Room 20 @Sunnyhills
Welcome to Room 20's blog for 2016. We are a class of energetic Year Two and Three learners and our teacher is Mrs Trembath.
Wednesday 14 December 2016
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Mr Raynor visits our school
Today we were treated to a visit from Mr Raynor from the Auckland Museum. He is a Curator there. Do you know what that is? He talked about New Zealand animals and in particular the Kiwi, Moa, Haast Eagle and Albatross.
Mr Raynor shows us a Moa leg bone - wow look how long it is compared to Mr Raynor's leg! |
Here is Kobi holding a Haast Eagle skull. It is a copy of a real one. The curators at the Museum scan a real one and make a 3D model so we can hold and study it. |
Thursday 24 November 2016
Wildlife Photography
The 2016 Comedy Wildlife Photography Competition
Photo Prompts: Using photographs of animals caught on camera with unusual or amusing expressions or poses.
What is the cheetah doing on the side of the road? Nearby just happens to be a road sign with 40 on it - could this be what the cheetah is looking at? |
Is this Zebra calling out to their herd? Has another Zebra done something to make the Zebra call out, does it have toothache or is it yawning? |
This Toad certainly looks friendly, what's the joke? Use your imagination and tell us a short story. |
Labels:
Carolyn,
Haden,
ICT,
inquiry,
Jasmine,
Jessica,
PTC 11:Assessment,
PTC 8:Learning,
Rosie,
Sienna
Looking Great Fabulous Amazing Fantastic Everyone!
Dear Families for those of you who are busy and find it tricky to visit our room in person, this is what Room 20 is looking like right now!
Soon we have to take everything down for the end of the year so we thought we would show you all now!
Soon we have to take everything down for the end of the year so we thought we would show you all now!
These are our camouflaged Skinks and Stick Insects - can you find them? What are their Adaptations to their Environment or Habitat? |
Labels:
Ali,
art,
design,
Evie,
Haden,
Hamish,
inquiry,
Jasmine,
Jessica,
Nathan,
Olivia,
PTC 12:Inquiry,
PTC 8:Learning,
Science,
Sienna,
Sonia,
whole class,
Whole class environment
Out and about around our school!
Room 20 was very interested in OUR LITTLE GARDENS. We have been looking after our own planter boxes around our room and they are looking fabulous. We have nurtured our own seedlings and they have been planted in the School Gardens. It's really important to water them at this time of year as the wind and sun are drying out the ground quite quickly!
Maths is fun outside as well. We have been checking out our learning from earlier in the year because we need to practice, practice, practice! Today we were given a challenge to measure lengths over 4 metres using a metre ruler only.
We had to remember where to start on the ruler and move it carefully and measure accurately. We also recorded the length in mm, cm, and m. We talked about standard units of measure and which unit would suit certain items to measure. We wouldn't use millimetres to measure the distance to the beach because it would take too long so what would we use instead? We had some great reasons and discussion. We also talked about how to record the measurements using our knowledge of place value - thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. If we miss out a zero the measurement could go wrong and that would have a really big impact on our everyday lives.
Talk to your children at home and explain how measurement affects your decisions, will my car fit into that parking space? I have to estimate. Will that new desk fit into our lounge?
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