Maths and Movement Part 1

 This term our class is focusing on learning our addition, subtraction and multiplication facts in fun and engaging ways.

We are all at different stages with our knowledge and to help each other we are making dances to some cool songs we found online. 

First our teachers helped us to select some facts and songs to sing. 

We choose this song about bonds to 10 and this song about doubles. 

Then we worked in 3s and 4s to come up with some cool moves to help us stay fit and learn our maths facts. 

We hope you like our dance moves and would love a comment in you try it out in your class. 

Bonds to 10 

 

Doubles 

Art Works Week One

This week we have been very busy in room 23 learning about how Art Works. 

We started off the week learning about primary colours and how to mix secondary colours. This lead to our wonderful colour wheel Art. 

 Each day our teacher shared with us a song of the day. Our favourites this week were Sweet child of mine and fly me to the moon.

Later in the week, we took on the challenge of blending colours to create sunset. We all used lots of water to help mix the colours on our paper. 

 Some of us who read with Mrs Carruthers read all about art. We learnt how to paint cute pots that we will later plan plants in and take home to our families. One great make beautiful flowers, another made clay faces and one group even learned how to make their own chalk. 

We had a great week. Check out our art and a video showing what we did. 

Team 3 is Awesome!

This week we share our story with the school on our Pt England News Network. We wanted you to see it also. 

We hope you enjoyed our movie. 

Thank You to Niah for the amazing voice over. 

Whale Tales

Our school is lucky enough to be designing a whale tail for the art trail. It is a trail to remind people what treasures the Bryde’s Whale are. We had to plan and a design for the tail and only one could be choose. 

Room 23 decided that we needed to have a reminder about the Bryde’s Whale in our classroom so we created Crayon and dye whale tails for our walls. 

Our First Photography Lesson

This term we are learning Photography with Ms West. Today we had our first Creative Space lesson for the term. We learned about having the subject clear in our picture. 

We used lego people as our subjects. 

Have a look at some of the amazing photos we took. 

Our Class Treaty

 We have been learning about being kind and responsible members of a classroom. As part of our learning we made a Treaty. Our Treaty has three value much like the Treaty of Waitangi has the three Ps, Protection, Partnership and Participation. 

We value Respect, Responsibility and Relationships. 

Have a look at our Treaty:

Blast Off!

Task Description: I made a flying rocket with shapes.  

Moon Art

 Room 19 have been learning about the moon as part of our unit called watch this space. 

Art Alive

This term we were son lucky to start the term at alert level 1 and be able to sit together in the hall for the first time in a long time. Our focus for this term is Art Alive each team shared their focus and the wonderful creations of their teachers. Check it out. 

Team 2, Mrs Carters Rangoli Art.  

 SMTs new logo design. 

Team 5 as living art. 

Team 3s water gun Art. 

 

The Pt England Way

This week we have been thinking about what makes a great Pt England Kid. This is what we decided. Thank you for sharing Aliana.

Hello my name is Aliana. I am a awesome kid on the point because I help people when they need it.I eat a healthy lunch because I want my name in lunch box heroes.I were my school uniform with pride.I were my hat outside because I don’t want to get sun burnt. I am kind and I am helpful and I now the pt England way.i make my family proud. I remember my culture. I work hard at my learning. I like to run around outside. I like to play outside by my self.

Welcome to 2019 - Kai pai te kotahi

It is a brand new school year and Ms Eadie and I have had a great start to the year and enjoyed welcoming a brand new bunch of wonderful year 3 learners into rooms 19 and 20.

We have spent the first two days getting to know each other and exploring some of the way we can be the best kids on the point.

We started the week by talking a lot and them showing the school value Better Together (Kai pai te kotahi)

Once we had decide on what Sharing looked like we practiced this by engaging with others in a positive way to create and share using puzzles, lego, blocks and much more.







We are so excited to for 2019 and having a great year of learning together!

Forces in motion

This term we are learning about forces and motion. This is our immersion day. We played games and made a marble run to see forces in action.