Science Exhibition!!

Wow! Today, after morning tea we went around all the classrooms to have a look at all the awesome science learning everyone has been doing. We were really impressed with all the science boards and the learning that happened. Have a look at some of the pictures below.

4. From Grass to Glass - More maths

Today for Maths, we had to use our knowledge of reading rules and apply this to help solve
1. how much milk is made at each farm
2. the distance it takes from the farm to our tables

It was very tricky at first, but once we figured out that we had to READ and UNDERSTAND ALL the information, then it was more easier. Mrs Faalili encouraged us to keep trying to work it out.

It's a good thing we were allowed to use calculators - because that is A LOT of milk and A LOT of travelling!

3. From Grass To Glass - Maths

Our Maths ...

We looked at bearings and directions today for maths. We used Tina's route to explain what direction she takes using the words like 'NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST and NORTH EAST, SOUTH EAST, NORTH WEST, SOUTH WEST.

We started at Fonterra and had to make our way through to the 4 different farms to pick up the milk from the tankers.

Here are some photos showing what we did

Ngwe Sin, Ocean, Natalie and Josephine with Baby Suifili highlighting Tina's route

Kisina, Metua and Bullard listening to the directions 

Pita using the compass trying to face North

Morgan, Antonio, Savanah and Noah tracing Tina's route 

Room 9 in action

Facing North 

Tina's Route 

Hi, We are Room 9

We saw on our buddy class' blog that they created a slide deck to introduce themselves. We learnt lots about them and noticed that we even had some things in common. So we thought it would be a great idea if we introduced ourselves to them and create a slide deck so that they can learn a bit more about us. 

Hi, we are Room 9. 

We'd love to know if we share any similarities with you - let us know by leaving us a comment! 

Our Buddy Class - Tuhi mai Tuhi Atu

In Room 9 we have a buddy class from another school. This buddy class is through Tuhi Mai, Tuhi Atu. The school is Mangapapa school and our buddy class is Room 15!  Click on the image to go on to their class blog

Throughout the week, we were exploring their class blog as well as some of their personal learning blogs. We noticed that there were only 2 boys...TWO! That shocked some of us and some of the boys don't think they'd be able to handle that. Hah! We had lots of fun exploring their blogs and leaving positive, thoughtful and helpful comments.

We're looking forward to this Tuhi Mai, Tuhi Atu journey. 

Fun Run

Today some group of people from Room 9 went to One Tree Hill to do fun run. Fun run is when you run a somewhere where some polices run for training. So when you finish running up the hill you are timed and there are Queens and Kings and the King from our school was Liston Vakauta and the Queen from our school was Khin Linn so well done!

NZ VR

We had the lovely ladies from NZ VR come to GTS and talk to us about our NZ waters. Through the VR headsets, we were able to travel through the surrounding waters of the northern island. We looked at fish, stingray, dolphins, whales and kina. We explored what healthy waters and non-healthy waters looked like. We had so much fun!

2. Grass to Glass - The road to our exhibition

Our Science exhibition is coming up next term and we're creating our own cows. We are working on displaying how grass is turned into milk.

Kayla, Savanah, Catherine & Ilaisaane working together to make the stomach of a cow

Antonio, TJ, Ben L, Tali & Ben K working together to make a tank

Natalie getting creative with our milk boxes. Can you guess what she is making?

Mere's making something. What do you think it is? 

1. From Grass to Glass ... MILK

In Room 9 we have been learning about milk and cow's #grasstoglass so we have been watching video's and doing some research on cow's and milk.  Stay tune for more milk work

Kiwican

Today in Kiwican, we were learning about how and why it's important to be reliable. We discussed ways on how to be reliable at school and at home.

Our theme at the moment is:

We played MINEFIELD. A minefield was created using cones, balls and various items. The aim of the game was to get the team through the minefield while everyone's eyes were closed except the leader. It was really hard but lots of fun.