It's Not Rocket Science! - Yes it is!

Haere Mai.

Welcome back children to Room 10. 

This Term is getting into the nitty gritty of learning - we're going deep!

Week 1 is National Science Week.  We are celebrating as a whole school on Tuesday with the FIRST ROCKET LAUNCH using our new rocket launcher.

Then we are beginning a Term long SCIENCE Unit studying the FORCES OF FLIGHT.  

We aim to:

• Learn how an aircraft flies. 
• Carry out a series of scientific experiments to explore the the forces of flight.
• and then use our knowledge to design, create and test our own rocket using the rocket launcher!

HERE'S SOME other HIGHLIGHTS FOR TERM 2

As part of LITERACY we will be reading and writing lots of INSTRUCTIONS and EXPLANATIONS, following and reflecting on different science experiments.   There will be lots of thinking, observing, measuring and reflecting as we carry out the different science experiments.

MATHS will be about addition and subtraction, measurement and statistics.   Students will need to be able to measure accurately to the nearest metre, centimetre and second in their science experiments.

During VISUAL ART we will be delving deep into the finer points of painting, studying a model artist and creating some wonderful artworks of our own.

PE for the first half of term will be DAILY Cross country training, in preparation for the BIG RACE in Week 6.  Later in the term, we will be developing our ball skills - throwing and catching.

Check out the Year 3/4 WIKI on the BLOG throughout the Term for fun videos, games and information from our in class learning.

Muritai v Wellesley - Year 4 Cricket

Having only narrowly been beaten by the Year 5/6 team 3 weeks ago, Muritai's Year 4 cricket team thought they were in with a good chance when they went up against Wellesley's Year 4s. 

 

Wellesley won the toss and decided to field first.  Muritai started batting strongly, playing straight and accumulating runs on a slow out field.  

  

Straight bowling and some good catches by Wellesley saw Muritai's  middle order find a bit of trouble, with several wickets which slowed the run rate.

However a last wicket partnership between Tom and Lincoln steered Muritai to a respectable total of 45.  Lincoln batted beautifully, hitting fours and sixes all round the park and earned himself man of the match.

 Chasing 45, Wellesley started very well, with several fours and good running.

   

  Muritai fielded excellently, keeping the pressure on the batters causing a few run outs.  A couple of drop catches ended up being the difference between winning and loosing.

Wellesley ended up scoring 57, winning by 12 runs.  The kids had a great game, with lots of fair play and good sportsmanship.

Rapping up our Diegstion Inquiry

A group of children from Room 10 created a RAP SONG to explain how our Digestion System work.  They worked creatively and cooperatively hope to present their song to the other Year 3s and 4s.

 

  Ready to rap.

Chewing the food.

Mixing into a squishy ball.

 

Down the esophagus.

And into the stomach.

Absorbed into the body and out through the intestines.

Then round and out the... (giggle, giggle)

We are beginning to plan a shared lunch for next Thursday.  The food we choose to bring, has to be food that our digestive systems will thank us for.  

Watch this space!

Where does food go in our body?

The kids in Room 10 have been investigating what happens to food in our body.  To share our learning, each cooperative group was set the task of creating a 3D MODEL of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

This cooperative group stood out because they were very creative and cooperative.  They created  their model with a picture of a girl on the front of a box and a model of the digestive system on the inside, so when you opened it you could see what the digestive system would look like.

GREAT STUFF GIRLS!!!

 

HERE IT IS!

To share our learning, we also used the computers to create labeled diagrams.

 

Above is a great example of a labelled diagram of the Digestive System.  Jia Wei used KidsPics to create this diagram all on his own.  GREAT WORK JIA WEI!