Volcanoes!

Some  of  our  class are  reading  books  about  volcanoes.
Watch  this  video   to  find  out   cool  volcano facts.

Plant Art

We  have  begun  learning  about  plants!

Today  we  made  3-D  models of  flowers  using  paper  construction.

Ag Day!

We  enjoyed  taking part in  Ag  Day.

First  we  dug  up  our  potatoes.

Next  we  were  off  to  see  the  Room  3  kids  and  their  mokai!

Author Visit

Dawn  McMillan  came  to  visit  us.  She  told  how  she  writes  and  publishes  her   wonderful books.

Emily  was  inspired  to  write  this  story  at  home:

"There  was  once  a  dog  named  Poppy.  He  was  a  war  dog.  He  helped  the  people  if  they  were  hurt.  He  licked  them  and  fetched  for  help.  If  they  died  Poppy  would  howl.  I  was  sad  hearing  him  howl.  Only  a  bit  of  people  survived.  Poppy  was  happy  for  them but  not  happy  for  the  other  people who  died.  Luckily  his  owner  survived  and  Poppy  was  so  happy  for  him."

Learning with Rods

Today  we  were  busy  creating  a  big  farm  with  the  rods!

Mini Olympics At Hinuera!

We   did  different  activities  for  the  Mini  Olympics.

All  the  children  were  put   into  different  country  teams  like  Australia  and  Brazil.

Table  tennis,  volley  ball,  tug  of  war,  rugby  7's,  hockey,  rob  the  nest,  bean  bag  throw  and  hand  ball  were  the  games  we  played.

It  was  super  fun  and  everyone  enjoyed it.

Italy  won  the  gold  medal!

The Olympic Games!

We  watched  the  Women's Rugby 7s  play  against  Australia  in  Rio.
New  Zealand  tackled  Australia, passed  the  ball  and  side  stepped  the Australians.
We  were  the  first  team  to  score  a  try!
New  Zealand  also  used  awesome  team  work.
Sadly, we  lost  but, we  still  got  a   silver  medal!

The Ranfurly Shield Visits Room 3!

The  Ranfurly  Shield  is  for  rugby.  The  winning  team  gets  to  take  the   shield  home  to  their  region.

The  shield  is  cool  because  it  is  shiny  and  has  little  shields  with  names  on  them.

We  hope  that  we  win  the   Ranfurly  Shield  for  the  Waikato!

Rere Atu

Special Guests

Three  Chief  rugby  players  were  our  special  guests  at  Hinuera  School  today!

They  answered  our  questions  about  rugby.

Then  they  signed  our  books,  t-shirts, rugby  balls  and  posters.

We  were  excited  to  meet  them!

Rhythm and Rap!

Last  week  Harry  made  up  a  new  rap  to  sing  to  the  class.

At  music  time  we  created   a  rhythm  to  play  with  the  it.

The Big Block of Chocolate

We  have  been  reading  the  "The  Big  Block  of  Chocolate"  story  in  class.

We  have  also  written  our  own  stories  about  a   big  block  of  chocolate.

Enjoy  reading  some  of  our  stories!

In   my  story  I  got  a  big  block  of  nice  chocolate  at  the  beach.  I  ate  two  pieces  of  it  and  then  I  dropped  it  in  the  water.  Then  one  crab  popped  out  of  the  water.  He  came  and  stole  it!  The  crab  ran  on  land.  Then  I  tried  to  get  the  chocolate  off  him.  He  was  too  fast  and  I  tripped  over  a  shell.  So  he  ate  all  of  the  chocolate  with  his  friends.

By  Emily





 

Maths Games

Learning  with  maths  games!

Next  week  we  will  be  practicing  our  basic  facts  by  playing  maths  games.
Here  we  are  playing  with  our  'maths buddies'.

Light Stars - A Poem by Emily

Mrs  Hollier  interviews  Emily:

What  inspired  you  to  write  this  lovely  poem  Emily?

"Because  Emma  bought  one  into  our  classroom.  I  liked  listening  to  it.  It  sounded  funny!"

What  is  your  poem  about?

"My  light."

Thank  you  Emily :)

My Light

My  light  shines  so  bright,
Like  the  stars  in  the  sky,
It's  so  beautiful.

Harry Singing "Rock You"

Mrs  Hollier  interviews  Harry

What  inspired  you  to  make  up  this  new  song  Harry?

"Last  night  I  just  added  a  little  detail  to  the  song  'Rock  You'  because  I  thought  it  would be  a  bit  cool  to  sing  on  the  class   blog."

Where  did you  first hear  this  song  Harry?

"Yesterday  at  music"

Magic with  Emma

I put a hole in the cup first. Second I put my thumb up inside the cup. I put my finger up and that was my trick. By Emma.

Music in Room 3

We  have  started  lessons  with  Mrs  Gribble.

We  were  drumming  the  beat  to  the  music.

We  are  passing  the  drum  to  our  partner  and  friends.

We  are  singing  to  the  music!

El Gregoe and the Magic Show

This  week  we  watched  El  Gregoe  and  Sue  perform   magic  tricks  and  teach  us  how  to  be  an  anti  bullying  school.

Toa  said,  "No  punching  or  kicking  someone."

Casey  said,  "Don't  call  people  names."

Ashton  said,  "No  pushing  people  on  the  concrete."

Corey  said,  "No  tripping  people  over and  hurting  them."

Harry  said,  "We  can  help  someone  who  is  hurt  and  take  them  to  the  office."

Ben  said,  "We  can  tell  the  duty  teacher  if  somebody  is  snatching."

Emma  said,  "Please  don't  punch  someone  if  they  are  just  playing."

Max  said, " We  say  please  say  'please'  and 'thank you'  when  we  want  to  go  on  the monkey bar  and  that's  a  nice  thing  to  say."

Rushleigh  said,  "When  someone is  hurt  and  you  hear  them  say  help  you  can  go  and  help  them."

Kane  said, "If  someone says  go  and  do  something  we  shouldn't  do  we  say  'no I'm  not going to, that's naughty'."

Lachlan  said, "  Respect  others  at  school!"

Camouflage

Today  We  are  learning  about  camouflage  in  the  animal  world.

The  decorator or  dresser  crab  uses  camouflage   to  protect  itself  from  any  enemies!
Watch  this  video  and  find  out  how   they  decorate  their  shells.

Te Reo Pic Collage

We  have  been  learning  to  design  posters  using  pic  collage.

Our  posters  have  te  reo  words  about  feeling  on  them.

Can  you  guess  what  our  te  reo  word  mean?

Pic Collage

We  have  been  learning  to  make  posters  using  pic  collages  on  the  iPad  about  our  feelings  in  te  reo.

Here  are  some  of  our  posters: