Thursday 31 July 2014

African Clay Masks

Creating our African clay masks...


Clay Masks - Video Maker

Making Our Masks - Video Maker

Toasted Sandwiches

For the past week we have been writing instructions on how to make our favourite toasted sandwich.
On Wednesday we gave our Learning Partners our recipes to read and follow.  Here's what our toasted sandwiches looked like...


Monday 21 July 2014

School Assembly - Term 3 - Week 1

Today at our School Assembly, Ranger and Abi were the presenters, Ethan said the Karakia and some of our girls and boys performed in the Kapa Haka and the National Anthem.  Way to go Room 3!



Holiday Home-study Research


Ella and Abi did some extra research during the holidays. They found out some interesting facts about masks.
Well done girls!!!

Sunday 6 July 2014

Paint down our drain - Jamie and Ryan's video

Paint down our drain - Emilee, Millie and Bella's video

Paint down our drain - Stephen and Levi's video

Paint down our drain - Gabby and Charlotte's video

Paint down our drain - Jake and Daniel's video

Paint down our drain - Millie and Ella's video

Paint down our drain - Kadin, Connor and Joe's video

Paint down our drain - Cameron and ET's video

Paint down our drain - Bri, Teiria and Lylli's video

Paint down our drain - Ethan and Oliver's video

Saturday 5 July 2014

Paint down our drain - Ranger, Abi and Bella's video

Paint down our drain

Our classroom sink

Our classroom sink
We were cleaning our paint trays and paint brushes in our classroom sink.  Paint was going down our drains and to the Waste-water Treatment Plant. Barry, our guide at the Waste-water Treatment Plant, told us that removing paint from waste-water is expensive and uses a lot of energy. Barry also told us it is better to send paint waste to the landfill rather than putting it down the drain
Mrs Griffin told us that she and lots of other teachers do this.  They have been doing it for many years.
This is not good, we need to do something about this!

The Problem:
How can we lessen the amount of paint going down our drains?

Groups researched different ideas and then decided on the best solution to this problem. 

We made advertising videos to persuade teachers and students to change their ways.

Water Cycle Displays

We created display boards to show what we learnt about the water cycle.