Brilliant Bowls

Mr Mahupuku showing us how to bowl.

Aiden having a go at getting close to the kitty.

Eva preparing to bowl!

Room 4 were really lucky to be able to have a go at indoor bowls today. Mr Mahupuku came in to show us how it was done. He explained that the little white bowl was called the 'kitty' and we had to get our bowl as close to it as we could. It was trickier than it looked!

Super Scientists

Yesterday Jack, Amber and Alex from Room 4 became super scientists for the day. Working with Penny Jackson they discovered lots of different things about energy. This involved playing games outside, learning an energy poem and making a circuit to make a bulb light up and a buzzer buzz!
Jack said "I thought it was cool". 

Amber said "It was fun. My favourite part was when we played the games to learn about energy".

Alex said "I thought it was awesome. My favourite was playing with the electric stuff".

Writing an energy poem.

Exploring circuits.

Concentrating on energy facts.

Exploring circuits.

Discovering energy facts.

Finding out about circuits.

Energy games.

Technological Outcomes

Focussing on our unit 'It's all a game' we made prototypes of a counter for our class board game. The design brief was that the counter had to represent our NFL team. First of all we explored the different materials that were available to use and then we drew our design. 

Exploring the materials.

Modifying the plans.

Modifying the plans.

Creating the counter.

Creating the counter.

After evaluating and modifying the plans we then made our counters. They were awesome. 

Lots of great learning

Room 4 have chosen to find about the U.S.A as part of exploring different countries coming to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup. The five teams of the New York Giants, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49'ers, Denver Broncos and the New Orleans Saints have been investigating different facts about their states. This culminated in a grand quiz on Friday where they showed off their new knowledge.

The Denver Broncos showing great team work

Some of the great learning Room 4 have done this week.