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.