Apr 1, 2019 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
Rain, wind, tent city (inside) pikelets, and sausage sizzle. What more could one ask for! That is what we got last Friday for the Year 1 to 3 mini camp. We had the best time ever regardless of what the weather threw at us.
Mar 19, 2019 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
Last Friday we had the privilege of having our dads and some of our family members share the morning with us. We had so much fun!! In Year 3 we did a tech challenge that involved us being split into two teams. The challenge was from BP Challenges called...
Feb 28, 2019 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
In PE the children have been learning to work as a team with various team challenges. This week the challenge was get the hula hoops around the circle one clockwise the other anticlockwise without letting go of hands. Some of the learning was how to communicate...
Feb 28, 2019 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We have been learning all the spelling patterns for the long o sound. Check out our rhymes we made up to help us learn the different spelling patterns.
Feb 21, 2019 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We have been participating in Performing Arts with Gracie. Gracie is extremely creative with what she is teaching us. This week we had to get into groups and create different objects and animals in a limited time span. It was heaps of fun. See if you can figure...
Feb 13, 2019 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We decided the Kakariki would best suit us being cheeky, chatty Parakeets, beautiful in colour and song. You can listen to what they sound like through the link http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/red-crowned-parakeet# and I’m sure you will agree it...
Dec 6, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We made Bull Roarers which are originally from Australia. They were used in the outbacks of Australia by the Aborigines to communicate to other tribes by spinning them over their heads. Firstly we had to sand the edges. Some of us found it very tricky. After we...
Aug 14, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We have been on a self discovery journey learning about fractions using materials. We are finding out what fractions are and how they work. Firstly we wrote what we knew about fractions. Then we played with fraction blocks to see what we could discover. Below...
Aug 9, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We have been learning about different materials. One of our investigations has been testing different types of paper to discover which was the most absorbent to the least. First we made a prediction on ranking the papers from most absorbent to the least. Next we...
Jun 22, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
Problem Solving Friday Every Friday we do problem solving math relating to what we have been working on during the week. Your Mathematical geniuses are working on division problems. They are encouraged to represent their understanding by ‘show me...
Jun 14, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
The Story of Matariki We have been learning about myths and legends this term. To tie in with Matariki we focused on retelling the story by creating all the characters using as many natural resources as we could. Below is the completed display.
May 21, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
The Year 3 students helped to teach the Year 5 and 6 students how to make Matariki stars out of harakeke (flax). The Year 6 girls were shown how to cut the flax, ensuring they followed all the Maori protocols for cutting harakeke. Mrs King showed the Year 6 girls how...
