The book corner in the junior class is a favourite place for students to hang out and read in. We have levelled readers as well as general readers in there. The most liked books are Paul Jennings’ Rascal the Dragon books. We have read them all hundreds of times and the little kids can often be seen sitting with a Rascal book role playing their reading.

We have been 3D designing and printing this semester and we are getting much better at it. We use Makers Empire to design 3D objects on the iPads and computers and then if they are good enough, we send them to the printer. Our latest big print was a Minecraft Ender Dragon that we downloaded from Thingiverse.com. Pretty soon every house will have a 3D printer and we will be printing all manner of things.

In the junior room our art area is full of boxes and artworks from the students. We really encourage painting and creating artworks. Lately we have been using stencils and stamps with our paintings.  The boxes are perfect for creating all kinds of ideas and we go through a fair bit of tape and hot glue!

We recently got a new BIG Touch Screen for the junior kids.  It’s perfect for working together on Reading Eggs and Mathseeds and really allows Nan Julie to keep them on track. It’s great to see the kids working together on the lessons and questions and sharing ideas.