Virtual Field Trip

Heres a map of where we are off to tomorrow...virtually!

Week 6

Here are the links for this weeks Home Learning

Spelling

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Spelling Response Form

Maths

Continue on with the strand you chose last time and keep any evidence in your Drive. Does everyone know how to create a PDF of the assessment sheet? If not ask. Don't forget to take a comprehensive test at the end to show your improvement.

Science

This week we are going on a Virtual Field Trip. One of the activities we'll be doing is trapping pests. Here is a activity that identifies pests and who is responsible for controlling them. TAKE A COPY and put it in your TOPIC folder in your Drive.

Animal Pests

Are we there yet!

This week we are going on a Virtual Field Trip to the Ashburton Lakes district. Here's what we are doing;

• ride a jet boat up the spectacular Rangitata River
• get to know DOC rangers
• see how rivers connect places and people: how the surrounding land affects the river and how the river affects fish, birds and people
• discover the secret world of salmon
• climb into your waders to search for freshwater fish and invertebrates in the braided rivers
• investigate wetland recreation such as sport fishing
• explore inter-montane basins of inland South Canterbury
• discover the plants and animals that threaten our wetlands
• trap pests using a motion-sensor camera
• gather people's different points of view about this wetland
• see how special plants and animals within this ecosystem are interconnected and how they have adapted to survive in this harsh alpine environment
• catch skinks and geckos in a fall trap
• monitor the black fronted tern population that lives on Canterbury's braided rivers and discover what is being done to counter threats to these species and their surroundings
• get your feet wet to learn how wetland plants affect water quality
• take water quality measurements
• gain an appreciation of the special value of Ō Tū Wharekai to Māori

We are going to be tired after all of that!!! Don't forget to check out our blogs to see where we are and what we're doing.

Click here for a link that introduces where we are going and what we'll be doing. You'll need the login and password.

Login; greymain14
Password; mrwood14

Assembly Wk5

This week we are presenting in assembly!!!. If you missed it here are all the links. ENJOY! If anyone has a device here today and would like to comment on any work...we would appreciate it!

Jake's Cricket Video.

Jake made a short video of himself playing cricket and posted this. He's playing 4 way cricket. Jake starts the video by saying hello and introducing himself. Great work Jake!

Science

We are currently investigating 'Kitchen Science'. We are completing simple experiments with things that we can find in our cupboards at home. This week we've begun an investigation on our taste buds

What are taste buds? What do they do? 

Our tongues have four basic types of taste buds: bitter, sour, salty, and sweet. Our taste buds are located in specific areas on our tongues. Our experiment was to find out where these particular places are.

Heres a short video of our first run through.

Our next experiment will be to repeat the same test but to find out what happens if you block your nose, if your tongue is completely dry. We'll keep you posted. Come back and find out!

Last week we completed some investigations into some science ideas that we'd like to find out about

Newtonian Fluids
Taste Buds

Literacy

Here is a snapshot of some of the writing we've written so far this term.

Rules of Summer

Rules of Summer Heres a link to the writing blog,

Utter Nonsense
Writing without worrying too much about content means that you sometimes get some fantastic dream-like gems of writing.
Lukes Absolute Nonsense

Lies
Shemira's 10 Lies

PowerWriting

Most days, we warmup to writing by writing 2 rounds of 3 minutes of PowerWriting. 

Saxons 'I don't know'

Week 5

Halfway though the term already!!!

This week we are testing and these results will be available at the end and the beginning of the next (I'll have the weekend to mark!).

Well done everyone who used their time wisely and put enthusiasm into their little science investigation. I am looking forward to the presentations! Please make sure you put the evidence of your hard work on your blog.

Here's a link to the terms Key Coms if anybody has missed it. Put the evidence on your blog.

Here are this weeks HomeLearning links

Spelling

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4

Spelling Response form

Maths

Complete a comprehensive test in a new area of maths and identify your strengths and weaknesses. Set yourself tasks to improve. Resit the test and bring me the evidence. Save the tests as PDFs (when you print, you can change it to PDF there. Save to Drive. Put on your blog)

Science

Here is a nice little identifying and clasifiying tasks on cute cuddly wetas. Make sure you save a copy to your Topic Folder.