Our maths.

Today at maths we did some measuring .We measured from mm to cm to m.Then we went outside with some chalk and a book about animals.Firstly we looked up on the book how big a nile crocodile was. It is 6m long! 4 room 9 children could lie down next to the line and still not be long enough. Here are some photos from our other animal lengths.

Bean Update

Our beans have been growing for 5 weeks. This weeks champion is the year 4 boys bean. It has grown 8cm. The year 3 girls bean has started to grow, and is 7 cm, but it is still 29cm behind the next shortest bean.
We will continue to measure them for the next two Fridays and see which bean is the tallest by the school holidays.

Alliteration!

For the rest of the term we are looking at poetry!
Today we have been learning about alliteration.

Here are 3 fantastic alliteration poems by Mary, Dylan and Tara.
Can you guess who wrote each one?

Mary mangled mounds of mushrooms mixed in mischievous mimics of mangled meat.

DJ Duck does dingo distress dying dumb

Tara the ticking tortoise tucked under a Tyrannosaurus Rex 

Our Grass Seed Heads

This term in Room 9 we are doing an inquiry on plants. We have been looking at the process that a plant goes through from seed to plant. We thought we would make ourselves some plant friends
Meet our friendly grass seed heads.

Our Art

In Room 9 we do lots of really cool art. We've even had an art exhibition!
Currently we are looking at how to blend colours to add depth and tone to our work. We have drawn flowers in a vase using pastel on black paper. We had to blend our colours to make it look more interesting.
Miss Dippie thinks all our art looks amazing. She had chosen Charlie as the art star for the week because he tried his best and has created his best art of the year! Well done to all of Room 9.

Financial Literacy

Today Holly from ASB Bank came to visit Room 9, to talk about money. She was teaching us about spending and saving and why it is important to save some of our money!

Holly showed us different kinds of money and taught us the word currency. Currency means money from different countries.

She showed us how an eftpos card works. We know that the eftpos card talks to the bank and see if you have the money and then the money to the shop's bank.

Holly taught us 'spend some on you, and save some too!' so that we learn how to save some money for later on, like if we wanted to buy something that was expensive, like a new scooter.

Room 9 and the Beanstalks

 Today we measured our beans. We decided we will measure them every Friday. 

The year 3 boys bean is the tallest. It is 23cm tall.

The year 4 girls is 14cm tall.

The year 4 boys is 10 cm tall.

And the year 3 girls hasn't grown a stalk yet, but we can see that the bean has split and is growing roots.

Room 9 and the Beanstalk - Day 11

In Room 9 our beans are beginning to grow. The Year 3 Boys bean has started to grow up through the soil and we can see a stalk and a leaf.  We know that under the soil, the roots will be starting to grow down. Our other beans will be germinating, and a root may be growing out. Hopefully the other beans will start to show soon.

Mustard Plant Discussion

We want to know, what would happen if we put the two mustard plants that haven't had sunlight, into the sunlight, if they will change.


15 people think they will change
and 2 people think they won't.


We will keep watch over the next 2 weeks and see if any changes happen. 

Mustard Plant Update 2 June

We wanted to know which of our mustard seeds would

grow the best.

We put one on the window sill, one in the shade in the

classroom and one in the art cupboard.

Results:

They all grew, but the one on the window sill grew best

and looks the healthiest. It is all green and leafy.

The one in the shade is lighter green and has long white

stems.

The one in the art cupboard is all white. The stems are

longest out of all the plants and the leaves are tiny and

yellow.

Persuasive Writing Comic Life