Tales Of A 4-5 Something

On May 3rd, Grandfriends came to Waynflete to have fun and see what we have been working on lately. We read The Most Important Book and wrote our own poems. We got to have a music lesson and play math games. During our music lesson we got to sing songs like Irish Eyes and We Will Sing. We also got to listen to a replay of our chorus concert. During the math lesson we got to play Multiplication memory. We alos got to have Pachanga with the grandparents. During Pachanga, Anne (the Lower School Director) and Mary Jane (Director of Performing Arts) announced Waynflete’s 125th anniversary tune, Everyone Shine by Philip E. Silvey. Our overall rating for the day is 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟. I hope you loved our blog!! By Suzy and Baxter

The Eclipse is a rare occurrence of the sun getting blocked by the moon. It is rare because it only happens every 400 years in the same place. This year, Waynflete had an event for families. We had a fenced area on the Western Prom with free snacks, water, drinks and eclipse glasses. Not everyone was there. Some of us went to a lake near Augusta, some went to Sugarloaf, and others were in their yard. When the sky went dark it was really cool. Overall the eclipse is really cool and I hope you get to experience one. Grover and Hudson

Electricity is the flow of electrons! That is the oath of our science class! Did you know we’re talking about electricity and matter? Did you know that air is actually matter? Neither did we! We’re also learning about atoms. fun fact! Did you know that water is made when one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms meet? Isn’t that cool!? It’s science! Everything is made up of matter so everything has atoms that are slightly vibrating, every second of every hour of every day, forever! Now we are making simple circuits and will soon work on a big science project. We learned so much in science, and we hope you do to by reading this blog. By: Esther and Katherine

For the 4-5 Spring Concert we sang songs from many different cultures, places and perspectives. Our opening song was called "Dija Bulane", which comes from the island of Bali, Indonesia. We sang and had 6 peers playing the traditional ensemble, the gamelan. Our next piece was "Path to the Moon", a song about sailing the path to the moon on a deep blue night. In practice we talked about the narrator of the story, most of them being birds. The song after that was a song recommended by our own 5th grader Elsie Katz. The song was by English singer/songwriter Rose Betts. The song was called "Rocket." In the end, while we were singing the chorus, there was a descant. This means part of the group was singing "make up your mind, make up your mind, are you coming with us or staying behind", while the other part was singing “make your mind up, stand beside us.” And our last piece of the night was called “Destination Moon", a jazz standard performed by...

We really like our PE class. We can do to a lot of fun things. Right now we are doing a floor hockey unit. On the first day we were not prepared but after a little practice (some passing and puck handling) we were ready. We played "messy backyard" when you try to maneuver tennis balls into the other team's net and then we got to play 6 on 6. We played with 1 goalie, 2 defenders, and 3 offenders. We had four teams for each PE class. We played 5 min halves. The goalies got to wear helmets for face protection and that was funny. It was a cool and fun unit!  Cooper and Grover