The Making of The Rat

We have mice and rats in our environment so we decided to make a rat as part of the Te Oro expo.  First we made a frame out of chicken wire.  Then we covered it with newspaper and glue and left it to dry.  We did this for a few weeks.  We then used hot glue guns to glue strips of fur like fabric.  Lastly we added the nose, the ears, the mouth, the teeth and the paws.

We think we are very lucky not to have a rat of this size in the world!!

Measurement in Maths

We had a challenging tasks of measuring different things with our partner.  It was hard to measure the doorway because our hands moved when we tried to compare with the desks. We decided it would be much easier to measure if we all had the same thing to measure with, like a ruler!!

Remembering the ANZACs

For the last 2 weeks we have been learning about the ANZAC's.  We have learned about the symbols, why we should remember them and some events that had happened during the wars.

Our poppy flowers and ANZAC display wall.

The ANZAC assembly- ANZAC alphabet poem read by DJ and Ocean

ANZAC Poem

A is for the ANZAC soldiers who went to the war.

B is for the bravery that they showed the world.

C is for the courage that they had.

D is for the danger they faced.

E is for the enemies they fought.

F is for the families that they left behind.

G is for the guards who looked out for the dangers.

H is for the heros that they were.

I is for the intelligence that they showed.

J is for the joining of the forces.

K is for keeping us safe.

L is for the landing at ANZAC cove.

M is for the marching at the dawn parade.

N is for the New Zealand soldiers.

O is for the oceans they crossed.

P is for the poppy that we wear.

Q is for the quiet at ANZAC service.

R is for remembering them.

S is for saving our country.

T is for the trenches that they built.

U is for the underground hidings.

V is for the villains they met.

W is for the wars they were in.

X is for X-mas they didn’t celebrate.

Y is for the young soldiers we lost.

Z is for zooming from one hide spot to next.

THE ANZAC’s

The Fly Spray

We were given a challenging task of making a big fly spray can for the our show  at Te Oro!!

Pests Silhouette

Our silhouette art- keeping in the theme of pests in our community.

Can you guess which pests these are?

Te Oro Expo- Pests: Who needs them?

We had a great day at Te Oro expo on Wednesday.  The senior students were ready to answer all the questions and the 'x-ray' machine was set up to detect any pests.  

Our school was so proud of all our students- the presenters, the performers, the audience and all the students who were part of this expo.

Acrostic Poems

Our focus has been pests and as part of that we have been writing about pests too.  We wrote some acrostic poems about flies and mosquitoes.  Acrostic poems are poems where a word in used to write the poem, here we had chosen 'Flies' and 'Mosquitoes'.

The wasp art work was by Ariel and had bubble wrap on top, like the nest.