This week Room 15 was lucky enough to have a chemistry session with Hutt science. We looked at what molecules were, solids, liquids and gas, and we also got to have a go being scientists ourselves. Check out our pictures … Continue reading
We had a great time last Friday sharing our science displays with our families and friends! Rahera wrote: When we walked in the hall there were lots of people. My auntie was at the science fair. I saw lots of … Continue reading
Here are some photos to show Pod 2 getting their science displays ready for our Whanau Science Sharing Time. This was the final step for our science learning. We have learned how to follow a scientific method: Make a science … Continue reading
The Year 6’s are starting to fundraiser for their camp in Term 4 and one of our families has kindly offered to cook a butter chicken lunch for us to sell at school on Thursday 3 August. Lunches will … Continue reading
On Friday Anushka, Sanomiya, Theo and Joel spent the morning at Government House in Wellington doing a Skills and Drills session with Kieran Read, Jordie Barrett, Scott Barrett, Liam Coltman, Akira Ioane, Ngani Laumape, Damian McKenzie and Liam Squire from the … Continue reading
Today we celebrated Matariki. We used the computer to watch the story of Matariki. We had three art tables. We decorated stars with different materials at two tables and at the third table made pictures with blue tempera paint, star … Continue reading
As a whole school today, we have been celebrating Matariki with the students participating in a range of activities like poi making, kite designs, making matariki stars and much more … Ka mau te pai to everyone! Here are some … Continue reading
What a success!! We researched, planned, baked and sold our way through our first Bake Sale, fundraising more than $500 for our Year 6’s Camp in Term 4. A special thanks to the hard working kids of Room 15, their … Continue reading
For Gymnastics this term we have been learning about making different shapes. We can do the tuck, stretch, straddle and pike shapes. We have also been learning about rolls. We can do a pencil, dish and elephant roll. Last … Continue reading
Every thursday we do gymnastics. We have been focussing on making shapes with our bodies. We have learnt that there are four shapes… Straddle (Dawn has her feet apart and her hands apart) Pike (Quinton has his legs and arms … Continue reading
Kia ora, I am Ali and have been teaching in Pod 4 for the past 5 1/2 weeks. It has been great getting to know all of the children that come through my room during the day. Shortly, I will send … Continue reading
This term we have been looking at chemical changes during our science topic. In Pod 1 we have been looking at what happens to yeast when you either add sugar or heat. We found that when you add lots of … Continue reading
Do you know how to make a bubble maker? We used 2 pipe cleaners each to make our own bubble wands then we tested them to see if they would work. We tried different shapes to see which ones made … Continue reading
Over the last 2 weeks Room 14 has been reading lots of different versions of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff. We have created venn diagrams comparing 2 versions of the story, created wanted posters for the troll, built a raft … Continue reading
Over the last few weeks Room 14 have been focussing on working as a team to complete a task. We have done a variety of fun challenges and worked with lots of different people. We built a tower for Rapunzel … Continue reading
