Matariki stars

This week we have been looking at Matariki, what it means and how it is celebrated. As part of our learning we had to make an 8 point Matariki star this is how we did it.

First we needed to get 8 squares of paper

Then we had to fold the paper in half, point to point to make a triangle

Next we had to open up the triangle and turn our square around to look like a diamond

We then folded the point of each side into the middle and fold, this made our square look like a kite

Finally we had to put our 8 points together to make a star

We then decided they would look even better if we added glitter. Here are our finished Matariki stars.

Jellyfish and Octopuses

Today I did buddy reading with a senior. Today I read an interesting book about Jellyfish and Octopuses. Octopus bodies was my favourite content to read. I learnt that octopuses have soft bodies. The images in the book looked really interesting. I also learnt that a large group of jellyfish are called a bloom or sometimes can be also called a swarm or a smack. Octopuses can swim fast, but only for short distances. Jellyfish can drift with the ocean tides. I learnt the meaning of harmful. Harmful means something that is dangerous. The blue-ringed octopus has a a very poisnuis bite. 

Below it shows you my favourite images of the book.

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By Keira

Measuring our bodies

This week we have been learning how to measure. With a partner we had to draw around our body. After this we had to measure all around the drawing using our feet.

We got lots of different results!

so we came up with some rules for measuring:
Rule 1. Whatever we used had to be exactly the same, for example:
We couldn’t use pencils as they were different lengths because of being sharpened but we could use pens because they were all the same
Rule 2. Whatever we used had to touch but not overlap, we couldn’t have gaps
Rule 3. We needed to use the same starting point and end point.

We found out that even though we used different things to measure with we could still see who was the tallest and who was the shortest.
After measuring we found out that Nita was the tallest and Kane was the shortest.

Pictures of breathing under the ocean with Harold

In room 3 we have being looking at the human body and the function of the lungs and heart with Harold from Life Education. Here are some pictures of us swimming under the ocean and using tanks of oxygen to help us breathe. We found out that the fish and sharks don’t need these tanks because they have something called gills that helps them to breathe under the water.

Kryzel’s toy

We like Kryzel’s toy it makes a funny sound. It looks like lips and they are red.

Keira’s writing

When it was time to edit I had to turn the lower case into a capital because Australia is a country and at the beginning of a sentence there is suppose to be a capital. I put full stops so that Miss knows that my story is finished. I used a comma because I made a list. After reading my writing again I noticed I need to put "in" before the two at the beginning of my story.

Sisilia’s writing

Sisilia needed to fix up her t because we needed a capital letter because it was a country. Densyn put a full stop on the end because the sentence was finished. We liked sisilia’s story so we gave it a smiley face.

Densyn’s writing

I tried really hard to sound out my words and I was doing capital letters for the place names.

A fact about our brain

Did you know that if you put your fists together it is the size of your brain.

We tried to make Mayshar’s brain with play dough. It took a long time to try and make it look the same size. We then were put into pairs and we all got to make each other’s brain. In our class David has the biggest brain.

Flower pictures

In room 3 we made a flower picture to take home for someone special.