Calendar Art

I love calendar art!  But it does really stresses me out!

I am so pleased with the calendar art this year and hope that you will like it too.  The children in Room 3 are really proud of their work, and so they should be!

We were inspired by the wonderful works of Mo Williams and had a lot of fun with the books "Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus" and "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late".

If you are not familiar with the books check out this link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWEekO4ufwM

Here is a sneak peak of our calendar art

Laser Force fun!

Thanks to all the parents who provided transport for our laser force trip today.  It was so much fun, everyone had a really great time.

Kitchen Science

Kitchen Science is lots of fun!

We are observing, describing and comparing the physical and chemical changes that occur when materials are heated, cooled and mixed.

It sounds fancy but really what we are learning is that science experiments happen every day in the kitchen!!

Today we looked at bread, we smelled it, touched it, tasted it  and then we toasted it.  We compared the bread and toast and talked about what heating it did.  This is a physical change.  Cool huh!

We also made Jelly.  This time there was heating and cooling involved.  We think it is chemical change too, as the jelly crystals and water make a new substance.  A yummy new substance!

Finally we did some really fun mixing.  We added food colouring to vinegar making a physical change.    We then mixed the vinegar with baking soda.  You got it we created a new substance when the mixture bubbled and fizzed.

This is a great topic and we are really enjoying it.

Football Skills

We have the Tawa Football Club coming in to give us some football skills at the moment.......what fun! It fits nicely with our PE focus of striking with feet and the children had a blast out on the field today.

Way to go Room 3!