A Welcome Back and a Reminder

Hi everyone

Today we were excited to welcome Mariah back to our whanau.  It's great to have you home and we really missed you.

Remember, we have a shared lunch tomorrow.  Looking forward to celebrating a fantastic half year of learning and to welcome Mariah back.

Ko te Matariki

We are celebrating Matariki - Maori New Year.  Click the link below to read more - we will be reading this as part of our reading programme this week.  Our main focus will be applying our Prior Knowledge and also to be able to Identify the Main Ideas in a text.

What is your prior knowledge about Matariki - what can you share with us and teach us?

Comment below.

MATARIKI - the story and resources

Whose Birthday is it Today?

A very famous author has a birthday today.  I wonder who it is??  How could you find out??

You're right!  It would have been Maurice Sendak's birthday!!  I've grabbed the following off Youtube - the Google Doodle.

Build Your Wild Self

Hi everyone!

I've just been shown a fantastic website that is especially relevant for all of you who love animals, science, zoos, etc.

Check out the link below and let me know what you think.

 BUILD YOUR WILD SELF

 

 

Check out the tutorial on how to create and the thinking that is needed.

 

What Are You Going To Share With Us in Your Speech?

I'm really interested in what you are going to speak about this year.  Add your current thinking / ideas to the Google Doc.

Click on the link below:

SPEECHES

Science Roadshow 2013

This morning we were lucky to be able to go to the Science Roadshow.  Share your learning about what you found out / learned.  Were there any surprises??

I'm loving reading your thinking - remember to be really specific about what you loved and why and also what you learned.  Think about where else you could go for more information.  Who could you ask?

Here is a link you might like - Science Careers Activities.  This is from the online resources for the Science Roadshow.

SCIENCE ROADSHOW 2013

I wonder why Mr Elmes is looking a little nervous??!!

Who was the strongest boys?

Madison looks like she's enjoying herself!

Peddle faster Jade! :-)

"I'm trying to get this skeleton to do some work!!!!"

The Coke fizz phenomenon!

For All Our Space Fans

Check out what NASA has been up to - stunning images of our nearest major galaxies.  What are your thoughts?


NASA - A Swift Tour of the Nearest Galaxies in UV Light: