Discovery Week Day 5

Day 5:  15.11.13 : Mixing colours

Today we learnt about the COLOUR WHEEL.

 The primary colours are red, yellow and blue. You can’t mix these colours.  All the other colours are made by mixing them together.

The secondary colours, are orange, green and purple.  You mix two primary colours together.

Yellow +red=orange     Red+blue=purple     Blue+yellow=green

Tertiary colours are a mix of a         primary colour and a secondary       colour.

To make colour TONES, you add white to make a colour lighter, and a tiny bit of black to make it darker.

On our palette, we mixed paint to match the colour of some flowers from Mrs Caudwell’s garden.  Then we painted the flower.

Discovery Week day 4

Day 4 14.11.13  Geometry:2D and 3D Shapes

Today we had 12 different stations with activities using shapes.

We are learning how to name and describe 2D and 3D shapes.

1D means 1 dimension.  That is a line.  It can be straight or curved.  They have length.

                                               

2D means 2 dimensions.  2D shapes have edges and corners.  They can be straight or curved lines.  They have length and width.

                                                                                                  

3D means 3 dimensions. 3D shapes have edges, corners and faces.  They have length, width and depth.

                                                                                    

Discovery Week Day 3

Day 3: 13.11.13   SHADOWS

Everyone had a partner, who drew around our shadow with chalk.

At 9.30am, we faced the sun, and our shadow was long, out behind us.

At 12.30pm, we put our feet in the same place, and our shadow was small to the right of us.

At 2.30, we put our feet in the same place, and our shadow was in front of us.  We can see that our shadow is moving around us in a circle.  We predicted that it will have moved around again by 4.30.

Constable Viv gave us a challenge: “Where will the shadow be at 10pm tonight?”

A few children had ideas, but only Prentice and Max knew the answer.  There will be NO shadow, as there is no sun!

This is what we learnt today about shadows:

RAt different times of the day the shadows move.

RWhen the sun moves around, the shadow moves around.

RWhen the clouds block the sun, the shadow disappears.

RWhen you move, your shadow moves.

RAt night there is no shadow because there is no sun.

RWhen the sun is front of you, your shadow is behind you.

RWhen the sun moves, the shadow is different.

RThe sun makes the shadow, and it’s like a reflection.

RWhen you walk, your shadow follows you.

RYour shadow goes a different way later in the day.

RWhen the sun is out you can see your shadow, but not when the clouds cover the sun.

RWhen you are facing the sun, you can’t see your shadow because it is behind you.

RWhen you run, your shadow follows you.

RIn the morning my shadow was long, it at lunch time it was little.

RWhen you play, the shadow plays too.

RWhen you jump, the shadow is still on the ground.

RWhen you do something, the shadow copies you.