Let's Get Going Notice

Room 3 will be participating in the Let's Get Going Cycle programme next week. Notices went home last week. Please return the permission slip a.s.a.p. Spare notices are in the box on the Parent Noticeboard in Room 3. 

Thanks :)

Cushla 

EXXOPOLIS Field Trip

Wow! What an amazing trip to EXXOPOLIS last week. We just loved experiencing the beautiful colours. What an amazing art installation. 

Thank you to all the parents who went along. We couldn't have done it without you. 

This experience will link in with our inquiry unit on science. We'll be studying colour and rainbows for the next few weeks. 

We were lucky enough to have a gopro too that day. I'll sort out a movie and post this soon. 

Here's some photos from the day. 

Shadows

We've been studying shadows for our science inquiry on Change.  We have drawn around our shadows and observed them changing over the day. We've been using measurement to gather data about what happens to shadows over the day.

Come in and check out some of our poems on shadows. They are awesome! 

Here's some photos of us drawing around our shadows and us having fun posing for them.

Miss Perrett posing for her silhouette. 

A few notices...

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that it is the St John Bosco Birthday Bash this Friday.  Your child should have brought home a notice with an order for pizza and gelato for Friday's lunch.  If you need another notice, please pop by the Noticeboard in Room 3 and grab one.  

We'd also love you to attend the St John Bosco Mass this Sunday.  A lovely morning tea will be put on by teachers and parents in the hall afterward.  

We have a field trip to EXXOPOLIS next Thursday.  A note went home about this last week.  We'd love to have parent help for this trip as we're taking cars to the site at Pukekura Park.  If you need another notice, please drop by Room 3.  

I try and download all notices to the "Notices" section of this blog.  If you need another copy, please click on Download and print off.  

Thanks heaps!!!

Cushla

Shadow Poems

Room 3 has been studying the science behind shadows.  We've been working like scientists by looking closely at the changes that happen around us.  We have lots of questions about shadows, the sun, the earth and how shadows and light change.  We're going to be gathering data to explore this further.

As part of our language experience in Week 2, we wrote Shadow poems.  Here's a selection of some of our amazing poetry.

My Shadow

I have a shadow.

Sometimes she can be a scardy cat.

But sometimes she is not.

Sometimes she is tall.

Sometimes she is small.

But I wonder why shadows are dark?

I love my shadow because

It follows me!

By Poppy

My Shadow

Some shadows do copy you

And why do they copy?

She just does whatever I do.

 By Ella K

My Shadow

Do you know my shadow is a scardy cat?

Because it is always behind me.

Sometimes my shadow gives me a fright.

I get scared.

My shadow is a girl.

At night you can’t make a shadow because you need light.

My shadow is a copy cat.

By Jay-Dene

My Shadow

My shadow follows me everywhere.

My shadow never runs away from me.

My shadow is black and it always is right beside me.

My shadow copies me.

By Cooper

My Shadow

Shadow, he is my friend.

My shadow is black.

My shadow is following me.

He is the best shadow.

Where did he go?

By Waylon

My Shadow

I have a shadow.

It always follows me.

It looks like a monster and

she follows me.

It sometimes does naughty things.

I know what she is up to.

I see her on the swing and on the slide

and on the monkey bars

and behind me.

By Georgia

My Shadow

I have a shadow.

She is a coward

And she loves to jump on the trampoline.

She is too scared to come in front of me.

She love pinching my brother’s shadow.

It copies me too.

By Briar

My Shadow

I welcome my shadow to the day.

I like it in the morning and the day.

Sometimes he is shy.

Sometimes he is good.

He goes up to the mountain and goes higher and sometimes he stays down.

He makes a fool of me.

Sometimes he doesn’t.

Maybe he’s afraid of the dark.

Maybe he hates me.

I like my shadow.

He has no eyes or ears but I like him in every sort of way.

He grows and shrinks.

He plays with me when it rains.

We stay inside.

The clock ticks and when it’s time for bed, he goes away.

By Jonah