Bat facts

Link to bat facts Echolocation Bats have fantastic hearing. To find their way in the night and into dark caves they use echolocation. This is when sounds that the bat makes bounce back off the trees and rocks letting the bat know where things are. Big ears for … Bats that have big ears eat insects like flies and mosquitoes. They have big ears ears so that they can locate their food using echolocation. Little ears for … Bats with little ears eat fruit and nectar which they can see easily and don’t need to use echolocation to find them. What flows in One direction? A bat can hang upside down for hours as his blood does not run to his head like us. A bat’s blood runs in one direction continuously.

Going for Gold

In term 3 we had a special day. Three teams had to compete against each other to see who would win the bronze, silver and gold medal. The tasks were; problem solving, spelling, ball skills and cross-country. Watch our movie to see which team won gold.

The King of the Sky

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Flying Dinosaurs

This week room 3 are looking at how some dinosaurs could fly. Here is the Microraptor.

Room 3's Tapa Cloths

Panmure Bridge Room 3's Tapa Cloths from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Room Three Cross Country Winners

Here are the room three winners. Can you see someone watching them?

Reading puppets

Room 3 made puppets to encourage them to read when at home.

Room 3 Poem 'Caterpillars"

Room 3 and there caterpillar poem from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

In Room 3 this week we have been reading the narrative The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We decided to make character masks and act out the story. This has helped to improve our oral language skills and confidence. We really enjoyed taking part.

My Movie 7 from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Room 3 The Three Billy Goats Gruff from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Room 3 The Three Billy Goats Gruff from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Room 3 narrative from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Room 3 from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Making five

Here is Mihi making five, she chose three and two makes five.

Here is Wairaka with her two numbers making five.

Here is Peyton with her two numbers to make five.

Here are Abdurraaziq and Davud with their leaves making five.

Here is O'Ninesha with her five leaves.

Come into Room three to see our facts to five tree. We had lots of fun making it and it really helped our recall of facts to five.

The Three Little Pigs Retold by Room 3

The Three Little Pigs -Mobile from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Having Fun with Science

science experiments-Mobile from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Peyton's unicorn story

On Thursday Peyton chose to paint a unicorn. After painting the unicorn she dictated her story to her teacher. Peyton then wrote the story into her writing book. Peyton enjoyed sharing her painting and writing with Mrs Burke and her class mates.

Matching numbers 1-20

11_02_2016 2-Matching 1-20 from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Kiwi Sport

kiwi sport from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.

Learning our Spelling Words

Louis and Mihi read their spelling words and choose their favourite sentence to share with the class

Joshua and Shinaye take turns reading sentences.

Abdurraaziq,Taua,Xavier and Taane quickly look for their favourite sentence.

Wairaka and O'Ninesha carefully read the sentences.

Learning our Alphabet - the letter Bb

Matching items 1-20

5_02_2016 Matching items 1-20 from Marie Hiddleston on Vimeo.