Welcome to Room 4. We are a class of Year 1 and 2 star learners. Our teacher is Mrs Tyler.
Follow our blog to share our learning and experiences this year.
Today Whaea Georgia came with a box of goodies and challenged us to put our scientist hats on and see if we could make a catapult using specific items. Everyone tried their best to work as a team and see who could make the pompom go the farthest distance.
Visit to Seeley's Gully
This week, the Kākāpō hub walked to Seeley's Gully. We enjoyed seeing the beautifully restored gully from what was a bare paddock 60 years ago. Thank you to our parents and whanau who accompanied us.
Our pūtaiao - science focus this term is 'What is Sound'. Over the last few weeks, we have been learning about how sound is made. We have learnt that sound is made through vibrations that travel and produce sound.
Our first activity in class, was to sit in a quiet circle and just listen. Afterwards we discussed the sounds we heard. Some students said they didn't hear anything, so we tried it a few times. Gradually, more and more students began to notice all the sounds that they'd never noticed going on around them all the time.
We also went outside to listen to as many different sounds as we could.
Guess the sound is a fun activity we enjoyed playing to get us thinking more about sound.
Our student teacher, Isabella, helped the class with these two activities. In the first one, the four glasses are filled with different amounts of water which make different sounds. Not all the class were successful in making the glasses sing. We wondered if the adults found it easier because their fingers are bigger?
We found that the more water there is, the slower the vibration, resulting in a lower pitch. There is a higher pitch when there is less water in the glass.
The second activity involved clanging metal kitchen objects together in water, while students listened to the sound through a submerged plastic bottle.
This week, as part of our inquiry into Navigation and Migration we visited the Waikato Museum. We were lucky to go on the school bus to the museum. First we had some lunch together on the riverbank and we watched the old jetty get demolished. Then Elaine, from the museum, met us and told us a story about the Tongue of the Dog while she got some of our classmates to perform the story. Then we went inside the museum and watched a programme about about celestial sailors and migration. Next, we watched a video about Ranginui (Sky Father) and Papatuanuku (Earth Mother). After that, we looked around the museum and learnt about Te Winika. We then made our own pou to take home. We had a fantastic time. Many thanks to our wonderful parent helpers, we couldn't do without them.
Today in Room 4, we celebrated Florence being in remission after two cancer free years. Florence’s mother Siobhan came to visit and talked to us about Florence’s special beads. There are over a 1000 beads each one representing a medical intervention she has had; such as blood tests, overnight stays, medication and so much more. Afterwards, our class were treated to a cupcake for morning tea. The staff of Hamilton East school are so impressed by Florence’s courage and endurance, we are very proud of her.
