EOTC WEEK Timetable

Concluding our Plant inquiry

As a conclusion to our "Plants" inquiry, we spent an afternoon planting some lettuces and tomato plants in the Year 3-4 garden.

Tinting and shading

Today for art we have been looking at the painting techniques "tinting" and "shading". Our theme is "Storm over Eastbourne"

Science in Room 7

Recently we have been very lucky to use lots of different science equipment from the Hutt city council's "Hutt Science" organisation (http://www.huttscience.co.nz/).

Each week a box of science equipment and corresponding teaching, learning and curriculum links arrives at school, with everything ready to go. Last week we investigated acids and bases. Below are some photos of us testing different acid and base strenghts using a cabbage juice 'ph indicator':

Kiwisport Football

We had lots of fun this afternoon with the football coaches!

Calendar Art

We will be using our "Butterfly Wing" paintings for our 2015 Calendar art. Here are some examples to give you an idea of what they will look like. 

Matheletics success!

Over the past couple of weeks, Room 7 children have featured in the "Top 100" New Zealand and World league tables!

Well done to Ollie, Connor, Joseph, Arleena who have placed in the top 100 in New Zealand, and congratulations Joseph, Ollie and Connor who have placed in the top 100 in the world!

Wonder Wall revisited

We are finishing up our Anzac Day investigation and today we have revisited the Wonder Wall question that we started our study with.

Learning about Pukeahu National War Memorial Park

During our trip on Wednesday we were lucky enough to have 3 historians at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park tell us more about why we have a national war memorial and what the different parts of it mean.

We were able to explore the Tomb of the Unknown soldier...

...and we were also invited to lay a poppy inside the Hall of Memories.

It was a very, very interesting day and we learned so much. Thank-you to our Parent helpers!