Baking for our mum's tea

As we are having an 'end of year' Mum's Tea I decided to do some baking with my class. Making Choc Chip cookies was the easiest. I incorporated it in with measurement explaining kilograms and grams. We guessed what things would be measured in grams and what in kg! We also discussed at length 2/3 of a cup. This was very difficult for a lot of them but they managed eventually.

There were 4 groups.  Lots of fun was had and hopefully the mums will be delighted with their homemade biscuits!

Egypt Activities

Mel and I decided that the children all should start working on oral presentations at school. As a result ,we divided them into groups of 3 and then gave each group a piece of information which they had to read and work out how to present it. It was an interesting exercise with  all the children learning from the different presentations - and they were all so different ! Mel and I both wished we could repeat the exercise as we believe they would really  present some fantastic work second time round. I believe they will be better equipped to do something like that if the opportunity arises next year.

As there were five 'topics' which the children spoke about, Mel and I designed 5 activities to go with what they had learnt. They had 10 minutes at a station and then moved on. Great fun was had as I am sure you will see from the photos below!

Activity 1 : Wrapping up a mummy with toilet paper!

 

 

 

 

 

Activity 2 : Painting Egyptian faces

 

 

 

 

 

Activity 3: Making pyramids with jelly tots and toothpicks

 

 

Activity 4 : Making elegant collars

 

 

 

Activity 5 : Making brick houses using playdough

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt

Last week saw Mel and I flying off to Egypt. The children have got into the habit of leaving airports now ( they are such seasoned travellers!) and before they left they gathered in the VIP lounge to celebrate before leaving!

They had their passports stamped by a very official official!   .....

Just before landing they were shown a 'video' to inform them about all they would see in Egypt...

 

 

After disembarking they headed off to their bus to be accosted by vendors ( thank you Grade 4's!)
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Some of the children spent their money which they had changed at a 'Bureau de change'....... ( they were very sad when they realized it was just for fun and had to hand back their purchases!)

Mel and I had organised an activity where they made pyramids. This turned out to be a little more difficult than we had envisiged!

Each child was given a template which they cut out and shaped into a pyramid.

They were put into groups of 3 and they then made the three pyramids at Giza. This is the end result.