In Room 21 we have been focusing on persuasive writing and what amazing writers we have! They put their skills to use and had to convince Miss Tordeich that their doughnut flavour was the one to win flavour of the month for a pretend store. Each doughnut design was unique and creative and well done to Doris for winning the competition! 

We brainstormed in groups first with given doughnuts, we had to try and convince our peers that our one was the perfect choice!

Then we made our own design each. Here's some of our publishing...

On Friday we went to Auckland Zoo to learn about animal adaptations. We had such a fun day! Here is a few of our highlights. Some things we learned were...

"Elephants walk on their tiptoes"-Diamon
"Elephants send vibrations through the ground to talk to other elephants"-Oliver
"Crocodiles have a v shaped snout and the alligator has a u shaped mouth"- Rose
"Snakes can camouflage and they have different patterns"-Loretta
"Camouflage means that they can blend in with their natural habitat"-Doris

In Room 21 we have some fabulous writers! We have been focusing on descriptive writing and using adjectives and similes to enhance our writing. We did some writing on the best part of me, here are a few students pieces 

Last term for teach the teacher we had Alex showing us about electrical circuits and Anita showed us how to make sushi with her Mum. Yum!!

Last term we had our trash to fashion show! It was so exciting making our costumes and we got to show our parents and the other classes our final product in a fashion parade. We have so many talented and creative students in Room 21. Here are some photos of our designs

We have started our growth mindset maths day challenges every Friday. We have been learning how to work in groups and that our brain grows when we make mistakes and that it is okay to make mistakes.
Here was one of our challenges for Maths last week where we had to interpret this graph as a team. We came up with some fantastic ideas so that next week we can make our own!

Room 21 have been also inquiring about how we are harming the earth. This week we looked at what waste can do to the earth if left in the landfill. We learned that a plastic jug takes over a million years to decompose. WOW 

Well done to Loretta for achieving all these awards in the Auckland Inter school Gymnastics. We were so proud of you!!

Last Friday Doris got to teach the teacher. She taught us how to make these awesome glitter globes!