The 13 Storey Treehouse.

Room 12 have been reading The 13 Storey Treehouse as our class book this term.  It is part one of a very funny series by Andy Griffiths.  We thought it would be fun to have a go at creating our own treehouses.  Here are some videos of students describing how they made their treehouses.

Tomorrow we will be writing about our treehouses.

On Friday 23rd October there will be a show at school called Stig - Live @ the Library.  He will be talking a lot about Andy Griffiths books.  It sounds like it will be a very funny and entertaining show!  You can follow this link if you would like to find out more.

http://www.stig.com.au/

Rockets, Rockets, Rockets!

We had a very busy day in Room 12 today and it was all about rockets!

Some students created some beautiful rocket art.  Students used pencil to draw their rocket and then went over the pencil with sharpie.  Next they painted their rockets using lovely, vibrant colours.  They look fantastic and are currently on display on our solar system wall.

We had our wonderful student teachers, Meki and Christina, teach others how to make straw rockets.  They did such a great job at showing everyone what to do.

Many students enjoyed creating rockets out of boxes, containers and all sorts of bits and bobs.

We did a little bit of science today as well and raced balloon rockets.  Can you work out why some went faster than others?

It got a little bit loud when everyone joined in for the countdown with our balloon rocket races.  It was very exciting!

                               

If you would like to have a go at balloon rocket racing over the weekend, here are the directions.

http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/2014/07/balloon-rocket-experiment.html

We hope you all have an enjoyable Queen's Birthday weekend with your whanau.

Dioramas

This afternoon we had a fun technology/crafty session where we used a variety of materials to create a diorama or model. We had three choices based on our current events - a flood, a classroom, or space. The students chose to work individually, in pairs, or in threes. Look at what we've done!

We gathered supplies.

We measured and cut.

We used teamwork and compromising skills.

We had unique ideas.

We planned and shared ideas.

St Patrick's week part two

What a fun week we've had! On Thursday Logan the Leprechaun stayed pretty quiet, but today we had something exciting happen! Some of the students in Room 12 were wondering about leprechauns, so they wanted to put a camera up in our classroom. Can you see what we saw?!