Bridges+-+Examples+of+our+work

The children drew their images on KidPix media type="custom" key="4195829" align="center" ||  || We used wordle to record words related to our inquiry
 * As the term unfolds I will place examples of ways e learning is integrated into our inquiry -Bridges in the community ||
 * [[image:bridge_definition.jpg width="288" height="384" align="center"]] ||  || [[image:question_board.jpg width="288" height="384" align="center"]] ||
 * To start the inquiry we wrote a definition

|| of a swing bridge. media type="custom" key="4195851" align="center" ||  || As part of technology week - in groups of 4 the children had to design a bridge that was a metre long and could hold a match box toy car using only newspaper, string and cellotape.
 * We went to the junior playground and every child took a photo

Over night the children have a chance to reflect on their initial attempts as tomorrow the junior classes gather in the hall to build their new and improved bridges. The photos below show us working on our initial bridges.

media type="custom" key="4211271" align="center" || media type="custom" key="4326559" align="center" ||  || The children have written information reports about swing bridges. They have imported an image on KidPix to label the parts of the swing bridge. || using imovie. These have been placed on the blog. media type="file" key="ashane swing bridge.mov" width="210" height="210" align="center" ||  || As a class we have explored different types of bridges and made a class display || ||  || As a class we explored the tools to make a mind map using inspiration. || ||  || We have viewed a number of videos of the Auckland Harbour bridge which is building our knowledge of when and why it was built. || about the Auckland Harbour Bridge
 * Technology challenge - undertaken by the junior syndicate
 * The children have recorded their information report
 * The children have used KidPix to draw four bridges
 * Art - In art the children made PVA blocks and printed them
 * We made a class Y chart to record the facts we found out

||  || The children have written an information report about the Auckland Harbour Bridge - using a Y chart as their planner. (Hanbin) || media type="file" key="auckland harbour bridge by Ora.mov" width="300" height="300" align="center" ||  || We went on a trip with the junior syndicate - going under the Harbour Bridge The children captured the experience by passing around the class camera.
 * The information reports written about the Auckland Harbour Bridge will be placed on the classroom blog at the beginning of term 4

media type="custom" key="4453391" || of what we saw ||  || The brainstorm on inspiration was used to support the children as they recorded in imovie || media type="file" key="our trip 17:9:09.mov" width="300" height="300" ||  || The children wrote a personal recount of the event. These will be placed on the classroom blog at the beginning of next term
 * Returning from the trip we used inspiration to capture images
 * Here is our movie, capturing our initial thoughts.

media type="file" key="auckland harbour bridge personal recount.mov" width="300" height="300" align="center" || ||  || Using cardboard the bridge designs became a little more elaborate. The children photographed their work. || ||  || Our classroom display. || ||  || The children used inspiration to show different types of bridges || Two members of the class made an arch bridge in their ESOL withdrawal class - They also coloured in 3 goats and a troll. ||  || [|We viewed a video on U Tube]and placed this on the classroom blog || Our second attempt at animation will be posted here when it is finished || ||  || media type="custom" key="4779927" ||
 * We read The impossible bridge as our shared book. The children made their own bridges using a piece of A4 paper and photographed them
 * The children drew 'close up' images of the Auckland Harbour Bridge
 * The children used inspiration to show different types of bridges
 * We read the play - Three Little Billy Goats who cross over an Arch bridge
 * Our first attempt at a simple animation - no sound just imagesmedia type="file" key="billy goats gruff.mov" align="center" width="300" height="300" ||  || A small group of children set up to attempt another animation
 * We revisited 'wordle' to capture some key vocabulary we have acquired during this inquiry.