Maths and Symmetry

Room One have been exploring lines of symmetry in pictures, shapes and patterns. Symmetry is part of a child's environment, in mathematics, and continues for the rest of their life. You could help your child find objects, pictures etc that have a line or lines of symmetry at home.

Evie's blob  picture, made by painting on one side of the fold and folding over to make it look the same on the other side of the fold.

Michael's picture made by folding the paper in four and cutting shapes on the folded sides. Open up and reveal a lovely symmetrical pattern!

 

Museum Trip Rock Solid

Last week we had a great trip to the Otago Museum and took part in two programmes. The first programme was rock solid where we watched our Museum teacher, Kate show us how to make a volcano with food colouring ,baking soda and vinegar. 



Our teacher Kate makes a print in sand from Dorothy's hand and then pours in 'plaster of paris' to show how a fossil would be made millions of years ago.

In the second programme we found out from our museum teacher, Kim that ancient vases told stories. She told us an exciting story about a vase. Then we looked at the other vases and made up our own stories!



The Man and the Bird

Three Men and a Woman



The FMS Challenge at Forsyth Barr Stadium

Madeleine
I am hitting the balloon into the air with a wooden bat.
 

Max
We went to the challenge in a costume. I had to go in a sack for the sack race.

 

Jack
We were put into all sorts of animal groups. In this activity one person had to kick the round ball and then run and get it and put it back on the cone.

This is James and this photo turns him into "Super James"!

Our whole class are excited to be learning about rocks and fossils. Already we have a rock collection for the science table.

 Welcome to Term 3 - from Room One

Term 3 has started with our highly engaging topic, Digging up the Past, where we are finding out about landforms, what makes our land change over time and what is under the earths crust.

The Museum Trip Term 1 2015

Last week the whole school went to the Museum to find out about the very early explorers to New Zealand, the Polynesians.

We looked at the large map to see whereabouts the places were that the Polynesians came from. We were interested in the different kinds of boats.

We listen to Kim talk to us about the migration to NZ. The children go on a quest to find materials & food required for the trip and for survival in a new land.

Traps for catching eels.

Hooks for catching fish.

We search for tools that would help us find food for our group.

A spade for digging.

Room One Sail the South Pacific Ocean!

Jack M, Jack G, Beatrice and Evie are fishing for food.

Yesterday Room One made pretend sail boats out of classroom furniture because they were learning about how the first Polynesian sailors came to NZ. Children split up into 3 groups and made a boat each. They used drama to explore ideas, thoughts and feelings in response to a story that Mrs Lunn told about how the Polynesian settlers made their way down to NZ.

Preparing to sail.

Lets make a plan for traveling to a faraway land.

Sailing on the South Pacific!

The Giant Pumpkin

Last spring our favorite school friend and neighbour, Jean, who helps us with our gardens, challenged the families and the school to see who could grow the largest giant pumpkin. Madeleine, Elsie and Beatrice's family brought their pumpkin along to school to be weighed. We had great fun weighing ourselves and then the pumpkin to see who was lighter, heavier or the same as the pumpkin. The pumpkin weighed 21.2kg and Evie was the closest weight to the pumpkin!

Elsie, Beatrice and Madeleine, proudly show off their giant pumpkin.

Elsie, Mrs Timms Madeleine and Beatrice with the giant pumpkin which unfortunately can't be eaten.