Golf

 Melanie came to school to teach the senior school children about golf. First she showed us how to hold and swing the club and then we started hitting a big ball and then down to a plastic golf ball. We think we did well!

Botanical Gardens

Rooms 2 ,3 and 5 went to the gardens as part of their study on plants. We had morning tea after we walked down from school then we walked to the top and were put into 3 groups . We walked through the bush, we dissected flowers and we looked at the Maori uses of plants and did lots of other interesting things. In the afternoon we sketched and looked in the hot house and found out about all sorts of different habitats.Then we walked slowly back to school.

Plants

Our big study for this term has been Plants and we have learnt all sorts of things about plants . We know the parts of plants and their life histories and we have done experiments with them . We started the Great Bean Race but only about 5 beans grew. We think it must be the drought  !! Riley's bean was by far the biggest so she must have given it just the right amount of water and care. Our cress experiments weren't much better so we certainly learnt how farmers trying to grow crops must be feeling.We put these flowers in dye to see how it travels through the plant. We also made lavender bags. Its all been fun.

College Teachers

We are really lucky to have two College Teachers this term. We have been doing lots of fun things with Ms Colbert and Mr Paul.

Beach Ed

Just after our trip to Toitu we were off again! This time we went to St Kilda Beach for Beach Education.  The  life guards were great and told us a lot about their jobs and what we can do to keep safe when we go with our families to the beach. We were told about keeping safe in the sun too . Meila was chosen to try and remember lots she'd been told and then Holly got dressed up in the life guard uniform and had to rescue Dylan from a "rip". We had morning tea and lunch on the deck and in the afternoon we played games and went swimming . It was another great day.

TOITU

We had a great trip to Toitu on February the 8th. First we got to look at old photos in groups and tried to figure out all about them. We also went to the Chinese Gardens to find all sorts of patterns. We saw a band practising for their Chinese New Year Festival. Then we went back to the museum to have lunch and play dominoes. Next we made Chinese lanterns. Last of all we got dressed in clothes from the olden days and even got to wear them home . We showed the rest of the school at assembly. We had a great time.

2013

The year has started and we are already hard at work!! There are 27 of us in Room 3 and we are a Year 3 and Year 4 class. We have Mrs Evans-Weir teaching on a Monday, Tuesday morning and a Thursday and Mrs Hesson on a Tuesday afternoon,Wednesday and a Friday. Mrs Hesson is also in charge of Flippa ball. Our library day is Thursday.