Off to do the grocery shopping

Today for financial literacy we set up mini businesses. The businesses had to learn about price lists, a float, working out the correct change and much more was involved. The longer the lines got the more money they would earn, the more produce would be sold and the more stressed the business owners got as they wanted to be able to cater the needs of their customers and keep them happy. 

It was an enjoyable maths session and the skills we learnt we are able to carry with us for everyday situations. 

Financial Literacy

Today we had visitors from the Cooperative Bank come and teach us about financial literacy and how money and banks work. We learnt about lots of financial terms e.g. Withdraw, loan, deposit, interest. 

We were fortunate to receive a pen, drink bottle and a money bank from the lovely team from Cooperative Bank!

Look what we produced

The Carrot Cutters garden group made sandwiches for the class as their lettuce was looking green and crisp and ready to eat! 

Halloween

It is spooooooky in Room 3 today. It's grey and stormy outside, the spiders have come out and Courtney and her mum made us some scrummy cupcakes. 

A weak moment...

Room 3, 

I get emotional when I think about the fact that this is our last term together. 
You are all such amazing, clever, young individuals which I enjoy spending everyday with!
I am so proud of each and everyone of you and your outstanding growth and achievements this year.

Mrs Hanson x

Balloon Rockets

Today we learnt about time and distance with rocket balloons.

Green Gardeners

This term Room 3 are learning to grow their own fruit and vegetables to promote healthy food habits and an environmentally friendly lifestyle. 

Vote for Mrs Hanson

Mrs Hanson has been nominated for Manawatu's Teacher of the year award through 92.2 MoreFM. If you wins the class receives a MacDonald's breakfast Friday 7th November with Mike West and Ronald MacDonald. She also wins an Apple iPad air and MacBook Air. 

Go to this link to vote!!!

http://www.morefm.co.nz/Win/TeacherOfTheYear.aspx

Pet Day Madness!

Today we had Pet Day. It was great to share our special four-legged friends with one another! 

Synonyms

Once a week to begin our literacy session we look at a word (a boring word we call it) and come up with as many words as we can which mean the same (a synonym). We place all our words into our McDonalds wall and we can go to this wall whenever we want to use a more sparkly, interesting word in our writing. 

Rocks Rock

Today, we were being scientists and were examining the rocks which we have been gathering over the past week. We drew up tables in our inquiry books and went round the classroom with handheld microscopes to examine the characterstics of each rock.

It was so fascinating!

What would you write...

For our warm up today, Mrs Hanson put an image up on the interactive whiteboard. It was an image of Mrs Hanson, when in Queenstown, wearing a massive backpack which was the size of her. We had to speed writing for 10 minutes about this image. It was interesting listening to one another's stories and how different they all were. 

Dean Mckerras at LEEP

In Dance Works today, we had Dean Mckerras from School of Dance come and teach us a few dance routines. He also helped us critique our already made pieces by starpening up our our movements, posture and timing. 

The Water Cycle

At the moment in inquiry, we are looking at the water cycle. Here we have experimented and created our own water cycle. It is interesting to see the process in action! 

Pride Time

Our Pride Time this time round was a kiwiana afternoon! We made kiwi dip, quizzed ourselves on our kiwiana knowledge, prizes were chocolate fish and L&P chocolate as well as gumboot throwing. 

Volcanoes

We are learning about volcanoes and how do draw diagrams of them and their insides.

Inquiry

We are about to launch into learning about earthquakes and volcanoes, but before we do that it is important to have an understanding about our earth and how it is formed. 

Another YMCA session

Some more YMCA fun!

Netball Manawatu

This term we are very lucky to have Netball Manawatu teaching us a range of fitness, technique and ball skills. 

Ki Tai

In ki tai we are learning a ruruku about the moari guardians.

Marshmallow challenge

With our buddy class, Room 7, we did a challenge to see who could construct the tallest, free standing town out of just marshmellows and spaghetti. It was surprisingly rather tricky!

Bake off

Last term, Lily and Madison won a bake off with Mrs Payne in our class auction. They made the class cupcakes and they were super pretty and super delicious!

Thanks Mrs Payne for lending your baking skills with us!

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is the new focus in YMCA this term. We have been looking at balancing, jumping, landing and posture. 

Yoga

In room 3 we have been exploring different forms of exercise, yesterday we gave yoga a go.

It's freeeeeeeezing

Look what we found...

YMCA

Last session of the term on basketball skills... Next term gymnastics! 

Ben and Zeb, you are awesome! 

Happy campers

This week Rooms 3 and 5 went on camp to Green Pastures, just North of Wanganui. It was an absolutely amazing, jam packed two days with so many incredible opportunities which challenged us all, physically and mentally. 

We would like to thank our camper parents who had given up their time to come and make this experience happen for us. Check out this space for many more photos to come...

Wearable arts brainstorm

Wow! Check us out!!!! This is all the ideas we have come up with that relate to our possible wearable topic! New Zealand aka Kiwiana! 

Large ball skills

More buddy class time with large ball skills. We love sharing our skills and knowledge with our buddies! 

Mystery PRIDE time

Room 3 filled their third Kete, which was a mystrey prize! On Friday, we waited outside the classroom until Miss Hartley let us in. We walked in and the whole classroom was set up with bean bags, couches, pillows just like the real movies. We watched Spy Kids as well as eat popcorn! It was the perfect way to spend a cold, winter day! 

Technology in maths

As a rotation in Maths we use the laptops for study ladder and the iPads which have maths apps on them.

Both of these resources are fun, but also help us to improve and practice our number knowledge and number strategy. 

Temperature Tellers

We are learning temperature. Today, we went in groups around the school to find the warmest and coldest temperatures. We used the heaters, freezer, ice pack, netball court, the monkey bars and many other places.

In Wearable Arts this week....

We drew out of three containers, three words. With those three words we were to create a costume that was wearable with our given materials.

Here is what we came up with!!!!

First Aid

For our inquiry, Keeping Ourselves Safe, we had Miss Hartleys mum, Officer Jo, come and talk to us about important skills in First Aid.

She showed us what to do when ourselves or someone with us suffered a break, burn, collasied and many other important injuries.

We learnt heaps!!!!!

"Everybody sing YMCA"

Room 3 loooooove YMCA. We have it every Tuesday. We learn lots about our fitness, techniques and skills for particular sports. At the moment we are focusing on rugby. Check out our mean skills!!!!!!!!

Check us out...

This is what room 3 looks like during maths time, we are engaging in mathematics board games, iPad apps, collaborative discussion, materials and text books. We love maths!

Buddy class

This week we worked alongside our buddy class, Room 7, to teach them large ball skills.

Every wearable tells a story

This week we looked at how every wearable is symbolic and tells a story. Here's some snaps of us discussing some images and what we think their story is. 

Our pizza values

We have started circle time this term. It is a time for us to practice our communication and social skills, problem solving and other social and emotional competences.

We all discussed values that we considered important to us not only during circle time but during other daily activities in Room 3.

Here is what we came up with...