Week 6

Kara's comment:

This week Room 3 are on Assembly and for our theme we are doing, "Has Room 3 Got Talent?" The assembly presenters are Amy and George. The host is Sasha as Mrs Ryan Seacrest and the judges are: Josh as Randy Jackson, Eddy as Simon Cowell and me, Kara as Ellen DeGeneres. We are all really nervous, especially Mrs Garthwaite! I hope it goes really well, I'm so excited.

Eddy's comment:

Last week Room 3 hosted assembly. We had only been practising for one week. We had never been through it without stopping until the real thing. My favourite act was the Zumba ad. I think we did really well.
Thanks.

Fabian's comment:

Room 3 went to the Orokonui Centre to take photos with our cameras. First 2 people there explained how to walk quietly so the birds won't fly away. We started walking around the beautiful forest taking beautiful photos. We leant all these angles of taking the photos. There were Tuis, Bellbirds, Kakas, Fantails and loads more! We had a competition of the best photos. It was misty and the mountains were stunning! At the end we went back in the bus with smiles on our face. It was awesome and Room 3 had a great time!

Amy's Comment:

Miss Blois is a teacher from the University. She came and taught us for 2 weeks. She told us about digital photography and Netball. We learnt lots of tips for shooting and passing, now we are really good at netball and we are using these skills on the court. With photography we went to Orokonui Ecosanctary and got amazing photos. It was very hard to say goodbye but she gave us the next book in the series we are reading but most of all she gave us lots of great memories.

Week 5:

We are still busy with Science Fair.

Homework this week:
Publish your Introduction(optional), Aim, Hypothesis and Method.
Continue with testing and take notes and photos of what you observe.
Remember to allow for fair testing and try and test 3 times to ensure you get the same results each time.
Review your research - are you understanding the science behind your investigation?

Laast week we visited Orokonui Ecosanctuary. What a great trip! Here are jsut a sample of the awesome photos we took:

Week 4 Homework:

Science Fair:
This week for homework I need to see:
- your plan for your experiment. Remember to write the equipment you need and the steps for the experiment. (Procedural writing)
- remember to allow for fair testing - you need to test 3 times - do you get the same results each time?
- take notes of what you observe.
- take photos of your experiment.
- this week start your testing.
- conduct your interview as another source of information.

All of this information should be stored in your Science Fair folder and should be coming to school most days and returning home most nights.

Continue using the timeline of what you need to get done and by when. This will help you manage your time better.
You should have quite a lot of information in your folder by now.

Hokey-pokey!

Science Update:
Here are some photos from our Hokey-pokey experiment. We discussed the chemical changes we saw and how when the baking soda is added, it releases a gas. The gas(carbon dioxide) can't escape the sticky mixture - it creates bubbles and expands.

Rerm 2 Week 3:
Back into Room 3 news.
We continue to be busy with Science Fair, maths, procedural writing etc.

This week Rachel Blois from Dunedin Teachers' College has joined us for a 2 week posting. She has been working with Reading and Maths groups and is going to be doing several photography sessions with the class.

Science Fair:
It continues to be busy but I am quietly impressed with some of the ideas that Room 3 are developing. Now we need to continue researching for background information and look at how we can write the information into our own words. By the end of this week I would like to see evidence of background research, an aim and a hypothesis ( what do you think is going to happen and why)

By the end of next week the method for the experiment should be completed and the actual experiment should be underway.

We are busy with our mega maths month. Remember we need to become faster and more accurate with our times tables. Our class average is 64%. I would love to see it increase to at least 80%. So practise, practise, PRACTISE!

Next week we begin learning and using our multiplication and division strategies.

Today we did the Floating Tea Bag experiment. It was very cool! On Friday we will do another science experiment. Look for some photos of our work.

Term 2 - Week2
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More Room 3 news next week!