Robin

Today we sadly farewelled Robin.  He is moving back to Germany with his family.  We had a little party for him at the end of the day.  Robin's Mum made muffins in ice-cream cones which we thought was very cool as none of us had had it before.  We wish you all the best for settling back to life in Germany Robin.

Maitai Dam

Today we visited the Maitai dam as part of our inquiry unit on water. We walked up to the top of the dam and looked at where all the water is stored. Nelson hasn't had much rain lately so unfortuantly there was no water going down the steep spillway. After that we went down into the tunnel below the dam and saw some of the big pipes that the water moves through.  Click on buttons below to listen to some of our thoughts from our visit.

  

Autumn!

This week we have had lots of fun related to Autumn.  We have learnt a poem about autumn, had a leaf fight and  made leaf rubbings using crayon.  Watch our movie to hear our poem and watch us having a leaf fight!

Natural or man-made?

This week we started our new topic on water called Splash! We have had some interesting conversations deciding whether objects are natural or have been man-made.  Today we thought that human's original teeth are natural but false teeth are man-made!  Today in ICT we created Kidspiration diagrams classifying objects as natural or man-made.  You can look at them below.

Tuataras

This week we made posters to communicate and celebrate all the things that we have learnt about Tuatara's. Check out the photos below to find out all the interesting things that we have found out. Do you know why Tuatara's puff up their spikes? You'll find the answer below.

* You can click on the photos below to see them larger.

Grouping Animals

Today we looked at this powerpoint on the different ways that animals can be grouped. Do you know the six groups that animals can be sorted into?

Grouping Animals Variation

Inquiry

For our inquiry we have been learning about living and non-living things. Check out this great game below we have been playing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml

We have also been learning about how animals are grouped. You can practice grouping animals by clicking on the link to the game below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/variation_fs.shtml

Natureland

Yesterday we went to Natureland to kick off our topic on "Is this an animal?" We learnt about different groups of animals. We learnt about fish, amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles.

We learnt that when Tuataras lay their eggs if they are hot they will turn into boy tuatara's but if they are kept cold they turn into girl tuatara's. Harry. We learnt about the skin of tuataura's. Their skin comes off them when they get bigger. Poppy and Willem.

We saw the fish. Charlie We saw a pig. Katie

We saw sea otters. They make milk for their babies. We saw them being fed mice. On of the sea otters swam with its mouse so they other sea otter wouldn't eat it. Matthew, Poppy.

Rugby League

Today we were lucky enough to have Mike and Andrew come along to school to do an introductory session on league with us. Read some of our stories below to find out more.

Today we played Rugby League with Mike and Andrews. They tried to tag us with the rugby ball and you had to run away. Matthew

I went to the league. I liked it. It was fun. It was the best. Poppy

Today we played Rugby League with Mike and Andrew. Rani

Busy Bodies

This term for inquiry we have been learning about our busy bodies and all the interesting, weird and wonderful things that they do. We made a voice thread to present all the things that we learnt. With Sally's help we selected the pictures using Microsoft Clip Art to make our Voice Thread.