Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A visit to the farm and nursery!



During the second week of school this term, Room 2, 3, and 4 went on a trip to Shield's farm. We loved seeing the animals that they had there. We won't forget the smell of the pigs, the antlers and waiting for the deer to come down from the hills. Peter, Naomi, Hugh and Zac were full of information about animals and what they need to survive.

After the farm visit we went to Nook Road Nursery where Jamie and Diana showed us the living life cycle of a Pittosporum plant. We got to gather seedlings from the plants and plant them in containers to bring back to school! They told us all about what plants need to survive. They need good soil water, shelter and sunlight.

When we got back to school we wrote about a memory we had form our visit that day. We all enjoyed the day out and would like to thank everyone who came along to help.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Am I Alive?


Welcome back to School and we can't believe it is term 4 already!

This term our inquiry topic is called, 'Am I Alive?'. We are going to be looking at living things in our environment.
We are going to start our tuning in process by going on a farm trip and then to the Nook Nursery next Tuesday morning.
If you have anything on plants, bush, rain forests, habitats, trees, animals, bugs, insects, mammals etc, send them along to school so we can share and develop new knowledge on this science area!

This term is going to fly by! We have athletic sports next Thursday in Wanaka. We have been busy practicing sprinting, jumping, hurdles and throwing most afternoons so far. We are looking forward to competing against other children from other schools on Thursday.

We hope you keep visiting our blog site this term...please leave a message!!!

Room 4