School rubbish hunt

We went for a walk around our school. We were surprised at how much rubbish we found.
Even though there are rubbish bins some people do not bother to use them correctly.

Little Red Riding Hood

Gosh Little Red Riding Hood was lucky that the wood cutter saved her.
Always listen to what you are told to keep safe.

Eating eggs

Now it was time to taste the cooked egg. Yum!
Eggs are are great food to eat.
We also could write about what we saw and did.

How the egg changes

Watch how the white of the egg changes from clear to white when it is cooking.

Cooking eggs

So we could see the yolk we cracked an egg open to see the yolk and the white.

Yellow yolks

This week our poem has been about eggs.
We have talked about the yellow yolk.

Water exploration

Sally from Water care came to share with us some experiments on the states of water.
We acted out solid like ice, liquid like water and gas like air.

Emergencies - earthquakes

If there is an earthquake we know what to do,.
Drop cover hold.
The ground will shake and we will have to keep safe.
Talk about this with your family.

Bathroom objects

Today we looked at things from the bathroom.
Do you know what they are or what we use them for?

Kitchen utensils

We looked at some different things from the kitchen.
Do you know what they called and are used for?
What else can you find in your kitchen?

Kiwiana

We are looking at things which are unique to New Zealand.
Look at our display of some items.
What else do you know?

Sharing our inquiry study on Tonga and Samoa

We proudly shared our work. Please come to visit this week.
We do a basic sasa.

Matariki

As part of our Matariki inquiry we tidied up our garden.
We used gardening equipment carefully.
While pruning our kowhai tree we noticed a pest!
Caterpillars have been eating the leaves!
What can we do? Is there anything we can remember from our pest inquiry?

Making a fale

After looking at traditional fales we tried to  make our own using play dough.
Why are there no windows, doors or walls?
What were they made from?

Tasting coconut water

Monica's mum kindly sent some coconut water for us to try.
It was clear and smelt like coconut.
Some of us had never tried it before.
We found out that 4 children did not like it BUT 8 children did.
How do they collect the water? Does your family drink it?

Pests work on display at school.

Thank you to the parents for coming to watch our performance and display from our study about pests.
Family and whanau are welcome to come on Wednesday or Thursday this week.

Room 1 at Te Oro

As part of the whole school inquiry on pests, we contributed some displays from what we had learnt.
We should be very proud of what we produced.
Keep on thinking about how to keep our environments pest free.

ANZAC service

Today was the last day for term 1. We finished with a school ANZAC service.
We remember all those that fought and worked in the war to  make our country a free and safe place.
Go to an ANZAC service on 25th April or watch the events on television.

Plant pest

Mrs O'Brien discovered that we had moth plant in one of our gardens.
Auckland City Council name it as a plant which needs eradicating from our environment.
Check it is not growing in your gardens. If so dispose of it carefully.

Stick spiders

Now that we have learning about spiders we are able to create our own.
Did you know that spiders have 8 legs and 8 eyes?
Some spiders are pests as they are poisonous.
BUT many people like them because they are a natural way to control other pests.