Keeping Ourselves Safe

This week we are learning about how to Keep Ourselves Safe. We had a special visit from a Police Officer. His name is Constable Rob. Constable Rob talked to us about the best ways to keep ourselves safe. This program is run by the New Zealand Police. You can find more information about it here.

We learned about:

• Getting Lost 
• Keeping ourselves safe with people we know 
• Keeping ourselves safe around people we don't know 

We shared stories about how we might solve a problem. We could: 

• If we were lost we would look for someone in uniform  
• Contact a police officer 

We need to learn our own information:

• Full name 
• Full Address 
• Parents phone number 

Lot's of children found this quite challenging. Please take the time to teach our child your contact information including your full address and telephone number. Everyone knew their full name, the rest was a little tricky however. 

Fractions

Room 3 children learned about fractions. It can be very tricky to figure out that one whole can be divided into equal parts.

As we watched a video about sharing, we drew our own examples of fractions.

We guess which fraction the teacher is pointing too. If there are 8 parts and she points to 1, then it must be 1/8. 

We write our response with a partner on the whiteboard. 

The top and bottom numbers have their own names. 

We practice making our own representations. We fold, cut and label. 

Kia ora whanau, 

Fractions can be a very tricky concept for children to grasp. We have watched some videos and done some baking. If you have time to talk with children about fractions, cook or look over the video's posted below it would help to reinforce their learning in class. Fractions is the basis for a number complex mathematical concepts. The more exposure they have the greater their understanding. 

Ms Harrison 

Hokey Pokey

In Room 3 we were learning about Procedural Text. It is a kind of writing that tells us how to do something and in the right order. It also tells us the materials we need. Examples include Recipes and Scientific Method.

We researched the Recipe for Hokey Pokey. We found out it had only 3 different ingredients. We wrote our recipe in our words in our writing book. We also researched a recipe of our own choice.

Recipe 

Ingredients

5 Tbsp Chelsea White Sugar

2 Tbsp Chelsea Golden Syrup

1 tsp baking soda

Method

1. Grease the base and sides of a 20 x 20 cm slice tin with butter. 
2. Place sugar and golden syrup into a heavy based saucepan.
3. Heat gently, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves.
4. Increase the heat and bring to the boil. Boil for two minutes. Stir occasionally, if necessary, to prevent burning. Remove from heat.
5. Add the baking soda and stir very quickly - the mixture will froth up rapidly.
6. Pour into prepared tin immediately. Leave until cold and set then break into pieces.

What recipe did you pick?

• Vaughan: Chocolate Brownie 
• Sonny: Strawberry Ice Cream 
• Ataahua: Chocolate Mud-cake 
• Kaitlin: Rainbow Cake 

Cakes, sweets and lollies were very popular in Room 3. We decided that Hokey Pokey was a great option for following the instructions and it also gave us a chance to see a really cool scientific experiment. 

The Solid and liquid combined. 

The Hokey Pokey was so sweet, crunchy, sticky and delicious. 

Digestive System

The children carried out their investigations independently from the teacher. They used the equipment in the classroom that they collected from home. We often re-use and recycle in Room 3. A couple of parents really like it that we turn their 'trash into treasures' in our classroom.

The children bring in;
-Plastic containers
-Paper towel rolls
-Ice Cream Containers .... and so much more!

This allows us to use our imaginations and problem solving skills to re-present knowledge. Below you can see our Digestive System's.

 

Shared Lunch

Today's shared lunch was a huge success. Thank you to those that supported by bringing a plate. And thank you to those who joined us for kai.

It was wonderful.

Ms Harrison

Owl Babies, Pepi Ruru

We watched and listened to a story called Owl Babies, by Martin Waddell. We were thinking about their environment and the textures we can see on their feathers. You can listen to the story below.

So we did some art. We were looking at zen tangle patterns as well and after practicing and drafting our work we made our own black and gold zen tangle owls. We were pretty excited to use the fancy gold and silver metallic pens.

Beach Clean up

The Room 3 children were very excited to go to the beach. A huge thank you to the parents who supported us and joined in with our cleaning and playing. The children are very diligent with cleaning our classroom and our eating area at school. They understand about taking responsibility for our environment.

It is wonderful that we can help in our community. It is also great that we can be rewarded with some leisure time to enjoy the beautiful bay.