Maori Art

At the end of last term we learned about Peter Gossage. He is a New Zealand artist and author and we used his drawing style to create our own Māori art. We began by sketching our drawings out on A3 paper, then we went over our design in sharpie. To add some colour to our art, we coloured our drawings with pastels. After this we dyed the background any colour we wanted and I chose black. This is my Māori art.

Cook Island Week

This week is Cook Island week. To celebrate our cultural leaders taugh us this song called 'God Loves Me.' We are also learning cook island myths, how to count to ten and some fun facts. This is our Cook Island wall.

Ocean Posters

This term we did a google draw poster on an ocean of our choice. I chose the Atlantic Ocean. We had to find out where it was located, the size, the oceans deepest point and five sea animals located there. This is my google draw poster.

Water Cycle Experiment

On Friday last week we did a water cycle lesson and a water filtering experiment.  In the lesson we learnt about how water gets cleaned and a little bit about the water cycle. Did you know water takes six hours to get completely filtered and clean! After we got into pairs and tried to make the cleanest water. The dirty water had dirt, newspaper, plastic and oil in it and the materials we got to use for a filter were sand, bark, paper towels and cotton balls. We tried all of these out and then used anything out of these to make the best filter. Me and my partner used cotton balls and paper towels. This is how it turned out.

Book Week

This week we had book week. During the week we had author visits from Stu Duval, and James Russel. On Friday we had a book parade the whole school dressed up as their favourite book character. Me and my friend dressed up as Greg and Rowley from the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid. After the book parade we had a literacy treasure hunt. My team didn't place but we still had a great time.

Cross Country

Today we did cross country and I was very excited for my race. In the morning the juniors ran and we cheered for all of them. Then after morning tea, the seinior races started. First the year fours, next the year fives, then finally my race, the year sixes. I did a lap around the school and went down the street. When I ran towards the finnish line I was quite puffed out but proud of myself. I really enjoyed cross country this year!

Rain In A Jar

On Tuesday we did a science experiment on our inquiry topic, water. We poured hot water in a jar and put a plate on top. The jar started to get very foggy. When we put ice cubes in glad wrap and put it on top of the plate. In a moment it started to rain a little from the plate. It evaporated and condensed and when a hot and cold form of matter meet it precipitates. I really loved this experiment and hope we can do more soon.