Highlights from Term 3

 Term 3 was a busy time with plenty of interesting and fun learning experiences. These are only some of them.

We are having drama with Evelyn. We worked from the story of Peter and the Wolf.

We are making mountains,hills, and rivers in the sandpit as part of our learning about the "changing land"

Ms Voice took us for music and we played and created music

with all kinds of instruments.

 

 

Out and about with Room 1! We are learning about how the waves change our seashore at St Clair beach.

We made parachutes out of plastic and string with a plastic block for a weight and dropped them from the adventure playground.

This term Waihola School are training really really hard for the Athletic Sports on the 4th of November. We have worked to do running, jumping and throwing. We will have some photos of our practices soon.
Jack And Max

WDS Cross Country

We have been practicing for weeks for our own WDS Cross Country, and the Taieri Schools Cross Country being held next week. 
This week we had a lovely winter's day for our race. The sun was shining and we had many parents along to support & cheer for the children. One of our parents was brave and fit enough to run with the children! We all noticed the commitment, effort, and encouragement for others shown by the children.

Year one place getters.

Year 2 place getters.

Year 3 & 4 place getters.

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.