Wonderful world of writing
Mrs O’Sullivan modelled how we could look at different parts of our dinosaur and use the words “like or as” to create a picture in the reader’s mind.
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Dancing Ghosts… Woooooo
After several demonstrations, the children learnt how to create static energy themselves, by rubbing an inflated balloon, vigorously, up and down their school polar fleeces.
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Spectacular Swimming
Room 10, as well as other classes at Wairakei Primary School, have been fortunate enough to take part in the Contact Energy swimming and water safety programme held at the AC Baths.
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No-blow Balloons
Tapping into the children’s prior knowledge of mixing baking soda with vinegar prior to starting, connected the children to the lesson
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Round Rainbows
Learning in science is important to understanding the world in which we live in.
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Bingo
I sang ‘Like a letter box’ with a tight, barely open mouth. I then sang with an open, round mouth-‘Like a trout.’
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Movement Madness
Through learning and by accepting challenges in health-related and movement contexts children reflect on the nature of well-being, perseverance and enhance their interactions with others.
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Delectable Dazzling Dinosaurs
We also learnt that dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago, before humans even existed! Our minds found it hard to comprehend exactly how long ago this really was.
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Will It Dissolve?
We also talked about making predictions. We learned that a prediction is a guess
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Sensational Spine-tingling Science
"Wow, that's a whole lot of bones!" Exclaimed Carys
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