Tangrams

For maths we tried making different pictures using a Tangram puzzle. Can you guess what each picture is?

Shape Pictures

For maths we made some 2D shape pictures. Here are some of them . . .

Swimming Lesson 1

We began our swimming programme today at the Richmond Aquatic Centre. After a shaky start (the bus arriving late) we finally made it to our lesson and met our new instructors. Everyone enjoyed their first session and we were surprised to see snow flakes falling as we rushed to the bus to come back to school!

Sail Boats

For topic today we made mini sail boats to try in the wind. We used a foam cup, a skewer, a paper sail and some playdough. We would like to use the fan to test them on a container of water. We wonder if a big sail or a small sail will make any difference to how fast it travels? What do you think??

Tree Planting

Today Room 5 and Room 3 buddied up to go tree planting. We walked together to Monaco (by the cycle way) and worked in pairs to plant many native trees. It was hard work as the ground was a bit hard and stony, but everyone was very proud of their efforts at the end. Some pairs planted up to 5 trees! To thank us, Steve and John from NELMAC gave us all a small Kowhai tree to plant at home. Thank you to Janice and the parents who came and gave us a hand :)

Windmill Testing

For our Wind Energy topic we have made some windmills using paper, pins and straws. Our windmills flew very well when we tested them using Mrs Trolle's fan. We found that Inari's small windmill that she made at home rotated faster than the bigger windmills.

2D Shapes

For maths we are learning about 2D and 3D shapes. This week we tried making different 2D shapes using geo boards and rubber bands.