blog. 

Owl Art

In Room 8 we have been learning about pointillism, line and shape. Pointillism is when you form a picture using dots in two or more colours. We used paint to create our pictures of owls. We learnt a lot about the shape of an owl and how to use line effectively in our work. Here are our owl paintings. 

Josiah was awarded a certificate at syndicate assembly today for his fantastic piece of art and natural talent in visual art. We think everyone did an awesome job and love that all our owls are different. 

Owl Art - slideshow

Our First Kidsedchatnz Chat!!

On Thursday we participated in our first Kidsedchatnz chat of the year. Kidsedchatnz is run and moderated by Miss Gentil and six other teachers across NZ. Each week there is a different topic and set of focus questions. It's an awesome opportunity for us to connect with other classes and teaches us positive digital citizenship skills. We had a lot of fun today. Our class Twitter details can be found on the side of our blog. 

You can visit the Kidsedchatnz blog by clicking here... http://kidsedchatnz.blogspot.co.nz/

By Room 8 

If you're interested in finding out more about Kidsedchatnz you can read the article that was published in the Education Review magazine in November last year. http://goo.gl/LjUbEa  Kidsedchatnz also won 'The Best Teaching with ICT' in the New Zealand Interface Magazine awards in 2013 and was a finalist for the 'Best Use of Social Media' in the Edublog awards for 2013. 

Simone Gentil