Room12sBlog2008

Congratulations everyone!  I was very impressed with the quality of your science fair projects!  You should all feel very proud of yourselves!  Hopefully we will get the opportunity to take some pictures and videos to put on the blogs! 

Well now that Science Fair is almost behind us…….our next big challenge is the Blog Awards.    Take a look back at the post I wrote outlining the learning intentions and success criteria.    Think about how you can use your blog to reflect on your learning and share your ideas and thoughts!   I will start cruising your blogs more regularly to see what you are doing and we will have some whole class nominations in week 8!  It seems that you would like a choice of “bloggys’ to choose from?  I will have to get cracking and make a couple of really special ones and some mini ones too!

The Blog Awards are not compulsory.  I know that blogging is not for everyone - It is a very good way though of sharing your ideas and getting feedback. 

I am looking forward to reading your learning reflections on the Science Fair.  I am always interested in hearing what you think and I learn something every year that I can use the following year, I am learning too remember!

 I can’t remember what we said we were going to call our two new class friends???

Homework Week 6

1.     Read every night for at least 20 minutes.

2.    Practise your basic facts if you need to. 

3.    Write a reflection about the learning that has taken place while you have been working on your science fair project.  This can be done in your homework book or directly on your own blog – your choice!  Make sure you write using proper sentences and really THINK about your learning.  Make an honest assessment of how it all went.  Think about the management and organisation of your project as well as the science you found out about.  Think about whether working with a partner or on your own had been a good decision.  Discuss your thoughts and ideas with someone at home.  Check your work carefully for spelling and punctuation errors.  If you use your blog for this, don’t forget to use the spell check!

Use the following headings to guide you:

What went well?

What would you do differently next time?

What did you find tricky or hard?

What science did you learn?

Did you think like a scientist?

What did you really enjoy?

What advice would you give to students next year before they start their science fair projects?

This piece of work should reflect your ability to think critically about your own work!

Bring your Homework book to school on Friday.

Science Fair starts tomorrow!  Don’t forget to bring your project straight to the Hall before school.  Wendy will help you get set up.  I will be in on Wednesday morning and the judging will take place in the morning.   I am really looking forward to seeing the fruits of all your hard work!   I will video as many of you as I can and we will be able to post pics and videos on our blogs! 

PS don’t forget to bring your log books with your projects.  You will need them tomorrow to do the self assessment!

We have been planning our final piece of art work for about two weeks now.  We are just about ready to paint!   We are painting our  boards black and then covering them in raw hessian.  The hessian will also be painted black. The finished art work will be stunning!

I have had such a busy week I haven’t had a chance to catch up on the blog!  I can’t believe it is already week 6!  Only four weeks to the holidays and half way through the year.

This will be a fun week week with Science Fair from Tuesday to Thursday. John  will come in on Wednesday and judge the exhibits and you will each receive a certificate with feedback from him.

Make sure you have your projects ready for Tuesday morning and take it straight to the Hall before class.  I will be there and will help you get set up.  I can’t wait to see all the fabulous work you have been doing at home!