Merry Christmas everyone

Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you all so much for a wonderful year: for all the support and parent help.  I have had a lovely year with Room 3 students. They are a great bunch of kids. All the best for the new year. 

God bless,

Mrs Young

Len Lye & Puke Ariki

 Two weeks ago we we lucky enough to go to Len Lye and Puke Ariki.  We learnt about Len Lye artworks and his use of light and sound.  

Rebecca showed us around.  We first exploded the art gallery.

We then went into the Large Works gallery. We saw the amazing fountains.

We explored the sound and movement of the artwork.

Then we went to see "Universe". It made a huge noise.

We made music. We had to keep a slow beat and then a fast beat. 

We also saw the Len Lye movies. 

One of our favourite pieces was "grass". 

We then went into the education classroom to make our own musical instruments. 

It was an amazing day!! 

Here is Nathan explaining what we did in our Light and Colour investigation.

Light and Colour

More fantastic science work from room 3....

We’re studying light and colour in our language experience this week. The aim is to explore language associated with light and colour. We're also focusing on what we see, what we think and what we wonder about. 

Here's some photos of our investigation. 

We used coloured plastic fans, a mirror, a torch and paper.

We explored shining our torches on the ceiling. It was amazing! Our torches shone colour up onto the ceiling. 

We played around and found we could bounce light onto paper using a mirror. 

We learnt a new word: reflection.

This investigation prepared us for our trip to the Len Lye Centre where we would see artworks that use light and sound. 

Marshmallow Science

A few weeks back, Room 3 did science with marshmallows. We were looking at changes the happen when marshmallow is mixed with water. We were learning to look closely and track changes over time. 

Here's some photos of our investigation. 

Here we are with three cups of warm water and the same coloured marshmallows in each. We watched them for a while and then mixed it. 

Here's Mrs Wigley working with a group. 

Here we are looking closely and recording what we saw on our graphic organiser. 

We did some thinking about what we thought was happening. 

We discovered that the water changed colour as the marshmallows dissolved. We wondered where the marshmallow went. We also wondered what would happen if we put two different colours together in the same colour. We watched the water turn a yellowy/brown colour. 

We wrote about our investigation using our graphic organiser for detail about what we saw. 

We had a lot of fun and we got to eat a few left over marshmallows when we were done. 

Scooter training

Hello, just a quick reminder that there is Scooter training on Tuesday morning, next week. Bring your scooters, helmets and shoes. 

Noticing Closely

For science, we have been practicing gathering data and looking closely at the world around us. Today we explored water drops.  We looked closely and thought about whey we saw, what we think is happening and what we wonder about now. 

Here's some photos of our exploration.

First we dripped water onto mini whiteboards.

We noticed that drips fall at different speeds. Some water "sticks" and doesn't fall. 

We looked closely. Then we tried different surfaces. 

We noticed can that the water soaked into cardboard. We learnt a new word: "absorb". 

We raced some raindrops. Some fell quickly. 

We look forward to exploring more. 

More science!!

We have continued with our science study on gathering and interpreting data. We have been focusing on water.

Students learnt last term about the different states that water can be. We explored ice, steam and liquid. Here's some pictures of our investigation. 

Here we are exploring ice.

We used a jug, water and a baking tray to watch steam turn back into a liquid. 

Here's Ethan writing his name in the drips from the steam.

We then had a challenge to see which group could melt their ice the fastest. Check out some of our techniques. 

Rubbing ice in the carpet. 

Rubbing the ice in the bowl. 

Using the steam from the jug.

We've had lots of fun. Next we're going to look at the water cycle. Ask your child about this early in term 4. 

Production Pics

I was so proud of our school last term, with the successful performance of "Over the Rainbow". Room 3 students were in two scenes: the Hot Sparks and the Fireflies. Here is a photo of them just before the  first performance. 

Well done Room 3!!!  

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