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Sunday, 25 August 2013

Geology

For inquiry Room 16 is learning about geology this term, looking at different landforms, forces and rocks.

What is Geology

Geology is the study of the Earth, its processes, its materials, its history, and its effect on humans and life in general. Rocks, crystals, mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes, rivers, glaciers, landslides, floods, and many other subjects fall into this broad field of research.

For writing this week we are starting information reports on volcanoes.

What is an information report

An information report is a factual text. It is used as a way to gain better understanding about a living or non-living subject.

An information report:

uses facts to explain something
gives details about a topic
does not contain personal views
is usually written, but can also be presented orally (spoken)

Below are useful geology links

Volcano Clip

Rocks and Soils

Geology for Kids

Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Home Learning

Hi Room 16 :)

I hope you are enjoying the range of fun home learning tasks and challenges.
Here is Grace with the robots she designed for one of the home learning challenges.
Please continue to bring in your fantastic work Room 16 so we can share it on our blog.

Have a great week.

Miss Toye

Pukeko By Grace Opie

Facts about pukeko    They are about 51 centimetres long
other common names:
Purple swamphen

facts about Pukeko Taxonomy
  Kingdom: Animalila
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes (Ralliformes)
Family: Rallidae
Genera: Porphyrio
Species: porhyrio
Sub Species: Melanotus
1. There are many Sub Species of Purple Swamphen. The Sub Species
found in New Zealand is thought to have landed around here a thousand years
ago from Australia.
2. Pukeko are mostly vegetarian but they also eat invertebrates , eggs , frogs , small
fish , chicks and mammals.
3. Pukeko can not fly. They are a dark blue colour , they have white fethers under there tail and long orange legs.
4. Pukeko are good at running.
5. Purple gallinule like living down in the long grass by the rivers. When I go to my grandparents house sometimes I see three or four Pukeko.
6. They are about 51 centimetres long.
7. Other common names: Purple Swamphen , Purple gallinule.

by Grace Opie

Monday, 5 August 2013

Home Learning

Welcome back to Term 3, I hope you all had a fantastic break.

Term 3 is all about the launch of our new home learning programme. Students have been given term home learning plans which are stuck into their homework books. There will no longer be a weekly grid. You will notice a reading and maths log that is also stuck into your child's homework book. Please date and sign these daily, so I know your child is completing their reading and maths. Spelling notebooks will continue to come home every Monday and will need to be back at school on Friday. If you have any queries about the home learning there is information about the programme in the August newsletter on the link below. Please don't hesitate to ask me any questions, I am happy to help.

Have a super week.
http://www.stmartins.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/StM-Newsletter-1-August-2013.pdf

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

South Learning Centre

Room 16 had a fantastic time at the South Learning Centre. We talked about Matariki and learnt how to digitally design Otautahi postcards. Have a look at what we have been up to.

Wearable Arts Production

Last Thursday the Year 3/4 classes showcased their amazing Matariki cloaks to other classes and their families. Room 16 students were very excited to finally wear their ocean cloaks!

Thank you to everyone who helped make the cloaks possible and for coming along to the show to support us.