We are learning to be scientists. One of our activities this week was our Classroom Olympics. We had to measure and then find the mean, median and mode of our results. We discovered it is very important to measure accurately and all use the same unit of measure otherwise the data is unreliable and cannot be used. We all enjoyed using the measuring tapes.
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| Tamati measuring how far he can throw a straw |
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| Jacob weighing a handful of Unifix blocks. |
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| Caitlin and Nesta measuring how far the little red pompom was thrown. |
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| Mei measuring the volume of water Ashleigh can squeeze out of a sponge with one hand. |
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| Ahzaria-Lee finding the difference between how high Tailah can reach and how high she can jump. |
This week we read a fabulous poem about bullying by James Brown. It is called Words.
Then we wrote our own poems about bullying.
Here is Yozarna's poem:
I don't know why, why, why
but they exist ist ist
and they hurt, hurt, hurt
and they're always here, here, here
and they're called bullies you know, know, know.
You hide, hide, hide.
Our favourite writing task this week was a 50 word challenge. We had to write a story about bullying with an orientation, problem and solution using exactly 50 words. We really liked using the word count tool on Google Docs. Having a word limit meant we had to think carefully about using language effectively.
Here is Quiara-Lane's story:
On my first day at school I got bullied from a boy. He was calling me names. I was sad. I started crying. The next day he kept calling me names. I told him to stop. When it was home time I told his mum and he got a _________!
Our topic last week, as part of our Squawk Squad unit, was "Spirit of Exploration." We decided to explore te ngahere in the middle of our school. One of our goals this year is to improve our movie making so this is a very early attempt!
