Term 3 Week 11 - Last day of the term

Today we finished Term 3. Everyone has worked very hard this term and we have learnt lots. We are all 'Stars of the Week' - ka pai Room 13.

We all enjoyed the NZ Animals and their Habitats topic study, especially making our dioramas. Check out these photos:

Ciara

Evelyn

                                                        

                                                                  Liam

Paige

Wil

This week we have had fun doing science experiments and finding out how different solids and liquids react when mixed together. Our favourite is oobleck (made from 1 part water to 1.5-2 parts cornflour. Food colouring can be added as well). It is certainly an interesting substance.
Today we used baking soda and vinegar to make volcanoes.









This afternoon two boys were presented with certificates for 100% attendance in Term 3. Congratulations Ethan and Ben.




Thank you for all your support this term, I have greatly appreciated it. I wish you all a safe, happy, and relaxing holiday. I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 15 October.
Remember to read each day, and also have a go on Mathletics and check out the sites on the blog.

Oobleck and other news

Today we made oobleck. We mixed cornflour, water, and food colouring together. This made a strange  substance! When we tried to stir it quickly it was hard to move the spoon and it felt like a solid, but when we moved the spoon slowly it was easy to stir and it felt like a liquid. It was fun to play with too.
We also watched some videos of oobleck. Check this one out:
Oobleck on the Move

 

 


It's good to celebrate all the Room 13 children do and we've congratulated Players of the Day and dancing successes.
Now we congratulate Annabel as she made her Brownie Promise and was enrolled tonight. Welcome to Brownies, Annabel, I know you will have lots of fun!

Moving Milk

We had fun with milk, food colouring, and detergent.

Term 3 Week 11

At today's School Assembly Isla was awarded a certificate.

Congratulations, Isla, we are proud of you.

Our Mathletics Stars for Week 10 are: Liam, Harrison, and Danny. Congratulations to everyone who received Silver and Bronze certificates last week. Keep working on Mathletics.

This afternoon we entertained our Room 8 buddies in Room 13. Three groups presented their plays then we showed our buddies our dioramas. Our big buddies enjoyed our plays, which were awesome, and looking at our dioramas, which are awesome too. Thanks for coming to visit us Room 8.

William T, Ciara, and Denver in 'The Ungrateful Snake'.

Alexandra, Estelle, Paige, George, Luke, and Trinity in 'Can We Play?'

Danny, Wil, Ethan, Ben, and Christian in 'Fearless'. Harrison and Elliott also performed in this play.

Term 3 Week 10 'Star of the Week' and Other News

This week's Star of the Week is Alex.

Ka wani ke, Alex, it's great to have you in Room 13.

We have had a busy week working on our plays as well as creating our dioramas.

This morning three groups presented their plays to Room 3. After the performance we showed our dioramas to our Room 3 buddies. We talked about our animal and its habitat and our buddies asked us questions. Thanks, Room 3, we enjoyed having you visit us.

'Fearless' presented by Danny, Wil, Elliott, Ethan, Ben, Christian, and Harrison.











'Can We Play' presented by Maia, Kate, Evelyn, Isla, Annabel, and Macy.

'The Ungrateful Snake' by William T, William F, and Liam.

Here's some photos of our dioramas - come into the classroom to see them - they are amazing.

Frogs by George

Pukeko by Ethan

Tuatara by Wil

Frogs by Liam

Macy recently sat a Dance Exam. She passed with Honours.

Congratulations, Macy, we are proud of you.

Looking ahead to next week:

There will be NO spelling words next week.

Reading - we will be focusing on poetry. We will have two or three poems each night, so the poetry book needs to come back to school each day.

Have a relaxing weekend - only one more week of Term 3 to go.

Term 3 Week 10

At today's School Assembly Kate was awarded a certificate.

Congratulations, Kate, we are proud of you.

Our Mathletics Stars for Week 9 are: Harrison, Ethan, Kate, and Annabel. Congratulations to you and also to everyone in Room 13, as together we came in at 39 on the NZ Top 50 Classes list.

Today we started working on plays. We choose our own groups then were given a play to read. We have decided our characters and will spend the week learning our lines, practising our 'moves', and making our props and costumes. Costumes may be brought from home. We have invited our buddy class, Room 8, to come and watch us perform next week.

Term 3 Week 9 'Star of the Week'

This week's Star of the Week is Ciara.

Ka wani ke, Ciara, it's great to have you in Room 13.

We've had a busy week focusing on our topic. As well as painting our shoeboxes we have been working on posters about our animals. We had three questions to answer:

1. How does an animal's habitat help it survive?

2. How does an animal's body protect it from predators?

3. How does an animal get its food?

We worked in groups to gather the information then process it and write our answers. We have now created our posters and they are displayed on our classroom wall. Come in and see them.

You can also check out photos - click on the relevant animal under 'Children's Work' on the right hand side of this blog. Your child will be able to tell you which poster they worked on.

Giant Weta

Tuatara

Pukeko

Maui Dolphin

Kakapo

Frogs

Ants

Reading Groups' Work

The Pukeko Reading Group read a poem: Sandy Song. Then they wrote their own Sandy Songs. Here they are:

I see the sea banging on my feet

I feel the sand going between my toes

I hear birds flying in the breeze

I taste salt blowing in my mouth

I smell fish in the sea swimming around

By George

I see an ocean and people building sandcastles

I feel sand between my toes and salt all over me

I hear the ocean crashing and laughter and wind

I taste sand and ice-cream and salty water

I smell salt and sand and sea

By Alexandra

I see people making sandcastles and swimming and smiling

I feel sand between my fingers and toes and salty water all over me

I hear seagulls chirping

I taste salty water, ice-cream and sand in my mouth

I smell salty water, the sand and some trees

By Kate

I see the fish and birds

I feel shells and sand

I hear birds and babies

I taste sand and water

I smell fish and chips

By Luke

The Kakapo Reading Group have been reading 'The Impossible Bridge'. They then designed and made their own bridge. Well done William F, Danny, Ethan, and William T, you worked really well together to create  an amazing bridge. 

Music Concert

WOW! Weren't the Room 13 children amazing this afternoon. I am very proud of them.

Thank you to all who were able to attend our concert today. It was great to see so many Mums, Dads, Grandparents, Aunties, and siblings. The classroom has never been so full.

A special 'Thank you' to Mrs Mahon for all her hard work in getting the children to this point - you are fantastic!

Our Topic: NZ Animals and their Habitats

We continue on our topic 'NZ Animals and their Habitats'.

Yesterday we wrote about our animal.
Alex wrote this riddle: (find the answer at the bottom of this posting)

A Riddle

I’m a naughty bird

I live in the mountains

I play with things.

What am I?

Today we began the Creating stage of our Inquiry Process. We painted our shoe boxes as the background for our dioramas. We also used the computers to type the answers to our questions before creating either a Keynote show or Comic Life document. A big THANK YOU goes to the Room 5 Year 4 students who helped us with our computer skills. Another big THANK YOU goes to Chris for helping us paint.
Here's some photos:

 

Riddle answer: I am a kea.

Term 3 Week 9 Certificate

At today's School Assembly Annabel was awarded a certificate.

Congratulations, Annabel, we are proud of you.

Keep Wednesday 12 September free - Room 13 are holding a concert at 2pm in Room 13. See you there!

Today we celebrated a number of things:

*Macy was 7 yesterday, so we sang 'Happy Birthday' to her. We hope you enjoy being 7 Macy.

*Our top three Mathletics Stars for Week 8 are: Christian, Liam, and Ethan. We also came 46th class in NZ. Well done to you all.

*The winter sport season is over and clubs have held their prizegivings. Ben and William F both received trophies for being the 'Most improved player' in their respective teams. Ka pai.

Thank you for bringing your shoebox and habitat items. Remember you will need enough twigs/stones/grass etc to create a habitat for your animal or bird. Please put your habitat 'stuff' into a named plastic bag.