May 18, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We had a visitor in our class he was all the way from Doha. His name was Flat Stanley. We were given the task to have some adventures with Flat Stanley. We decided we would teach Flat Stanley how to make Matariki stars out of harakeke (flax) and tell him the story...
Apr 11, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We have been learning how to write and give instructions. Firstly we watched a you tube clip on how to make a paper helicopter. We then wrote instructions on how to make the helicopter for a year 4 student to follow. From this exercise we discovered written...
Apr 5, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
Whoever thought pitching tents, eating pikelets, and playing games in the sun could be so much fun!! Egg throwing and catching was interesting especially when some people got egged. Lastly we finished by having an Easter egg hunt. It was really difficult as we had...
Mar 28, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
Come see how much fun we have learning Mandarin through music and movement with Bing.
Mar 27, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
In Year 3 we have been using measuring equipment to explore what it used to measure and the units we measure with. First we used balance scales and weights to explore how much a piece of fruit or vegetable weighed. Next we used rulers, and tape measures to measure...
Mar 7, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
The stunning and clever Korimako class would like you to see their wonderful comical portraits they created of themselves. To create these fantastic pieces the children experimented using paint for their faces. The children had lots of fun tracing around their hands...
Feb 9, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
Welcome to Korimako Class of 2018. Korimako is the Maori name for the Bellbird. We decided to call ourselves Korimako because we think we are cheerful and tuneful class, just like the Bellbird. We have a friend with no name. We have looked at it characteristics to...
