Week 6 Home Learning

 Kia ora koutou, 

Here are some options for learning at home if your child or whānau needs to isolate. There are also lots of other learning links on the side of this blog too.

How we spent Rāmere in Ruma Toru.

Publishing poems to read to our whānau at home.

Observing the kumara in our classroom growing and learning how to sketch.

Using old socks to make sock puppets, practice sewing and invent other sock-y creations.

Dress as characters to walk around the school.

Toi based on artist Michael Illingworth.

Litmus test and data collection

As scientists in Ruma Toru we have been learning to look closely (or smell closely) to make observations. 

We experimented with painting purple water that had come from a red cabbage onto paper. When it had dried (or sometimes before) we painted lemon juice over it. We noticed the smells of the liquids. We noticed the purple paper turned pink with lemon juice. We wondered about why this could be. 

There were also changes to the water and lemon juice the more we painted and re-dipped our brushes.

After the storm over the weekend we went on hīkoi around our kura. We collected evidence by looking at all the things on the ground. This helped us build up ideas and theories of what could have happened.

We also collected data using colours. We used paint charts to notice the colours around us on Te Ara o Ngahere and Putikitiki. 

 

Self-Portraits

 

He aha te taonga o te rā?

 Matthew - playing with treasures and drawing maps.

David - playing with my friend Wilfred.

Selby - Drawing my self-portrait.

Henry - Playing with David and Wilfred.

Jrheign - making treasure and doing maps.

Susi - Playing with my friend.

Forest - Doing a puzzle with Margot.

Emily-Rose - Playing with the water trough.

Aroosh - Playing with my sister.

Ihaia - Playing treasure hunts - it was a coin.

Margot - Making my face.

Rumeysa - I liked all the toys - making bracelets and necklaces.

We are scientists in Room 3.

Science is highly valued at Hamilton East School. We think like scientists by looking closely and using other senses to collect data. We use evidence to answer questions like"

What do you think is going on here?

How do you know?

Check out the science happening here in Ruma Toru.

Looking at reflections.

Exploring our Papatūānuku table with objects from Taiao.

Working out how to create bubbles, and
"Whaea Georgia we are taking temperatures..."

Investigating a melted object -
"it has crystals", "it was frozen", "it has been near maple syrup", "it got too hot".

Nau mai ki te 2022

 Tēnā koutou,

Welcome to Room 3's (Ruma Toru) blog. This is a place we share some of the experiences we have together. It also has lots of learning links on the right-hand side. If you need to support your child with digital home learning this is also the place to find these. I am looking forward meeting the children on Thursday. Please farewell your child at the gate and a staff member will bring them to their classroom.