We went to the farm

On Thursday, Room 9 went to Ambury Farm.

The first thing we got to see was the cows getting milked. This was great because we've been doing lots of learning about how milk is made. We answered all the questions the farmers asked confidently and even got to pat the cow. When the milk travelled through the tube it was really warm. That was a nice surprise.

Next we went to the shearing shed and saw the sheep being crutched. Crutching is when their bums get shaved. It gets rid of all the poo wool around their bum so that they don't get sick.

We then got to go out and see the rest of the farm. We feed some of the animals. The hardest part was when it started to RAIN!! It was cold and windy and we were freezing!

But we still had lots of fun!

Check out some of our 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 

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