Week 8 - Room 11 and Room 9 on the Year 3 Camp

We did the Hackett walk (and swam in the river), had a sleepover in the Muritai Centre and then next day we went to Rabbit Island. We would like to thank all the parents who helped us...you are amazing and we couldn't have had the camp without you!

Frogs on the Blog - Week 7

Our tiny tadpoles are growing up!

The students of Room 11 have done well taking turns feeding them.

Some of them have started climbing onto the little rock in their tank.
Soon they will be released into a pond to live a happy life as frogs.

Week 5

We studied images of healthy fruit and vegetables to help us with our writing.

We made up riddles using clues about a healthy food and then tested each other to see if they could guess what it was.

Week 4 - When good food turns bad.

We used a 'healthy eating' website to create healthy meals (there is a link to this site on our blog).

Our fresh bread a few weeks ago...yummy!

Our bread after a few weeks left inside its plastic bag in a warm room....not so yummy.

We began to discuss what mould was, what might cause the mould and if it is possible to slow down, or stop, this happening. The students were asked to suggest how long food would stay fresh inside a lunch-box......suggestions ranged from half a day to two weeks!

Week 3 - we get our fishy friends!

The newest arrivals to Room 11.

Our tiny tadpoles - we will watch them transform!

Term 4 Week 1 - Money, planting vegetables and healthy eating.

Mr Wyman shows us how to plant seedlings.

Harold comes to visit us. We learn about making healthy choices about what we eat.

We use money to solve maths problems.

Week 9 Paper Weaving and skipping!

Week 8

We used chenille sticks (pipe cleaners) to make human figures. Then we wrapped them in tin foil and twisd them into different poses. Finally we made sure they were strong enough to stand up and we displayed them on silver platforms that we had made earlier.

" My figure was a pop star!" - Emma

"I made one that looked like superman....it was quite tricky making the arms and legs...the head was easy" - Aston

Patience and concentration were needed to finish our 'human fugures' art.

Making and chasing bubbles on the courts

"Chasing the bubbles was fun and quite exciting....I would like to do it again!" - Olivia

The boys attack another puzzle.

"We were making a Ben 10 Puzzle, it's quite easy working on a puzzle with other people" - Jay

Making bubbles to inspire our poetry

Week 7

Our finished window paintings.

We used special paints and plastic sheets to make pictures that we could peel off and stick to the windows.

Term 3 Week 6

We used crayons and paints to create a resist inspired by Van Gogh's 'night sky'.

We decided there was too much rubbish in our school. We collected 17 bags in just two weeks...yuck!

Week 5 Term 3

We go to see Peter and the Wolf at the Theatre Royal.

Nathanial working happily on his writing.

Ruby and Olivia making a powerpoint about our art.

Week 4

We went out for T-Ball.

Zane is about to wallop the ball out into the field.

"I like batting better than fielding because most of the time you get to hit the ball so far that they can't catch it" " I got a home run!" - Zane

Term 3 week 3

Nathanial with another wonderful creation.
Mrs T comes to visit Room 11 and helps make playdoh. The photo was taken by Douglas.

Big books and Tree-charts being used in guided reading.

Term 3 Week 2

Zara shows us what happens when you put an egg in a cup of vinegar and leave it for 3 days.

" It felt really smooth but after a wee while it went a bit squishy...it smells vinegary" - Zara

We put PVA glue on our scallop shell sketches and when it dried we used them to do rubbings.

We begin to study the sun....we trace our shadows and see how they change at different times of the day.

Olivia shows us some pictures of her trip to Aussie and talks to us about each one. Well done Olivia!

Term 3 begins....welcome back everyone!

Using "tidy numbers" to solve addition problems

Emma turns eight!

Using 'smart kiddies' during e-learning.

Week 11 - last week of Term 2!

One of our maths warm-ups. The students use number fans to make numbers between 80 and 120 and then the whole class have to quickly put themselves in order from smallest to largest.

Rabbits, kereru (wood pigeon), giraffes and tigers....just some of the wonderful wildlife found in Room 11!