Milk on the Move!

Another language experience for writing was an experiment we did with milk, food colouring and water.....
Have a look at the photos...Some of us saw koru patterns in the solution, some thought it looked like lava swirling, others used the words twirling and mixing.
You might like to try this at home. Just put a bit of milk in the bottom of a plate, add a few drops of different food colouring then drip a few drops of dish washing liquid in the middle and watch what happens... Lots of discussion about this for us today.

Body Building with our Buddies

Our koru art work

Our art work is taking shape.....
Here are the two pieces so far. The children are keen for you to bid on them at our silent auction. There is still a bit of work to do but they are certainly looking amazing.

Discovery Time this week included one of the New Zealand icons we have been learning about...Pavlova!
We also had the woodwork table out. We made Fathers Day cards, paper darts, and the ever popular bubble blowing again.
Our focus was "Thinking". So we needed sometimes to stop and think about what we could do to solve a problem or fix something. Have a look at our slide show...

Discovery Time Week 7 from Room 3 on Vimeo.

Making a Volcano in the Sandpit.

We have been learning to write Recounts using... When, Where, Who, and What. Then making our stories more interesting by using our five senses...hear, look, feel, taste, and smell. These are a few of our stories from making a volcano in the sandpit.

Today I saw lava coming out the Volcano
Harry

When we went to the sandpit we made a volcano. We put some of the vinegar in the volcano. It burst.
Frances

We made a volcano at school today. Everyone in Room 3. We heard birds squeaking.
Noah

Boom! went the volcano it was today. It had baking soda vinegar food colouring. It was erupting.
Seraphina

Today at school all the kids made a volcano. It looked like blood leaking from our skins. We looked at it. I heard an ambulance.
Skylah

Daffodils and Dye

Today and yesterday we have been looking at what happens when you put daffodils into dye instead of water. We even looked at them with a magnifying glass and saw up close the small veins of colour appearing on the petals. Very impressive...

Our art work so far....

Our paintings are now ready for some more colour. We have been practising how to hold a brush steady and paint between the lines. We want to do the best job we can on our two paintings that will be for sale at our Country Fair.