Today room 3 got a letter from East Timor saying thank you for the money to buy the trees for the tropical rainforest. Now we have another $25 so Mrs M is going to send the money to East Timor and buy 25 more trees.
By Kara

Saving the Rainforest

We did jobs at home to earn some money to buy some trees for a rainforest in East Timor. So far
We have $33. Today we gave the money to Amber's Mum. She works at the bank in Lincoln. She is going to send it to East Timor today. Today we will buy 25 trees.

Kara thought we should make posters, so we did.
by Room 3 students.

Mrs M is very proud of you all for working so hard to help the rainforest.
Well done.

In Room 3 we sort our paper from other rubbish. Mrs Rooks puts the paper into the recycling bin. Last Monday our recycling bins were not by the worm farms. They were out at the gate. We went and looked inside them. We could see some of the paper from Room 3 in the recycling bins and the paper towels from the boys and girls rooms.

We wondered:

Where does the truck take the paper to?

What happens to the paper?

How does it get made into more paper?

PAPER MAKING

Yesterday we learnt how to make paper out of recycled paper. There were two containers with paper pulp in them. There were tea leaves in one container and in the other container it had petals. Then we had to put the frames on the bottom of the container and we had to lift it up .We had to drain it. Then we had to place it on the lino. Next we took the top frame off and then we took the middle frame off. At the end we sponged the paper to get all the water out so it wasn’t runny and it won’t break.

By Kara, Laudis, Cody and Mrs M.

This is a food web from a tropical rainforest.

THE FOOD WEB

On Thursday we made a food web. We made it with the class. We threw a ball to each other again and again. Mrs Jackson started and she was the jaguar. She was at the top of the food web.
By Amber and Jody

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE RAINFORESTS

The tropical rainforest is getting burnt down and cut down. The animals are losing there homes. If the plants die the insects will die and it goes on and on until all the animals die. We are trying to save the tropical rainforest.

By Kara and Laudis

PET DAY 2011

RAINFOREST

SUSTAINABILITY

Today is Topical Tuesday.
This term our sustainability topic is about tropical rainforests.
We wondered........
What is a rainforest?
We looked at lots of books to find out.

Letters to THE ALL BLACKS

Dear Richie McCaw,
I was suprised when your team won the World Cup 2011. I thought France would win. You are my favourite player in the All Blacks. GO ALL BLACKS! My Granny sang the first "God of Nations."
from Kara

Dear Richie McCaw,
My name is Libby. I love your rugby. Is your eye okay? I hope it is. I'm your biggest fan.
from Libby

Dear Tony Woodcock,
That was a good try Tony Woodcock. I thought the French were going to win, but you saved the day.
from Cody

Dear Richie McCaw,
Congratulations for winning. I want to play rugby too. I've done gymnastics and hip-hop and soccer and ballet. I am 8 years old but I am very little to look like one.
from Josephine

Dear Ma'a Nonu,
I like you. You are my favourite. You are in the All Blacks team.
from Jane

Dear Richie McCaw,
I was so happy. Well done. I am glad you are the leader. Good game All Blacks. You're my best All Black in the team. It is fun having you as an All Black.
from Amber

Dear Tony Woodcock,
I like about the try. It was amazing when you went through the middle. then you got the try.
from Laudis

Dear Richie McCaw,
I was so happy when you won the Rugby World Cup 2011 trophy. My horse's name is Richie.
from Jody

Thank you to Cody, Laudis, Jody, Kara and Amber.
They have worked on a programme called Comic Life
to display our latest work.
Well done Yellow Literacy group.
You are THE BEST.

We made posters to show how to save and care for our Water.

Water Sustainability Posters

SCIENTISTS IN ROOM 3

A Letter to Mrs Carrick

Dear Mrs Carrick

Thank you for teaching us about science.

Thank you for showing the bugs in the container .I like the jelly .Thank you for letting us take the container and the other things home .It has shown me that you are very hard at working . Thank you for showing the pictures of the bugs. Thank you for everything .Room3 did appreciate it.

From Amber.

Water Testing

HI FIVES

CRICKET COACHING PHOTOS

CRICKET COACHING

On Monday some cricket players came to our school and taught us about cricket. They taught us about catching and hitting the ball. After, we played a game. Then we hit the ball off the tee.

By Cody

Thomas

Water

Another story about water, by Amber

Room 3 was talking about pollution.
We have got letters in the class.
Kara and me went to Mrs K.
We asked Mrs K, "How do you know the water in the fountains is clean?"
Then we went back to Mrs M.
Mrs M said then, "What did she say?"
Kara and me said, "You have to send the water to another place and it gets tested."

Then on Tuesday Mrs M was reading about two frogs Lester and Clyde.
They lived at a sparkling pond.
One of the frogs played a trick.
So the frog looked for another home.
He saw a pond. It was polluted, and he went on.
He saw another polluted pond.
Then he went home.

Pollution

Now that we know lots of things about water we have been wondering and asking questions. JoJo told us she saw a dead swan and chicken in the river after the earthquake.
We wondered.......
Why were the birds dead?
What does it mean if water is polluted?

Today we had a book called "Lester and Clyde".
It helped us learn about water pollution.

Cody wrote a story about it:

There were two frogs that were named Lester and Clyde who lived in a pond.
Then one day Clyde fell asleep on a branch, and while he was asleep Lester croaked loudly as he could, and Clyde woke up.
After Lester went to a polluted pond and he got stuck. Then he went to another pond, and it was polluted too. It was so stinky that he went home.

Lester and Clyde

Rugby Supporter

Our Rugby Supporters

The Rugby World Cup 2011

We have been getting ready for the Rugby World Cup 2011.
We learnt a waiata to welcome people to our country NewZealand.
We made some flags to support our teams which we care about.
We have learnt the haka.
We can sing the National Anthem in Maori and English.
Go the ALL BLACKS.
by Room 3

Poppy starts school

The Water Cycle

Today we learnt about the water cycle.
We watched two videos on Youtube.
The first can be accessed by going into Youtube, click videos and write "World Ahoy-the Water Cycle" in the search bar. The second can be accessed by the same procedure, with "The Water Cycle David Bydlowski and Science Explosion" in the search bar.
Some of the material on Youtube is not appropriate for children so Mums and Dads, please monitor this.

Some of the students are learning about writing explanations.
Here are two explanations about the water cycle.

How the Water Cycle works

The water cycle goes around.

When the sun shines on the water, the water evaporates.

It goes up into the sky and into the clouds.

When the rain falls it goes into the river and back into the sea.

And it starts again.

by Amber


How the Water Cycle works

The water cycle is about water.

The sun shone at the ocean and the water evaporated to the clouds.

Then it rained into the ocean.

The water cycle goes again and again.

by Laudis

Experiments