Week  9

This week we have been making magic potions for maths.
For reading we have been making diaramas on the magic faraway tree (which is a book we have been reading.)

By Charlotte

Week 8 Term 4

This week it was the year 3 trip we went to the Orakie basin and after that we went to the lagoon and leisure  pools in Panmure.

Molly's group got 1 and a half bags!!!!

Rowan's group got a fridge with vomit in it!!!!!

Yuck!!

When we were at the pool the water was freezing!!!!!

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but that didn't stop us!

oscart thomas

YEAR 3 TRIP


On the 2nd of December the year 3's went on a trip to Orakei basin to help clean up. Before we started  we had morning-tea.Then we started cleaning up.We had lunch at the basin

It was sooooo hot. We were really, really lucky to go to the pool.But the bad part was when we got to the pools it was so cold ,we were shivering till the end.There was a waterslide and lots of people were on it .My friends went on it and said it was sooooooooooooooooo fun .

The water may have been cold,brrrrrr but that didn't stop us from swimming! It was really fun!

week 7

This week we had our cultural picnic. There was heaps of people and food. this week it is our buddy class's assembly.
All the year 3's had there last topic rotation.
This week miss pedersen came back from being sick.
Also there was a lot of sharing of peoples news e.g.emilys ring.
By Molly and Caroline

Week 6

          

This week we saw the V8 Supertourers NZ. Some of thier names are: Storey, Evans, Van Gisbergen, McLaughlin, Pedersen, Murphy, Baird, Booth, McIntyre and Manuell. The best  cars. The best drivers.BE THERE! Visit www.V8ST.co.nz.

Congratulations to Caroline for getting the citezenship cup! Room 20 also hope Miss Pedersen gets better. Thank you to Miss Vaughan  and Miss Sumpter for taking care of us while Miss Pedersen was sick.
By Emily and Lilly


                      

Term 4 Week 4

This week year 3 had their topic rotation.
There was drums, creative dance,mural,scottish dance,pacific art.
We were learning about lots of countries and their foods to their dances!

Fireworks Poems

Pop pop pop
ZZZZ bang pow pow
Bang
Bang pow pow
Bang
ZZZZZZ
Pop Pop Pop

By Joshua

Pop zzz Pop Pow Po Pow ZZZZZZ
Boom ZZZ Boom ZZZ Kerrrrrchh
Kerrrchh Booooooom ZZZzzZZ
zz PoPoPow Boom

By Grace

Fizz boom boom crackle pop pop sizzle sizzle
Fizz boom boom crackle pop pop sizzle sizzle

By Tegan

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

BOOM!

Pow!
Pop!

By Rowan

Boom, Crash
Pop pop pop
ZZZZ
Bang Bang
Fizzzzz
Crash bang

By Kate

Pop. pop, pop, pop, bzzzzzzz,
bzzzzzzz, kabam, kaboom,
booommm!!! bang bang!
bzzd, bzzd!!!!

By Jax

Pop pop pop pop pop pow
ZZZZZZZZZZ
Boom boom boom
Kerritch kerritch
Pow!

By Tommy

Boom zzzzz pop pop pop pop
pop pop
zz pop pop pop zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Pop
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZPerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre
Pop pop pop pop
BOOM

By Thomas

Fizz pop pow bang boom fizz pop pow bang
Boom zzzzzz pop boom pow zzpop
Bang kerrrrch bang boom

By Oscar T.

Pa pa pa pa pow,
go the fireworks
eeeEEEeeeaaaaea
they squeal!!!
ooOoooOOOOOOoo
they whistle in my ears

As loud as a tiger
roaring, fireworks blast all
around me

Krrrreeaaach
they are now shrieking

By Molly

POP POP POP POP POP POP POW POP POP POP POP POP POP POW
ZZZZZ ZZZZZZ ZZZZZ ZZZZZ
bl bl bl bl bl bl Blast bl bl bl bl bl bl Blast
bloom bloom bloom just like a flower
kapow kabam kapow kabam kapow kabam
Boom Boom Boom Burst Boom Boom Boom burst
Zip Zap Zip Zap Zip Zap Zip Zap
Orange Yellow Blue Green Pink Purple

By Caroline

Fizz, pop, crackle go the sparklers as they get waved in the air
to make visible pictures for a few seconds then disappear

Piiiiing! BANG! Goes a firework as it gets lit and explodes into a variety of colours,
red, pink, blue, yellow and green.
The colours are so bright they're hard not to be seen

BANG Boom Bong! Goes the last firework of all
Then colours start to go in the sky
I wish to get closer
I wish I could fly

By Alicia, Emily and Olivia

Pop bang bang bang boom pop
ZZZZZZZ bang boom pop
Pop bang pop BOOOOM!

By Ruby

Boomzzzzzz pop pop pop kapow
Splat Kaboom weeeer
Bang bang bang pop pop...

BOOM!!!

By Rayan

Save The Kiwi Writing

ZZZZZZZ, as the grey cloud lifts and the early morning sun shows, Ewik the Rowi Kiwi wakes to find he is sitting in a black box riding on a boat.

Ewik was extremely frightened, for he had never ever experienced this before and did not know what to do.

It took a very long time before Ewik found out that he was actually being rescued and delivered to a possum free island.

Ewik and his family were very relieved, for Ewiks brother had been attacked by possums the other day.

I hope this will make you save Kiwis too!

By Charlotte

Finally, we're there. After a long boat trip, to get on land feels great. I'm with BNZ to release some Kiwi's.

It's early on a Wednesday morning and very cold. I'm jumping with delight.

"CHIRP!!!" "What was that?" "Oh, that was a Kiwi". "1, 2, 3, release".

Now the Kiwis are on a predator free island. When the Kiwi's are teenagers they will be put back on a predator island.

By Molly.

"Save me someone save me! The scary stoats are coming! SAVE ME!! I'm down here! HEEEELP! Somebody put me on stoat island! My favourite feathery friends are in furry danger!"

"I need my meeeeeal! Get the stoat AWAY from me and my burrow! Mu-mmy! Daaaaaddy! HEEEEEE-EEELP! Come on! 1 year later...

"Where is the egg? Oh that's right it's under me. Haaaa Haaaa! Hey here's the ranger. Yes you can take the egg".

By Emily

Week 1 Term 4

Welcome to term 4. We hope you enjoyed your school holiday!

 This week was save the kiwi week.
Emily bought in Iwik her toy kiwi.
 Room 20 did kiwi workshets such as: wordsearch and kiwi facts.

This term our topic is sustainability.

We are also in charge of the worm bins.

 Our monitors are Charlotte, Rowan and Rayan. 

Week 2

this week we did some high jump long jump and sprints.I qualified for all three events.yeh yeh yeh.
also kate brot in tow eggs.

week 8

GUESS WHAT!!!

This week room 20 had fun setting up and looking around sci-tech! In the last few weeks we have been preparing our alarm in a box for our class stand at sci-tech!

We loved watching the America's Cup. On Friday we were watching it in the hall.

We also started our Aboriginal art (dot painting).

We also got skyped by Jax!

On the 13th of September it was Roald Dahl's birthday!

By Kate and Molly

Week 7

This week our class has been busy finishing our alarm in a box project for sci-tech.

We thought the patterns on people's boxes were really cool. Each person in our class had to have a maori design or symbol on their box. Most people chose to have a koru on their box.

We learnt how to make a circuit. The hardest thing was making the switch.

We had an awesome time this week.

By Alicia and Rowan.

 

Week 6

This week Room 20 has seen the year 6  production about the classical elements; wind, water, fire and earth. It had lots of comedy and music. We learnt that some things have to work together e.g. fire needs water most of the time so that it can be put out. We are looking forward to the next Year 6 production. I wonder what that will be like?

By Mitchell and Tommy

Weigh it up!!!

Check out this cool game to figure out how to use weights on scales. The game involves using algebra and measurement. Good luck!

Weigh it up!

Week 5

This week, Room 20 and 21 had their school trip to the Auckland Museum.
Room 20's favourite room was the volcano room because it was shaking. Room 20's second favourite was the war memorial because in there were old fashioned objects that we had never seen before.We can't wait until the next school trip.

Week Four

This week Room 20 did lots of exciting things.

The highlight of the week was our Year 3 assembly!

We also did cross country at College Rifles. Room 20 did exceptionally well. We had several people in the top 10 for boys and girls.  Well done to Tegan, Lilly, Alicia, Matthew and Joshua. Sheppard was the winning house with the most points. The teachers looked silly dressed up in fluorescent colours pretending to be from the 1980's!

We have been learning a lot about electrical circuits. We know how to draw a circuit diagram and make it with brainbox.

Year 3 Assembly

We have our assembly next Friday 23rd August! We are going to explain the Scientific Method to the school. Please practice the rap we have been learning in class.

Check it out here... The Scientific Method Rap.

You can also have a play learning more about Galileo (Kate shared about him in class earlier in the week).

Galileo drops ball, virtual experiment.

Have a great weekend!

Static Electricity

Take a look at this video to learn more about static electricity..

Static Electricity

Check out this link to roll a can with static electricity... Science Bob.

Try an experiment to test this out...

Static Electricity Experiment

They say opposites attract and that couldn't be truer with these fun static electricity experiments. Find out about positively and negatively charged particles using a few basic items, can you control if they will be attracted or unattracted to each other?

What you'll need:

• 2 inflated balloons with string attached
• Your hair
• Aluminium can
• Woollen fabric 

Instructions:

1. Rub the 2 balloons one by one against the woollen fabric, then try moving the balloons together, do they want to or are they unattracted to each other?
2. Rub 1 of the balloons back and forth on your hair then slowly it pull it away, ask someone nearby what they can see or if there's nobody else around try looking in a mirror.
3. Put the aluminium can on its side on a table, after rubbing the balloon on your hair again hold the balloon close to the can and watch as it rolls towards it, slowly move the balloon away from the can and it will follow.

What's happening?

Rubbing the balloons against the woollen fabric or your hair creates static electricity. This involves negatively charged particles (electrons) jumping to positively charged objects. When you rub the balloons against your hair or the fabric they become negatively charged, they have taken some of the electrons from the hair/fabric and left them positively charged. 

They say opposites attract and that is certainly the case in these experiments, your positively charged hair is attracted to the negatively charged balloon and starts to rise up to meet it. This is similar to the aluminium can which is drawn to the negatively charged balloon as the area near it becomes positively charged, once again opposites attract.

In the first experiment both the balloons were negatively charged after rubbing them against the woollen fabric, because of this they were unattracted to each other.

Hot and Cold Holidays

Hi guys,

We missed Tegan and Ruby as they were both away last week.

Ruby was relaxing in Fiji and getting her hair braided.

 

Check out what Tegan got up to... here!

Day One, Term 3!!!

We had a busy day in Room 20. Everyone was back and ready to get into their learning.

We learnt about Van Gogh and his art, and a little bit about his life. We discovered that his art developed over time - from looking dark and gloomy, to bright and with clear brush strokes.

The Potato Eaters, 1885

Twelve Sunflowers in a Vase, 1888

 You can read more about him here... Van Gogh Information.

This is a great website for you to check out to find out more... Van Gogh Museum  Click here to have some fun... Make a diorama.

We also started thinking about our new topic - "DISCOVERY". We learned about the concept of "I see", "I think", "I wonder". We watched a short video clip and had a go at thinking deeply about what it was all about... Watch it again here. We came up with some great thoughts and will be looking at many more interesting clips to get us thinking throughout the term.

In maths we looked at division and fractions, and we began Roald Dahl's book Matilda in reading. We are looking at Roald Dahl this term, so we all got together and made a display on the wall for our work. Today we looked at how Dahl uses interesting words to describe his characters. We discussed how he gave us a really good impression of how "The Trunchbull" moves, sounds, and treats children. We all had a very clear image in our mind of what she would look like. We want to be able to describe characters in our own writing like this!

In week 3 we will have some visitors to the school. We need to practice their national anthem. Click on this link to learn and practice it! Australian National Anthem.

All in all we had a great first day and are very much looking forward to what the rest of the term brings...

Year 3 Movie Premiere

We have been learning about the NZ Long Fin Eel. To share our learning we decided to make some movies. Please watch our movies and the other Year 3 movies by clicking here....Year 3 Movies

We had a movie premiere at Selwyn College. It was great fun to dress up, walk on the red carpet and watch our movies on the big screen in a proper theatre.

Check out Room 20 - winners of the best documentary and best overall film! Congratulations!!!

Molly's Amazing Sail Boat

                                       

 

                            On Sunday the 30th of June

                            Molly made a amazing sail boat!

                            She made it in the Boat making

                            tent at wynyard quater.

                            She also test sailed it.

                            Molly said "it floated perfectly". 

 

 

 

Maths Book & Task

Click on the link below to read a book by Greg Tang.

This book has mind stretching math riddles to teach you how to problem solve. It also reinforces grouping strategies to help you complete equations efficiently. It can also help you to practice your basic multiplication facts. Once you have read the story, try and make up a riddle of your own and test it out on somebody!

Read Math Appeal by Greg Tang

Eels

Today we pretended to travel to Tonga with Mrs Elmore! We saw eels in our gully stream and we tracked the path that the eels from our stream take to have their babies.

We located the point where our stream meets the Orakei Basin, and we checked out where the Orakei Basin meets the sea. We know that from there the eels move from fresh water to salt water and continue to make their long journey. They travel way past Rangitoto and Great Barrier Islands, and swim all the way to a deep trench near Tonga. It is there that they have their babies. The parents then send their babies off without them, to make the long journey back to New Zealand.

We will post more later, but for now you can watch these clips to find out more about the NZ long fin eel....

Feeding the eels

Pukaha Mount Bruce

You can find out even more about the longfin eel by clicking here!

Tongue Twisters

We have been getting our tongues in a tangle trying to say our tongue twisters quickly.

A tongue twister is a rhyme or a sequence of words that is difficult to say because it uses similar or repeated sounds. One of the reasons they are so hard to say is because they contain a lot of alliteration.

How quickly can you say our tongue twister without making a mistake?

Sally saw a see-saw while sailing on the sea.
Sally saw a sea shell on the sea shore.
Sally and Stella spilled some scoops of ice cream in the sea.
Stella saw seagulls on the sailing boat.

Ruby runs rudely on the rug to the rubber rugby ball while the rumbling rulers shake.

Room 20 Citizenship Cup + Mathletics Trophy

Last week it was Room 20's turn to award the Citizenship Cup!

Lilly was the proud recipient of the cup. Emily, Molly and Miss Pedersen shared a few words about Lilly and why she was receiving the cup. 

Room 20

CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Lilly Lang

JUNE 2013

• Lilly is an honest and courteous student.
• She displays a great enthusiasm for life and always has a big smile on her face. Lilly consistently comes to class with fun-filled stories about what she has been up to in the weekend.
• Lilly isa loyal and caring friend. She respects other people and their feelings. She is careful with her words and encourages others.
• She consistently offers to help others, and she does not expect recognition or rewards for doing so.
• Lilly takes pride in caring for her belongings and environment. She regularly offers to clean up both our classroom and our school.
•  She is a determined individual who works hard in class. Lilly sets goals for herself and does what it takes to achieve them. She also takes feedback from others and acts on it.
•  Lilly participates in extra-curricular activities such as soccer, dance and drama, and Brownies. She never fails to put effort into the tasks she is undertaking and loves to volunteer, helping in any way she can.
• Lilly is a reliable and responsible citizen. She is a pleasure to be around, and we can count on her to always do the right thing.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S   L I L L Y

You should be very proud of yourself !!!

Room 20 also won the Mathletics trophy for the second week in a row.

Caroline collected the award for us in assembly. 

WELL DONE & KEEP UP THE HARD WORK ROOM 20!!!

 

Celebrating Matariki

Earlier in June we celebrated Matariki. Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades.  

Traditionally for Māori when it appeared just before dawn in late May or early June, it signalled the start of the Māori New Year.

In the early 2000s the Māori Language Commission, the Ministry of Education and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, became involved in the revival of Matariki celebrations.

Traditionally, Matariki was both a time to commemorate those who had passed on, and celebrate a time of plenty when stores were abundant from horticulture, hunting and fishing.

         
Jax, Mitchell, Caroline, Rowan and Kate all shared speeches about Matariki and we learnt a lot. We also learnt some string games for Matariki.We have decided to share our string games with you. Enjoy!

           

Games, as arts of pleasure, are an integral part of Māori life. Games are not restricted to a time or a place. This is particularly evident during Matariki festivities. Throughout pre-European New Zealand, the great Matariki Festivals were the annual catalyst for a broad spectrum of games development, invention and experimentation.
Star:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Vj6x-hiEnx0&NR=1

Witches broom / parachute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmWerCnJf3o&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Check out our videos to watch Ruby, Matthew, Alicia and Jax demonstrate their string games!!!