Making Play Dough

This morning we made a new batch of play dough for our class. We each had a turn at adding ingredients and mixing.

After we had made the dough we wrote instructions for Room 4 to make play dough.

If you want to make this at home follow this link: http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/no-cook-play-dough-L2119.html

ANZAC activities

We had a blast in Room 6 today. Our whole day was ANZAC themed.

We started off the morning by making ANZAC biscuits...they were delicious!!!

We made a bit of a mess so we each had a turn at vacuuming up our mess.

Next we made poppies from paper.

Lastly we made poppies using paint. We used our fingers for the poppies, paint brushes for the stem and cardboard for the grass.

Banana Smoothies

Two weeks ago we had lots of bananas at school going off. So Room 6 decided to make a smoothie out of them. They were very delicious. Once we had made them we wrote some instructions and designed our own flavoured smoothie. Check out our wall display below.

Koru pattens

We looked at pattens in maths last week. Here is a picture of the koru pattens that we made.

Swimming picture

Today the Year 4-8 students were away at swimming sports so the Year 3s came to join Room 6. We had a great day together. Check out our swimming pictures we made. They are on display in Room 6's discovery room if you want an up close look.

Waitangi Day

Waitangi Day: The Treaty of Waitangi

This week in Room 6 we have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. We have even made our own class Treaty!

Here is some information that we learnt about the Treaty:

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in the grounds of James Busby’s house in Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands. It was signed on February 6th 1840 and is considered by many to be the founding document of New Zealand. It was signed by 500 Maori Chiefs and the British Leaders representing the British Crown.

There were two different versions signed, one in Maori and one in English. The wording was not exactly the same. And so the words did not mean the same to both parties, this has caused many problems over the years. Especially as past Governments have not always abided by the Treaty agreements.

Since 1974 New Zealand has celebrated Waitangi Day On February 6th each year as a Public Holiday (which means we get a day off school!).

Some celebrate it by re-enacting the treaty signing at Waitangi (in the Bay of Islands) others as a day to celebrate being a New Zealander.

What are you doing to celebrate Waitangi Day?

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