SCIENCE SHARING SESSION

We had our sharing session for our Opt-In workshops.  This was a great way to finish up this term's Science learning.  We have discovered that we are now thinking like Scientists.

We took the opportunity to share with our friends all our learning.

AHIMATE PARK VISIT

On a beautiful day we went to Ahimate Park.  It was incredible.  We go to put a really soft mat around a native tree and place bark on the mat.  We put the bark on the mat to keep the weeds away.  My group took turns of who is doing what.  I had a really good time because there was a hill in the grassy bush.  In the grassy busy the hill was really steep.  By Amon

We went to Ahimate Park.  It was really fun.  We got to put mats around all of the native trees.  Then we got to bark on top of the mats.  There was also lots of flax, shovels and buckets and Harlem also dug for rocks. By Ryla


Today we went to Ahimate Park.  Also I picked up a spade and a bucket.  Also we put mats on the trees so they could grow properly and so the water stays in the plant.  Also I had a shovel so I could help people fill the buckets for kids.  By Skylah

  

  

        

 

CRITTER ART

We got to finish off our Critter Art today.  

 

A group of us got to select leaves, paint then and then add googly eyes to them to make them look like little critters.

  

 

Can you spot our critters hiding in the leaves?

  

NEW ZEALAND BIRDS

We were lucky enough to read a brand new book today "New Zealand Birds".  Mrs Kenyon read us the big book and then we all got our own copy.  We decided to pick one of the birds in the book and write a story pretending we were the bird.  Check out a couple!

"One dark and stormy night a takahe called Hehe had a dark shadow looming over him.  He ran as fast as his little legs could carry him.  A few minutes later he was in a mysterious forest.  Suddenly the dark shadow was back.  A few seconds later he was eaten.  The dark shadow was a stoat". 

By Oliver

"Hi!  I'm a takahe but I do look like a pukeko but i'm not.  I also live on the ground but i'm so sad that i'm the only boy one left.  I eat tussock trees".

By Jacob

EXPLORING THE BUSH

Mrs Kenyon's reading group got to explore the Riverdale School bush today and what an amazing adventure we had.  

There were a lot of sticks for us to use to build huts. 

   

     

Lots of interesting insects to look at. 

 

Seeds and leaves galore.

 

What had a wonderful time and hope the rain stays away so we can go back tomorrow.

"Today Mrs Kenyon's reading group went behind the playground to look at some Tui's, trees and all sorts of things.  We saw brown spiky long sticks and yucky dirt on the floor with some soft green leaves.  There was also some garden tools, like shovels and a spade, to dig dirt out of the ground  There was also some bugs". By Ryla

"Today we went into a garden. We found willow trees and the sticks were spiky. WE found a lot of bugs and insects. We made two huts. I made a decoration on my hut. We found Tui's. The sticks were long and curly like a snake. For my hut I made a fake fire. I cooked some stuff but it isn't true. I found beautiful leaves like ferns. The garden was mysterious". By Kaito

"Today I went to the bush. There were amazing things to find like sharp sticks which felt like needles.  I even found a bug which had black and grey stripes. You can do lots of things in the bush like finding Tui's and damp and soft leaves. You don't just find little things in the garden. You can find big things in the garden too. I found a nest in the garden. It was so fun in the garden. Also we made a fort. The fort was so cool and we get to go tomorrow". By Amelia

"Today something exotic and ... exciting happened. To make it more exciting I found a black like coal Slater. I found a tree that I called the never ending staircase". By Oliver H

"Our reading group went to the mysterious forest but it wasn't scary but suddenly I saw a white tail spider. So I stomped on it but then I went deeper in to the forest and found lots of sticks and bugs. The bug I found was a cicada". By Jacob

"Today I thought we would go to the library but did we? No! No! No! We went into the dark forest. It was as dark as night. Then I looked up and what do you suppose I saw?  A huge tree.  It was damp, crocked and super old. I decided to call it the Womping Twillow, named after the Weeping Willow.  I decided to write a report about it but I didn't finish it. It was time to go but I had not finished my report about the Womping Twillow.  I wanted to write a report because I was not interested in bugs. I just don't know why. It's as confusing as a huge maze". By Amon

"My reading class went to the forest and I saw a stick that looked like a snake. I freaked out. Me, Harlem and Quinn built a hut with sticks. I found a spider. It had huge red eyes and it looked like a white tail". By Finn