Maddie's Poem

Today at reading time, Maddie wrote a poem when she was working at the writing table.

She read her poem to  the class.

How do you think she went?

We watched this youtube clip about heavy and light objects.

We all held Samara's lunch box. The boys had to find things that were lighter than her lunch box and the girls had to find things that were heavier. 

Look at what we found...

The girls found these things that were heavier:

A chair - Elise

My school bag - Jorja

Felt pens in a container - Tara

Jacob's drink bottle filled with water - Poppy

Our crayon container - Maddie

My school bag - Hannah

A heavy magazine - Brooke

A box full of paper - Safira

Our library trolley - Samara

The boys found these things that were lighter:

A pencil - Oliver

A piece of paper - Alexis

Magnify glass - Sam

Tiny stone - Wills

Highlighter - Jacob

A felt - Nicholas

An empty chip packet - Oakley

A piece of paper - Samuel 

A crayon - Brady

A basket - Tan An

A counter - Zach

Which Snoopy Weighs the Most???

Today we borrowed some Snoopy toys from Mrs Wong in Room 4.
We lined the toys up in order from heaviest to lightest. First we estimated, then we used the balancing scales to check their weight.

Here is our estimation...

Here are the toys lined up after we have measured their weights...

We think we did a good job at estimating. 

Maths Time in Room 3

In maths we have been learning about measuring the weight of different objects.
We have been using words like:
'Measure' - Jacob
'Heavy and light' - Samara
'Which is heaviest?' - Maddie
'Which is the lightest' - Jorja
'Equal, even and estimate' - Else
'Lightest, heaviest and in the middle' - Alexis.

Here are some photos of us using balancing scales to find about which object is the heaviest. First we had to hold the objects in each hand and estimate, then we used the scales to check if we were right.

Room 3 Goes Swimming

We have been learning how to swim with the JC Swim School.

We have had so much fun. 

Things we have enjoyed have been:

Swimming all the way to the end of the pool - Jacob

Hanging onto the board and kicking my legs - Maddie

Swimming to the end of the pool doing backstroke - Nicholas 

Standing on the platform in the water - Brooke

Going on my back - Samara and Wills

Learning to do freestyle - Elise

Kicking on my back - Sam

Diving - Alexis

Sitting in the water - Hannah

Getting changed under the heater - Poppy

Doing backstroke - Tara

Going on the bus to get there on the rainy day - Oakley

Diving underwater - Tan An

Going right to the bottom on the pool - Jorja

Doing backstroke - Zach

Going in the water - Safira

Here are some photos of us learning to swim…..

It's Hailing!!

Today we were sitting in class, listening to Miss Potter read, when all of a sudden we heard giant hail falling on our roof. It sounded like...

'Dripping thunder' - Jacob
'Pitter patter' - Maddie
'Drip drop' - Samara
'Giants stomping on our roof" - Poppy
'A storm above us' - Wills
"A big splash from a sharks tail' - Oakley
'Plonk, bang, crash'- Elise

We ran to the window to have a look. When it had stopped, we put on our jackets, and went out side to look at the hail. It felt like:
'Ice bergs' - Samuel
'Freezing cold' - Samara
'Cold on our tongues' - Jorja