Playing Go home stay home with our Room 1 buddies!!

Reading with our Buddies from Room 1

OUR FRUIT HEDGEHOGS

At the end of last term we got to make fruit hedgehogs! We learnt about where our fruit comes from and how it grows.  Do you know what grows on the ground or on a tree?

 We enjoyed eating our fruit hedgehogs!!!

 Do you know where sugar comes from? 

Making our suns from Maui and the Sun 

Room11 trip to the the Botanical Gardens      

Have you ever been to the Botanical Gardens? I have! When I got to school I got organised myself. I put on my rain jacket, lunch in the box, drink bottle away and my name tag on. After that we walked to the bus. We got on the bus with partners. Next we had to find our seats. The bus went zoom! zoom! zoom! It was a long drive. When we got to the Botanical Gardens we had our morning tea. Next we went to the Herb Garden. At the Herb Garden there was a soft plant wich felt like a lion’s ear. In my group there was Una, Quinn, Chadd and me. At the Herb Garden there were lots of things. There was a radio thing that made noises. There were beautiful red lovely flowers and a pink flower. Next we met at the picnic place. After we went  to the Edible Garden. There was lots of eating things at the Edible Garden like lettuce, salad, tomatoes and some flowers. At the Edible garden there was lots of buzzing silly bees getting pollen to make honey. We had to walk in the gooey, sticky, yucky mud. There was a tunnel and it was squirting water on me. My dad showed us a plant growing in a rock. There was a big gigantic, huge, large cactus. It was prickly. There was a maze. After that we went to the pump everyone was pumping like the people in the old days. It was funny. Miss Ramsay our teacher took photos of us in the silly egg. Next Meredith our self guided tutor took us to a messy shed. She told us that we were going to make a plant. First we took a yoghurt pot. Then we put our name on the sticky name tag. Next we took some dirt and pushed it down. We had to water our plants at school. After we planted our own seeds but this time we watered it. Then we swept the floor. After that we went back to school. It was a fun trip!

By Kamyra

My amazing day at the Botanical Gardens!

Wow I went to the Botanical gardens yesterday. First I went to school. I needed to organize myself by putting the drink bottle and my lunch in the box. Then I got a sticker with my name on. After that Miss Ramsay did the roll. Then we went on the bus I sat with Keeley. It was noisy! When we got off the bus I had morning tea. Next I went to the herb garden. I was in Nicole’s mum’s group with Keeley. Nicole and Robert and I smelt some flowers in the herb garden. Then me and my group went to the potter’s children’s garden. There was a fake pooing pigeon and a jungle with steam, there was also a pump I had a turn at pumping it. I went over the troll bridge I heard the sound of water after a while it started raining. I went inside to have lunch. Next me and my group went to the Edible garden. It was like a maze, and I even saw worms and green bananas and other plants too.  After that my whole class planted seeds in a yogurt container, the hole needed to be two centre metres deep, otherwise the stem wouldn’t come up. Meredith gave us some gloves to put on because we were going to do some gardening. First we needed to get a plant. Then we needed to get a spade to dig a hole and put the plant in. We also needed to get some sheep pooh to put in. Did you know every fruit or vegetable we eat grows from a kind of pooh. Next we put the plant in the hole and covered the hole with dirt. After that we had some jobs to do like sweeping the dirt into piles I did the sweeping. Then we went inside a class room we sat in a circle and were split into groups. Everyone in my group had a piece of food in their hand, we needed to put them on the right plate on the plates were written seed, leaf, root, and fruit. Next we had another thing to do we had to put the plant with what the plant makes in a bag. After we had done that we went back on the bus and back to school. The Botanical gardens was very fun I want to go again.

By Grace

Botanical Gardens Trip 7th September 2015

Check out the flick.kr that Emma's dad made which shows all our Botanical Garden photos! Just click on the link below....


Emma's flickr

Our  fabulous trip to the Botanical gardens.

Guess what! Room 11,21,13 and 24 went to the Botanical Gardens, first I went to school to get organised. We needed to put our lunch in a box, put our drink bottle in a box too, and finally get our name tags. Then Miss Ramsay did the roll. Everyone was here. After that Miss Ramsay quickly told us our groups. I was in Shiloh’s group. I was with Shiloh, Shiloh’s mum, Joshua, and Liam. Then we hopped on the bus. Next we ate morning tea. I had cheese and crackers, grapes and shapes. The grapes were green like grass. After morning tea Meredith and Paul introduced themselves. Meredith is a pretty woman. Next Meredith took Room 24 and 13 to a little room. The rest of us got to look around. First our group went to the pretty herb garden. We saw lots of pretty flowers. I don’t know which garden the soft plant was in. Then we went to the edible garden. I smelt a lot of veges. The vegetables smelt as strong as a carrot. But then it started raining! So we went back to where we had morning tea. Just then Mrs Rinckes thought of a brilliant idea. She suggested we eat lunch first. I had a little croissant thing and some yummy grapes. After lunch we went to the edible garden again. We saw some lettuce and thyme and I forgot the rest of it. After that we went to the potters children garden. There was a cactus, and a Jungle with water sprays in it. I think I might go to the Botanical Gardens again!

By Mia

First I got ready to go to the Botanical Gardens. We put our lunch boxes in a green box. Then we went on the bus. When we got there we ate our morning tea. Next we walked around to look at the plants. One of the plants was warm and fluffy. I was in Shiloh’s mums group with Shiloh, Joshua and Mia. We saw beautiful flowers and we planted a seed. We saw a banana tree. I also saw a strawberry garden. After lunch we went to the edible garden. In the classroom we made a plant. First we got a yoghurt container that had holes and wrote our name on it. Then we put soil inside the yoghurt container and we put a seed inside. I hope I can go to the Botanical Gardens again.

By Liam

The Trip!

Wow! Did you know room 13, 11, 24, and 21 went to the Botanical Gardens yesterday because we are learning about plants. First we needed to be organised  and we put on our rain jackets because we didn’t know if it was going to rain when we got there, then we got our  name tags from Miss Ramsay and we put our lunches in a blue box. We did the same with our drink bottles, but in a different box. Then we got on the bus. There were so many people, we had two buses! Both of them were Howick and Eastern buses. When we got there we had morning tea already! I thought we were going to eat morning tea after we had explored a little! I was with Neerav, Ian, and Aarav and Aarav’s Dad because I was in their group. Then we had a walk around. Did you know a flower was really soft! Then we went into the Jungle. At the top was some water and sometimes it squirts out water when and it makes a noise like a Ferry. That was my favourite part. Then it started raining so we went back to the courtyard to have our lunch. I had chicken bread. It was yum! After lunch we went with Meredith to plant a bean seed. We got a yoghurt container and planted the bean seed in it. Then we put some soil in the yoghurt container and made the soil really tight. Next we poked our pinky in the soil and put in the bean seed. We patted the yoghurt container so the bean seed was covered with soil. Meredith gave us a fully grown plant of a bean seed. We took a shovel to help us and put our fist into the soil and then we dug up the soil. After that we got three sheep poo pellets and put them in the hole we had made. We squeezed the container, and held the plants stem with a “v” shape upside down and put the plant in the soil. Then we watered it. It was so much fun! Last of all we went into the classroom and Meredith showed us a plant puzzle. I learnt that plants need animal poo to grow. It was so much fun that I wish I could go again!

By Jerry

The Amazing Botanical Gardens!

Wow did you know on Monday room 11 went to

Botanical garden Room 11 needed to split into groups. We all had fun.  My group was Loretta, Aayush, Vera and me. First my groups went walking around and we saw some plants. The Botanical Gardens lady took us to her garden. We planted our own plants. The best part was when I was sweeping and Miss Ramsay said I’m the best sweeper ever in Room 11. I liked to water the plants too. Plants need soil too. We went back to school. I was very happy I can’t wait to go there again.

By carter

Carter sweeping up the dirt

  

The Exciting Day                                          

Wow! Do you know where we went yesterday? We went to the Botanical Gardens. First we got organised at school. We put our lunch and drink bottles in a box. Then we got our name tags on and rain coats on. After that we went on the bus. I sat next to Jerry. When we were there we ate our morning tea. When we finished our morning tea we had a walk around. I was with Aarav’s dad, Jerry, Aarav and Neerav. When we walked around we saw lots of plants. Then we looked at the Potter’s Children’s Garden. When we were there I saw lots plants that smelled nice. Next we had lunch because it was raining. After that we went to the Edible Garden. When I was there I saw a worm farm. I also saw a banana tree the banana was green. After that we planted our our own seeds. We also planted a plant outside. Then we watered it with a watering can. When we finished some of us were doing sweeping and some of us were digging. When we finished we went to the classroom to learn about where plants came from. Meredith said if they have seeds inside then they are a fruit. We didn’t even know that! After that we went back to school. I had lots of fun at there!

By Ian

Fire safety fun!

Guess who came to visit us today? Wow, we had so much fun when the fire truck and fire fighters came to visit! We learnt so much about fire engines and the safety equipment the fire fighters wear. We all want to be fire fighters now!!

COLOUR EXPERIMENT

Room 11 did an experiment with milk, dish washing liquid and food colouring. Ask us what happens to the colour! We then wrote some instructions of what to do. 

Capacity!

We were learning about Capacity! We had lots of fun looking at how much water it takes to fill up different sized containers. Do you know how many cups it takes to fill an ice cream container? Do you know how many yoghurt pottles it takes to fill a 2L milk bottle? 

Ian's autumn poem

Aayush's Autumn poem

Mia's Autumn poem.

Fire Safety!!!!!

The Juniors had a visit form Fireman Matt! We learnt a lot about what to do in a fire and fire safety around our homes. Do you have a smoke alarm at your house? You should have one in your lounge, hallways and bedrooms. You need to check them regularly to make sure they are working and the batteries haven't gone flat!! Do you have a safe meeting place? You need to make sure you have somewhere safe to meet in case of a fire. Fireman Matt suggest you make it your letter box. Have you practiced getting out in case of a fire? You need to practice getting down, getting low and getting out fast!! Don't take any toys with you, you don't have time to grab anything!! Make sure you don't play with candles, lighters or matches!! Keep an eye on what you are cooking! Have a look at our photos :)
Room 11