Level 4 Lockdown

 Kia ora, everyone!

 

I hope you are all safe and well. We are currently setting up online learning which will begin on Monday. I will be using Seesaw for this.

 

Please check the links on this blog, there are many that your children will enjoy. For Mathletics and Sunshine Classics, your child has their passwords in their red reading logs, please let me know if you need this again. I will also send you a code for Seesaw Home Learning which will enable me to assign learning experiences for your child. If you have not signed up for Seesaw, I have sent you an email to join Seesaw, please have a look at your Junk mail/Spam box as it can end up there. 

 

Please look after yourself and your family. If you have any questions, e-mail me at rtyler@hameast.school.nz  or you can message me via Seesaw. 

 

Thank you and take care!

Rachael Tyler

If I were an Olympian....

At the Olympic games people cheer for boxing and shooting. The Olympic games started 2700 years ago. If I were an Olympian, I would be a boxer. 

by Te Kaea 

The Olympic games is in Japan. When people win they get a trophy. If I were an Olympian I would be a swimmer and I would get two medals. 

by Milah

The Olympic games are held in Japan. The Olympic games is every four years. The Olympics is 2700 years old. It has different sports like hockey, swimming and judo. If I was an Olympian I would do archery. If I got a gold medal I would celebrate by eating ice cream. 

by Dan

The Olympic games have gymnastics, swimming and a lot of other sports. If I were an Olympian I would be a swimmer because I like swimming. I would be fast.                                           by Loleni

God's Eye - Ojo De Dios

Room 4 have been having fun learning to weave. We made these God's Eye crafts using popsicle sticks and wool. Our biggest challenge the first time we made them was that nobody except Mrs Tyler could tie our knots, so she had a very long line waiting for help! The next day, we made some more, but this time we learnt to tie wool together first and the process was much faster.

The picture on the wall is of the first ones we made. 

This is the second time we made these. The students made these all by themselves.
We've got quick learners!

Matariki Stars

Have a look at our Matariki stars. We are all stars, shining brightly.

Recent Happenings in Room 4

 Pūtaiao Focus- Make a Catapult

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.

Dr Seeley's house

Ghost Gum Kauri tree

We could see our Redwood tree from Seeley's Gully 

Pūtaiao Focus - Sound

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. 

We found that sound appears much louder in water.

Our Visit to the Museum

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.

Here is a collage of our day. 

Te Winika a 200 year old carved waka