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?

Welcome back

Frog stories

Today Whaea Katie gave us a picture of a frog on a boat. We had to write what we thought was happening. See our stories below:

The boat came to the frog. The frog is holding the boat.

By Kayley

The frog is floating on his boat. I think the frog is going to land.

By Jackson

The frog is little like ball and it’s in the water. It’s going to find his home because he is lost. He is a baby frog.

By Quincey-Lee

The frog is on the boat. The frog is hiding from the rain.

By Unique

The frog is going to his mates and it was raining on the way and he crashed.

By Logan

The frog is floating. The frog is colourful.

By Steffan

My frog made a waterproof boat. He came from the deep dark woods and he is going down the river so he can get some food and his friends because it might be his birthday. His boat and his home will be to little for his friends.

By Kalyx

The frog is going to America. The frog looks like he is very mad. The frog is holding the boat and the frog is under an umbrella. The frog is sad because his granddad died.

By Hoani

My frog is a pirate frog. He has a pirate boat that is waterproof and I think he is going to find some treasure. He is going to get the treasure that is at the end of the rainbow. In the treasure box is flies, lots of flies.

By Travis

This frog has made a boat and it has a roof and the frog might have built it. It is raining and the roof is keeping it dry. He looks sad. He is brown and white and has blue eyes.

By Kaylee

The frog is on a boat and he is mad. The flowers are falling down out of the trees. He is heading home. He is going home to cook tea.

By Wave

He thinks it is a boat.

By Cayden

On the interactive whiteboard there is a frog on a little log and a branch is on the little log and it is under a leaf so it can keep dry and keep warm out of the rain. I think that the frog is going to see his other frog friends and stay the night.

By Matua

The frog is on a boat. The frog is on a leaf. The frog is holding the umbrella. The frog is going down the river.

By Lilly

Our Tadpoles

Below is a photo of our tadpoles. We started off with 12 but are unfortunately down to just 4.