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2020 Classroom Blogs
How do we measure objects and what equipment do we use?
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.
We discovered:
1 apple weighed 139gms
1 mandarin weighed 74gms
We discovered:
1 apple weighed 150gms
1 plum weighed 280gms
We discovered:
1 mandarin weighed 70gms
We discovered:
1 apple weighed 99gms
1 carrot weighed 42gms
We discovered: 1 banana weighed 160gms 1 mandarin weighed 60gms
Next we used rulers, and tape measures to measure different things in the classroom.
We used a retractable tape measure to
find out how long a row of desks is.
We discovered it was 3.1m long.
We used a tape measure to measure the
length of the small whiteboard.
We discovered it was 91.5cms.
Then we used force meters to weigh our school bags. Look at how much our school bags weigh, at this rate we will be weight lifters!
I discovered my bag weighed
2kg.
I discovered my bag weighed
2.2kg
I discovered my weighed
2.5kg
I discovered my bag weighed
2kg.
I discovered my bag weighed
2kg.
I discovered my bag weighed
2kg.
I discovered my bag weighed
3kg.
I discovered my bag weighed
2.5kg
I discovered my bag weighed
2.5kg
Our last task was to explore how much water weighed.
We discovered weighing water was tricky with the balance scales as they kept moving.
We all found out that 100mls weighs 100gms therefore 500mls weighed 500gms.
Picnic Time for Teddy Bears……………..and Karearea!
Friday saw an invasion of cuteness in the Karearea class……….as a plethora of soft toys invaded our already cute classroom!
Students gave a double gold coin donation to support the Kiwis for Kiwi national conservation project, a charity selected by our School Council members.
Karearea class members came to school with their much loved soft toys and we all enjoyed meeting these new friends.
To top of this exciting day we had a whole school shared lunch – picnic style with our teddy bears.
Have a look at the lovely day we had with our honorary soft Karearea classmates!
Reptile Park Larks
What a fantastic day we spent learning all about reptiles. We got up close with tuataras, turtles and alligators and discovered what they eat, what happens to the eggs produced and how long different species live.
Get NZ Writing
Years 5 and 6 have been really busy writing metaphor poems, playing with words and exploring our locality with fresh eyes so that we can open a door on our environment for our partner school in Palmerston North to peek through.
Reptile Park Through the Eyes of a Year 3
The tuatara is unique to New Zealand. He felt cold to touch. It had spines on his back and has three eyes. By Olivia
Alligators have a very big jaw and have
extremely powerful tails. By Sophie
The baby turtles are so cute and small.
Some baby turtles necks are as long as
a Giraffes. By Sophie
Can you spot the green gecko? I can!
By Daniel
The spikes on the iguana is to make it look big and scary. By Daniel
These water dragons are sunbathing
to warm up as they are cold blooded.
By Alex
Imagine this guy lurking around in your
attic!! By Alex
A tortoise is a reptile and it is slow moving.
It has a hard shell on it’s back.. It is cold
blooded. By Anna
A tarantula is a mammal and it is furry.
It makes a web out of glass string.
By Anna
The tortoise has lots of scales on its short
legs. It’s tough shell has patterns like
people have finger prints to tell them apart
from each other. By Michael
This monkey is 40 years old. It lives
in a huge cage. His name is Harrison.
By Michael
The tortoises are very slow and bumpy. They can live for a long time and grow till they are gigantic. When I touched the turtles
shell it felt rough. By Isabella
Alligators are long and brave. They have
prickly looking bumps on their backs.
This one was very fat and can lay eggs.
By Ashlee
This skink was sunbathing to warm up.
They are cold blooded so need the sun
to get warm. By Ashlee.
The tortoise is very slow and the shell
is so rough to touch.
By Charlee
Look at the bumpy and dry scales on the
water dragon. By Charlee
The alligator has long teeth.
By Khushboo
I touched the tortoise. The tortoise shell
is like his bones.
By Khushboo
Lucky there were signs to tell us which
way to go. By Ciaran
This turtle can swim in deep waters and walk on land. It has a very long neck. By Ciaran.
The bearded dragon felt soft and warm to touch. He can climb trees very well. By Olivia
We’re going on a REPTILE hunt!
Our recent trip to Ti Point Reptile Park was extremely exciting as well as interesting and informative!
We saw turtles, lizards, alligators and a tuatara!
Whilst not a reptile, Harrison the Capuchin Monkey was a very popular attraction.
Have a look at some of the fascinating creatures we were lucky enough to see. We even got to touch some……..not the alligator though!
Welcome
Hello!
Welcome to Class Korora’s (Year 4’s) blog, and it’s first post. Let’s all ignore the fact that it’s 7 weeks into Term 1. Mercy for the new guy, and all that!
I’m pleased to share with you some of the things that we’ve been doing…
Reading
We’ve been looking at Aesop’s fables. Pulling them apart to learn their narrative structure as well as how different language features are used to make the stories more engaging.
Writing
Any language features we learn in reading we try to immediately use in our writing. One thing we are clear on now is that our narratives need to have a good problem and resolution. To add interest, we are learning to add description using adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.
Science
After a fantastic introduction from our Life Education lessons, we’ve been continuing to learn about the digestive system.
In pairs we are studying a different part of the digestive system and will soon be presenting back to the class.
P.E.
The students are enjoying their lessons with Mrs Sancto. They particularly like an outdoor game named Coco, which uses strategy.
Music
The students are enjoying their lessons with Mrs Poppe. They have been listening to pieces of music from The Carnival of the Animals.
Phonics
We have been using song-writing to strengthen our understanding of phonics and how words can rhyme together based on common vowel sounds.
We are pleased with the two songs we have written together as a class so far: “I Can’t Stand the Heat” and “Dylan and the Possum” (based on Dylan’s unusual experience, waking up next to a possum in his bed!).
You can hear us singing “Dylan and the Possum” below:
Art
Recently we completed some coloured-paper art. This was an application of the drawing skills we have been working on. You can see them hanging in the hallway outside our classrooms.
Topic
We’ve been looking at the Commonwealth Games. As part of that, we are looking closer at the globe and how the countries are arranged in continents.
Never Fear……Captain Cashtastic is HERE!
It is not everyday that a SUPER HERO visits school but today was our lucky day!
Captain Cashtastic, from the ASB Getwise Financial programme, stopped by to help us understand MONEY!
Captain Cashtastic talked to us about the difference between notes, coins, dollars and cents. He also gave us some tips about saving, spending and sharing money.
Financial literacy is an important concept. It was fabulous to see the Karearea class engage and participate in this exciting activity which was designed to develop their money management skills.
One of our Year 2 friends helps Captain Cashtastic!
We are learning the difference between coins and notes!
Bridge Challenge
The task seemed straightforward – build a bridge that would support a plastic cup full of beans. The teams only had string, paper, straws, paperclips and sticky tape. There were some creative solutions and great teamwork on display.
Sense Detectives
Years 5 and 6 were using their senses to gather sights, sounds, smells and textures for poetry and art today. We spent a while on our balcony, drawing exploded pictures of our observations and then walked around our school environment to discover sensory detail.
Introducing Korimako Class of 2018
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 and feet and decorating them using coloured pencil and outlining them using vivid. We discovered it was not so easy to trace around our own hands and feet and required some assistance from our classmates. We also discovered we need lots of practice cutting out as some of us lost ends of fingers and toes.
