SCIENCE WITH STERLING

On Monday we had a science session with Sterling. We looked at magnets and what they could do.
We learned that the whole Earth is one big magnet. It was great fun experimenting with the magnets and finding out what they can do.

Room 6 Menagerie

We have been lucky the last week with lots of animal visitors in our room.
We have had a lop-eared rabbit, a 12 week Old English sheepdog puppy,
two Wyandotte chickens and two skinks.

Sounds Amazing

On Monday, 16th November we visited the display at the museum called Sounds Amazing.
We learned about traditional Maori instruments. There were lots of activities we could try such as a piano to walk on, a slapper fone and chimes. We learned about sound waves and how vibrations cause sound.
Thanks to all our parent helpers who came with us.

Card Landscapes

For the last few weeks in art we have been designing and making card landscapes. We came up with our own theme and then we designed 3 stages in different heights. We used pastel for bright colours. They all looked amazing!

SEEDS

In Room 6, in term 4, we did some experiments on seeds. We started the experiments on Friday, 30th October. We wrote down what we thought seeds needed to germinate. Then, with our talking partner, we decided which one to test. We tested water, warmth, light and soil.
We planted bean seeds to test our experiments. We found out that seeds need water and warmth to germinate but they don't need soil and light. We were surprised.
By Rhona and Tianna

PUPPET SHOW

This morning the whole school went to the puppet show of Rumpelstilskin.
Rumpelstilskin looked like he had a sun burnt nose. My favourite character
was the miller's daughter because she was pretty. My favourite part was
when the miller's daughter said, "Banana Sandwich!" when she was
guessing his name.
Written by Rhona.

Book Week

To end our book week we came dressed as characters from some of our favourite books. We had a school parade in the hall with a book prize for the best character from each class. We also had prizes for the literacy quizzes and drawings of book characters. It was a great way to end the term.

Folk Dance

Folk Dance on PhotoPeach

Digital Photography

What We Like to Play Outside on PhotoPeach

Goals Slide Show

Term 3 Goals on PhotoPeach

Developmental slide show

Developmental on PhotoPeach

An Exciting Day

Last Thursday was a very exciting day. Our 9 Kapa Haka students spent the day at the marae. They did lots of fun activities like making a paua pendant, painting rocks and flax weaving. In the evening they performed to their families and finished with a hangi.
The rest of the class went on a bus to the School of Music to see the NZ Army Band perform. They were awesome! They took us around the world with music. It was very funny and very enjoyable.

Science Fair

We have completed our science fair project and are ready for the exhibition. We have been giving Ozzie, our cockatiel, different fruit and vegetables to see which ones he liked. He has only been eating apple and spinach and we wanted him to have more variety in his diet. We now know lots more fruit and vegetables that Ozzie will eat.

Worm Fritters

On Friday Snakes performed a play called "Worm Fritters." THe teacher, in the play, promised to eat worms if the class won the reading competition for the month. The class did win so the children made worm fritters from a recipe they found on the internet.
Snakes did a terrific job of presenting the play. They all spoke carefully and acted their parts like their characters.
Well done.

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles!

In Science this week we blew bubbles. We looked at the rainbow colours in the bubbles. When we put gloves on our hands we could hold the bubbles without them popping. We could even bounce them! We thought this might be because the hairs on the gloves helped to cradle the bubbles. It was awesome fun.

Rockets!

Last Friday in science we made rockets. It was cool. We liked it and we did a lot with it. Some people were finished so they got to fire their rocket and we all went to watch. Some flew a long way. We are going to have a class competition to see which rocket goes the furtherest.
By Alexi

Cross Country

In the cross country race all of the kids ran very well. Lots of kids were cheering with joy and so were the families as well. When the cross country was all done it was Mr Wemyss turn to speak and a lady gave out the prizes. Some kids came first, some came second and some came third.
Written by Mary

Tubby and the Orchestra

Last Thursday we went to the hall for a show. Some people showed us different instruments like trombone, clarinet and oboe. They played them for us. There were models of the instruments made from plasticine. We were allowed to hold them. TUBBY is the best. I want to meet you some day. TUBBY is the best musical instrument. Tubby is a tuba.
Written by Hannah.

SCIENCE FUN

On Friday Sterling took us for our first science lesson. It was so exciting. We did experiments with dry ice. It was soooo exciting watching it fizz and foam. We added different things to the dry ice and predicted what would happen.

School Assembly

Last Friday Room 6 led the school assembly. We sang Te Aroha and we sang and signed Kiwi Kids. We laso showed our Maori legend slide shows. Carol said we were awesome with everyone speaking clearly and confidently and all on our best behaviour.
Room 6 rocks!!!

Maori Legends

During term 1 we studied maori legends. To finish the unit we made slide shows about three of the legends we had studied. You can watch our legends below.

Birds! Birds! Birds!

We are studying about native birds. We are learning lots and lots of new things. We started our study with a trip to Natureland where Imo taught us about what makes birds special. Later that week Eden's Mum brought in their king parrot called Boid. He liked visiting our class and was grumpy when Sue took him home. Eden wrote about king parrots (see the photos) and told us all about Boid.
On Friday we made our bird feeders which we had designed. We hung them outside and some birds came and ate the seed we put out. We have also written reports about birds.
Now we have our own pet bird in our classroom. He (or she) is a baby cockatiel and we are going to name him (or her) later this week. It is so exciting having our own pet bird. Today some of us read stories to him (or her).
We hope you enjoy our photos about birds.