Making an Avatar

In this Terms unit of work called 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' we have been learning how to keep safe when using the Internet. We went into Hector's World and he taught us that a nickname would be a good idea to have so we don't have give out our personal details.If you would like to view Hector's World go to www.hectorsworld.co.nz.
Many of the children know how to make an avatar as they can do this on their own sign in for Mathletics. All the children have made their own image, drawn freehand and their nickname is written below. We will keep these in class so that in the future if we have to use their name for anything on the blog we will use their nickname instead.

During Term 1 a student in Rm12 brought to class two swan plants. We had many caterpillars and had to give some of them away as they were eating all the leaves. Within a week a fat caterpillar decided to change into chrysalis. We were very privileged to watch this process. For quite a while the caterpillar hung in a 'J' form then started to wriggle into a green chrysalis that looked very much like a sleeping bag. It was fascinating to find that the caterpillars skin was left behind. By the time the Term had ended we had two chrysalis's waiting to change into butterflies. During the first week of the holidays I came to school to feed the fish and both butterflies had hatched and were waiting at the window to fly away.