To complete our measurement topic with a focus on mass, volume and capacity we created boats out of tinfoil.
There was a buzz of excitement as pairs planned, shaped and eventually had a boat they thought would survive in the water trial.
Well 10 of the 11 pairs had a boat to enter the trials. Poppy and Amika had quite the disaster in the creation section.
However there were 3 teams that scored 0 in the trials.
Our champions were Dylan and Deizjahn with a mighty boat that held 18 blocks!
At the end of our literacy unit "Emily's Bees" we have created a "Bee Zone" near the orchard. From our unit we have learned many facts about bees - like did you know they have 5 eyes?
We wrote letters to Mr Wheeler asking if we could plant in the orchard area as this is out of bounds and no one would go standing on our plants. We wanted the plants to be away from the playground so no one got stung by the female bees. Then we wrote to shops that sell plants. This Bee Zone has plants that were donated to us from Lushingtons and The Warehouse.
During our planting session we learned many skills like how to prepare a hole for the plant and how to get the plant out of the container. We loaned the watering cans from Room 7 to give our new plants a welcome to your new home drink.
We have been learning how to write a variety of poetry styles - haiku, cinquain, diamante and lanternes.
Here are a few examples from our published work. Each student displays their work in class. Our poems are on the wall for everyone to read and enjoy.
Haiku, by Anika
Maths madness occurred on Wednesday when Mrs Watson handed out packs of jelly. There were 3 different flavours and the students were almost too excited to understand this was in fact our maths lesson for the day!
Jelly crystals weigh 65gm, but we would be adding 500mL of boiling water to make this into a very tasty treat. We forgot to weigh the set jellies as we were far too keen to eat them. Maybe we will have to repeat the lesson.....
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