Tapu Te Po

The Nativity Story Toymations

Summary of the year!

WE started the year with some normal days, not knowing what was to happen. Term 1 was pretty plain, just sitting at our desks, or out running laps of the field. In term two, we had a student teacher named Mr. Gaffony who gave us a lot of joy and spirit after the earthquake. With him we did bottle rockets, pumping pressure into bottles and then letting them fly. Thanks to Mr. Gaffony we had an awesome term two. Throughout the whole of term three, we had student teachers, the first half Mrs. Hawker and the second half Miss. Bradshaw! Mrs. Hawker had fun with us and gave us each a pencil and a pen, and miss. Bradshaw also showed us some things and gave us each three things. We did some rippa rugby, claymations, puberty, maori science, dancing and many other great things all because the wonderful teachers we have had this year.

THANKS GUYS!!!



By Judith J

santa claymation

Today at school we started and finished our claymations about Santa. They were all fantastic and so creative. In my group was Talia, Will, Xavier,Molly, Lucy and myself. We did ours about santa getting stuck in the chimney and.....
here are some below.

Kapa Haka

Yesterday we learnt new actions for the kapa haka song Aue te Aroha.

The prize giving is going to have a fab start.

Speeches

this week we have been planning and performing speeches. On Monday we had the best of the best year 5, 6, 7, and 8`s performing. Will and Molly performed for our class and Molly ended up winning out of the year sixes.

Nicholas

Toymation

Hi It`s Nicholas and I am going to tell you about the work we have recently been doing........ Toymation or clay mation without the clay. We have all done two except the people who were away. The first one we did was about the Nativity you could add in things like the annunciation and the visitation. I was in a group with Alex, Liam, Josh K, And Ben. We did an awesome one same with all the others they are cool!!!We all have different jobs and roles to do to make it all work. In my group Liam and Ben did the camera, Alex and Josh K moved the characters and I was the director. The second time we had to do one about Christmas with Santa. I was in a group with Brayden, Josh K, and Alex. We did one with Santa crashing and a boy helping him to recover. These toymations will hopefully be on the blog soon.

Nicholas

The Nativity

The Nativity Story created by children in Room 3. This video does not have narration. Narration will be added during the week.

Hope you enjoy.

Animation Claymation

For the whole of this week, we have been doing Claymation. The claymation has been based on the birth of Jesus, it features the animals, shephards and the 3 wise men and everyone who visited Mary and Joseph. When the King demands they travel back to were they lived before, Mary and joseph take a journey back to Narareth on a donkey to have Jesus. Once they are safe and secure in a stable they have Jesus in a Manger. And everybody is invited...

It has been really fun so far. We have been working hard in our groups by doing extra things at home and we hope you will enjoy them when they are finished.

By Molly and Xavier.

Swimming at Kings - Water Safety

Last week on Friday the Room 3 children learnt some water safety at King's Swim School. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and I enjoyed watching all their mishaps. The children have shown to be very good swimmers over the past week.

Lucy deep in thought at swimming.

Evelyn and the Boys playing a game at lunch time.

Talia and Olivia laughing. 

Who is this?

 Swimming

Swimming at King's Swim School

This week Room 3 started swimming at King's Swim School. We will be doing this for Week 5 and Week 6. We depart from school at 11am and begin swimming at 11:55am.

Some photos from the first two days...

Ripper Rugby

Today room 3 played ripper rugby, it was so much fun and guess what?

MR. A DROPPED THE BALL!! Ha Ha Ha!

The ball had to go to the other team sadly, there is a video.

However, Mr A scored two brilliant tries. He stepped the whole class and scored. One of the best tries I have ever seen, and I have seen many tries.

There was a red and a yellow team.

You have 2 straps ether red or yellow.

You tap the ball and run up and the defenders try to rip one of the straps off. Then they put it in the air and shout "rip."

If you are greedy the ball has to go to the other team.

Nobody likes greedy players.

Sadly no one won or lost, it was a draw.

The game ripper rugby is like touch rugby.

Mary's Magnificant

RE Activity

Molly's Poem

Marvelous Mammals lurking the land,

Snakes and seals marking the sand,

tigers and lions bellowing low,

Monkeys and parrots clipping thier toe!

Girraffes and pumas ruling the rocks,

birds and others flying with frocks!!!

Room 3 Narrative Writing

Big Bad Joe

There once was a hammerhead shark called Joe. He was a vegetarian. Joe has scars on his face from fighting over food. Joe has lived in the rough end of the sea and it was dreadful. Joe had seven fins and a very pointy nose and eyes bulging out of his head. Joe had 3000 teeth in seven rows.

In the weekend, in the deep end, Joe got a painful tooth ache. So he tried punching it out and it made it crack and hurt even more. His tooth ache hurt so much that he could not eat. He started to starve to death.

When Joe put food in his mouth to get a taste, his tooth fell out. He yelled, "Hooray!"

That night Joe went to a big party and scoffed his face with food and had fun at the same time.

By Alex

Off to the Beach

I was walking along the big, long, unpredictable beach. Everything was quiet today. The beach was usually packed with joyful souls.

I decided to go for a swim when I saw a shape coming towards me. I though it was seaweed so I did not panic and kept swimming. I felt a tug on my leg and got the feeling it was not seaweed. So I started to swim back. I felt it again then saw the shape. I needed to do something fast.

"Ahhhh," I screamed as I saw the shark. Chomp! It took a big bite out of my arm as I was trying to punch it on the nose. The blood started draining out of my body. I knew I was going to die…

By Alex

Killer Princess Tooth Ache

There once was a female shark, her name was The Killer Princess. Kiler Princess lives in the Pacific Ocean. Can you believe her skin was purple? Also her mother Anne was hot pink and light blue.

Suddenly a strike of lightning came, it was a thunderstorm. Everyone screamed. Killer Princess has never been in a storm before, by the look of it, everyone was scared so she went to her shark mother at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Killer Princess gets to the bottom and tells her mother that she is scared. Her mother goes to the top of the ocean and sees the thunderstorm, Killer Princess comes up too. Then suddenly a strike of lightning hit Killer Princess' tooth. "Ouch!" Killer Princess screamed. Anne rushed to the bottom of the ocean and gets a special type of coral that helps sore teeth. She brought it up to Killer Princess. The coral worked but there was still pain. So they put an ice pack on it. Killer Princess said her tooth was aching.

Anne kissed her daughter and said "All better now!"

By Lucy

Bruce has a Pain

Big bad Bruce was a vast predator of the ocean. Bruce had very few friends because of his furious attitude.

Another day dawned in the open ocean. Breakfast was coming soon for big bad Bruce. One fish gone, the next gone, he was going for three when suddenly he spotted a huge fish that zipped across his eye. Yum, thought Bruce. Bruce zoomed after the fish and banged his tooth on a rcok. "Ahooooo!" yelled Bruce in pain.

As soon as his friends heard that ferocious scream, they ran away. They ran away because they thought that he had a scheme to eat them because he was so hungry. Full of displeasure and distress he swam prodding this way and that. His friends thought he wanted to eat them but he had a toothache.

"Bruce," yelled one of his chums. "Hi Marcus," said Bruce. "We thought you wanted to eat us." "No" stuttered Bruce. "I just had a toothache."

By Nicholas

Larry's Toothache

One day there was a very friendly shark called Larry. He is a vegetarian who lives in the deep dark Pacific Ocean with he friends Gary, Bob, Sam and Harry who are fish. Larry does not want his friends to know that he is a vegetarian because he thinks they will tease him.

One day Larry woke up with a very sore tooth, he found something shiny on the sea floor. Larry looked in it and saw himself. He was shocked, but while he was looking he saw a red patch on his gum around one of his teeth.

Larry thought for a short time about what it could be. In the afternoon Larry met his friends at the Coral Café. Larry felt fine, his tooth was fine, so he started sneakily eating some seaweed while his friends were not looking, but suddenly his toothache came back. Larry was in a lot of pain, He started to fling his head and jaws around, and his friends and everybody there ran away. They thought he was going to eat them.

Once the pain had gone, Larry swam away sadly. His friends were all scared of him and had swum away. He thought to himself what could I do.

The next day Larry's friends came back to give him another change, but it happened again, his toothache came back. Over the next few days the same thing kept happening. One day when Larry was swimming all alone, he banged into a rock. Larry looked down and saw his tooth lying on the ground. Larry was so surprise he grabbed the but of mirror and saw that he had a big gap in his gum and that his gum was not red any more.

Larry swam to see his friends and told them what had happened from the start to the finish, and even that he was a vegetarian. They all lived happily in the deep blue sea together.

By Evelyn

 

The Kite's Tale

One day when the sun was beaming down and the wind was wild, there was a kite gliding gracefully and so peacefully.

An extremely ferocious storm came up and snapped the string. It flew up and broke in a tall tree.

It travelled to Egypt. It was a dry desert and the kite was hot and tired. The kite then travelled to the Colosseum and peeped in the windows and annoyed the people fighting. Then on to Mt Rushmore it sneaked in between the heads and through the swaying trees all the way home.

By Olivia

 

Bolt

One day there was a dragon who had black wings and razor sharp teeth. The dragon was abandoned and his name was Bolt. Bolt has no friends, but he had hay fever. His abandoned castle had vines growing up and old flowers dying everywhere and cracks through the castle.

Bolt has really bad hay fever. One day Bolt sneezed and a red fiery bolt came out and shot in to the wall. Bolt now really wanted to try and get rid of his hay fever. He has medicine for his hay fever. He took the medicine but it made him fell weird.

One day, he looked closely at the label on his medicine and it said "Only take if you have a rash." "Oh no!" said Bolt. "I've got the wrong medicine," said Bolt. Bolt went to the shop that day. At the counter they said "Sorry there is nothing we can do about it."

So that day Bolt went home feeling sick, with nothing to do except sneezing fiery bolts out of his nose.

By Will

Persuasive Speeches

The Main Elements to Writing a Persuasive SpeechThe main elements to writing a successful and effective persuasive speech are to convey your credibility as a speaker and your passion for the subject :


Credibility - Establish credibility by demonstrating expertise, evidence and knowledge of the subject - presenting facts, statistics or quotes together with any personal experiences to make the audience believe in what you are saying


Passion - Conveying the subject with enthusiasm, passion and conviction to appeal to the emotions of the audience


The Structure and Outline of a Persuasive Speech
What is a good structure, outline or good guidelines to writing a Persuasive speech?


Your Opener - the opening, ice-breaker or attention grabber


Introduction - Tell them what the speech is about and what your main points will be


Credibility - Establish your credibility by demonstrating expertise, evidence and knowledge of the subject - presenting facts, statistics or quotes together with any personal experiences to make the audience believe in what you are saying


Confirmation - Confirm and repeat the main arguments for the subject


Alternatives - Discuss the alternatives to strengthen your claim further


Conclusion - Try to 'Go out with a Bang' or end with a memorable punch line or positive statement

Gender Stereotypes

What do you think?

Topic: Positive 'Change'

This week we begun teaching our new topic for the term 'Positive Change'. This week an area that we begun to look at is Self-Worth. As a class we talked about what we learn from magazines and television. In the children's topic book they wrote their stengths and what makes them unique. Understanding our strengths and being able to acknowledge these can shape who we are and how we interact with one another.
The following commercial got the children asking questions about why do people change what they look like. I talked to the children about that even boys feel uncomfortable about taking their shirts of for kapa haka.

The following video shows why people can become uncomfortable with who they are and how media influences this.

A-Team Athletics Day

 Go Ben,  you can do it!

 Sophie helping pack up and posing for a photo.

Discus: Hit the teacher and you get a prize!

On Thursday the children in the A team and 9 year olds competed in the annual athletics day. On two occasions we had to postpone athletics day, but the third day was a charm. It was damp in the morning, however the sun shone in the afternoon and the ground dried up.

The children competed in sprints 50m, 60m, 80m and 100m. After the sprints were completed the children competed in the middle distance races - 9 and 10 year olds ran 1000m and 11years and older ran 1200m.

The field events the children competed in were long jump, high jump, shot put and discus.

Thank you to all the parents who helped and all the parents who came and supported the children. We appreciate all the help we get.\

The next step for the children who won in the field and track events are the South West Zone Athletics on Thursday 3rd November.

In the 10yr Girls Middle Distance Race  - Room 3 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Well Done!

The children in Room 3 attending the Zone Athletics are

Will                             Olivia

Isabella                       Alyssa

Molly                          Judith

Lachlan                       Lucy

Sophie

Well done Room 3 children

OLA Standing In Black

Kapa Haka 2011 - Term 3 Assembly

Nicholas's argument

I strongly disagree bikes should be ridden on the road because there are obstacles that are on the road that may not be on the footpath.

Firstly it is dangerous to ride on the road because bikes have no rear vision mirrors so they can not see what is behind them so cars will drive right behind the cyclist and when the biker turns the car will keep going and crash into the back wheel making the biker loose control.

Secondly there are lots of obstacles on the road and if you are in the bike lane there could be a cone so you carefully go round it but a car might not see you and crash into you making you fall onto the road and the car will probably not stop so you have got a pretty high chance of being run over.

My last reason is that if you are young you will go biking but you will have to go on the road. Young people will not know about road rules so adults will have to teach them.This is dangerous because little kids might go into the middle of the road without their parents knowing and get run over.

I strongly disagree that cyclists should ride on the road.

All bicycles must be ridden on the road

AGAINST:

I am firmly against cyclists biking on the road because if you fall off your bike on the road there is a 100% chance you will hit gravel where as if you are on the footpath there is a 60% chance that you will fall on the grass.

Firstly little kids should not be on the road because they are small and in a car you would not be able to see them. Their arms are also too little to see so that when they put it out the driver would not see them and head straight toward the poor kid while she is crossing the road. It would all end up with an ambulance, two worried and angry parents and a very sorry driver.

Secondly cars create more damage than a pedestrian also the earth-quakes have made some roads very hazardous and very dangerous for small children.

Lastly cars take much longer to brake than a bike does. That is why I think all bikes should be ridden on the footpath.

Sophie's Persuasive Argment!!!

Dear Mr Atherton

I strongly believe that it should be optional if a cyclist wants to risk their live by riding on these dangerous roads. I personally think that bikes shouldn’t have to ride on the road.

Firstly if a cyclist wants to indicate on the road they only have arms. But if a car wants to indicate then they have flashing lights that are clear and easy to see.

Secondly if a car is parked on the side of the road and the driver is ready to get out then as soon as they open the door a cyclist could come riding straight into the door. This would cause a lot of pain and wouldn’t happen on the footpath.

Finally busses, trucks and cars are designed for on the road but bikes are not. Some roads are not safe enough for cyclists to ride on. And if a cyclist is moving around and being distracting it could put the driver in the car off and the driver could lose control of the car. This would cause a lot of injuries and could kill incident people.

If this is too hard to move cyclists from the road to the footpath then why not create a path next to the footpath made for cyclists only. This would make everyone safe.

Yours sincerely,
Sophie Jordan O.L.A

Molly's Persuasive Argument!!!

Dear Mr. Atherton,
I am strongly against all bicycles being ridden on the road.

First of all, if a cyclist is on the road it can put a driver off and they can lose control of the car. They will distract them and the drivers putting the people in the car at risk.

Secondly, if the lights go red and a cyclist is already half-way through the road the will not have enough power and energy to push themselves across the road before the other lane of drivers have right to start driving and why should cars have to wait for a cyclist to pass?
Thirdly, Cyclists without any lights on the bike or fluoro gear on have more of a chance of being hit by a car or truck at night when it is dark so instead of stopping he will crash into the cyclist and knock him off his bicycle.

I hope you take time to think about my disagreement and consider making a lane for cyclists only for safety reasons,
Yours sincerely,

Molly Ryan McGinness O.L.A

Maori

THE DAYS OF THE WEEK IN MAORI-

Rahina- Monday

Ratu- Tuesday

Raapa- Wednesday

Rapare- Thursday

Ramere- Friday

Rahoroi- Saturday

Ratapu- Sunday

NUMBERS UP TO 10-


Tahi- one

Rua- two

Toru- three

Wha- four

Rima- five

Ono- six

Whetu- seven

Waru- eight

Iwa- nine

Tekau- ten

How to pick up a touch ball

What you need:

A rugby ball
A partner

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1. Run forwards to the ball and crouch down until one leg is fully bent.

Step 2. Make sure you have one foot infront of the other.{Also make sure it is comfortable and doesn't strain your legs.}

Step 3. Put your hands in a W position on the ball your head facing straight ahead.{Your hands are open.}Then separate them a little bit.

Step 4. Tighten your hands around the touch ball ready to pick it up.

Step 5. Straighten your legs and stand up ready to keep on playing.


Note: You stand over the ball when you pick it up.

Touch & Pass

Goal:
Touch & Pass

Requirments:
Pumped rugbyball
Large area
4 players
Cones for boundries

Method:

1. Player 1 go stand five metres away from player 2,3 and 4, you are the deffender.

2. Player 2 grab the ball at the long end, tap the ball then run up.

3.Player 1 touch the player with the ball.

4. Player 2 put the ball down and step over it.

5. Player 3 pick up the ball and pass it to player 4.

6. Do that method again.

Touch and pass

Goal: Touch & Pass

Requirements: Four People, Large Area, Rugby Ball

Step 1: Get into your large area.

Step 2: Get Player1 to run up and get touched on the chest by Player 2.

Step 3: Get Player 1 to bend down and roll the ball through their legs.

Step 4: Player 3 now needs to run over in a crouched position and then pick up the ball. They then pass the ball to Player 4.

Step 5: Player 4 needs to catch the ball and run forward and get touched by player 2.

Science

Over the past couple of weeks room 3, 4, and 5 have been switching classrooms for science. The first day room 3 made a circuit with two batteries, a battery holder, and two wires. The children had to be in partners, it was so much fun. The week after that they went to Miss McDonald's class, Miss Miles was in there though, and they put out fire without water or fire extinguishes, it was pretty amazing. They tipped the gas close to the candle without putting anything on the fire and it just blew out. All of the kids got a turn though, Miss Miles showed us how to do it at first and then they got it.

Kapa Haka at Manning.

Rugby world cup

For topic we are focusing on rugby world cup and the teams that participate in it. We are not allowed to do Australia or New Zealand so we do not know much about our countries we are studying. We have had to research lots and we have done fact files showing things like the population of the country and the area of the country for example Italy is 301,340 square kilometers, the area of water is 7,200 square kilometers, and the area of land is 294,140 square kilometers. I am doing Italy with Brayden.

Religous Education

For R.E we are making posters about famous people in the early church.Some examples are Lydia, Phoebe, Saint Stephen, Aquila and Priscilla [Aquila and Priscilla are married] there is Saint Paul and Saint Peter. Lydia is a purple dye maker and gives it to people who would like it. Phoebe is a missionary to her people. Saint Stephen was the first martyr, Aquila he is like a priest, Priscilla is a teacher, Peter and Paul are diciples of Jesus and Peter was the first pope.

Topic

For topic we are doing the Rugby World Cup we are in partners and are studying a country.My country is Russia you have to find out all sorts of things for example food, what there buildings look like, most common disasters, clothing, coins, capital city and other important information at the end you have to make a poster all about your country.My partner is Talia Wirepa, we have found out a lot of information. In Russia they have kopecks and rubles 100 kopecks is a ruble. They also have Father Frost instead of Santa, did you know Anna Pavlova pronounced Ana Pavlova who is a famous ballerina lived in Russia. Also there is over 660 museums in Russia. There are over 140 different languages in Russia.

Science Fair

On Thursday, the children shared their Science Investigations with the school community. In the morning we had many parents come and visit the children from the A team and from 11 o'clock the children from the M and J team came to explore science. I have already heard comments from the M team about what they will be doing for their science investigations.

Well done to all the children.

More Science Fair Projects

Science Fair: Complete

Farewell Miss Hawker

Over the past five weeks Room 3 has had the pleasure of having Miss Hawker in the class. Over the past three weeks she has taught the class.
On Firday the children hosted a shared lunch for Miss Hawker and she also received an ALLSTAR certificate at the school assembly. She was very embarassed.

We wish Miss Hawker all the best in her future studies. 
FAREWELL MISS HAWKER.

 Miss Hawker eating with the class.

The children are amazed how much food Miss Hawker can fit in her mouth.

Drama with Miss Hawker

This week was Miss Hawker's final week. The children were very busy with completing their science invesitgations. I was pleaseed with the effort all children had during the week and they were all determined to complete their work to a high standard. The focus the children had during the week was impressive.

When the children had some downtime, not much, they did some drama skills with Miss Hawker. The children showed that some could be winning an Oscar in the coming years and others will be comedians.

 Scene: Brad at the disco!

 Crazy Room 3

Olivia likes to laugh.

Sophie J- Science Fair

 Today in class Sophie J shared her Science Fair project as she will be away next week. She has had limited time to do her experiment, but she got it done. Well Done Sophie!

Cheapskates

Today, the children in Room 3 had a visit from Cheapskates allowing the children to expeirment and experience roller blading and skateboarding. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
I thought the children showed some determination in learning the skill of keeping on their feet and how to keep balance. But with anything, the children had some very good wipeouts. Well, good for me because I got photos for our end of year DVD. Fantastic!

 Olivia tries not to fall by holding Miss Hawker's back.

 Jed = Wrong rollerblades = different size and colours. Oops!

Miss Hawker gets payback.

Who pushed you Liam? Don't be scared you can tell the teacher.

Science Fair

Science Fair Update

The children should have:

• Identified a question and writen a purpose to why they are investigating this question.
• Looked on the web to research the subject and to make notes using their own words to place on their Science Board.
• After their research the children can predict what they think the answer will be to their question. (Hypothesis)
• Identify their experiement and write a procedure for this. (95% of the class had their procedures checked and have been asked to type this up)

What they need to do?

• Conduct their experiement.
• Record the results for their experiement.
• Purchase a Topic Board to display their work. (Able to purchase these from Paper Plus and Whitcoulls).
• Bring board to school next week.

How can I help?
I have told the children to type their work at home, however I have given some children class time to type up their work.
If you have your children typing their work at home, you can email me this work so I can print it off at school. Also this allows your child  time at school if they are needing to alter or add any work, after I check it.

Science Fair experiments and boards are completed and handed in on Friday 2nd Septemeber.

Writing Homework

BENS POEM

Magpies are cheeky.

We don't want them freaky.

We get angry.

So they take our money.

BY BEN.

Olivia’s Rap

Magpies like collecting coins…

watches. They have very sharp claws

(very sharp claws )

They like attacking people

(attacking people)

That's magpies

(magpies magpie's magpies)

BY OLIVIA

The Lesson

Ratings

characters: The characters are well developed and mentioned more than twice so I give 7 stars.

Story Structure: The story has a problem that is very satisfying and its a good to read because its understanding and very descriptive so I give 6 stars.

Language Features: The story has great language its understanding and descriptive. I could picture the whole story in my head like I was there. so I give 9 stars.

Theme: I like how the theme is payback it is very interesting and a great idea. I give 8 stars.

Snow Day - Monday

 Greta

 Bud

Jaz

Hope you all have kept warm today and have had time to enjoy the snow once again. I had a snowball fight and watched my dogs have a play in the snow. They enjoyed themselves and I enjoy throwing snowballs.

If you have not joined to the emergency text service of the school, just go the OLA website and the instructions are provided. Additionally, look at the OLA website if you are unsure about the weather and school. 

Snow

This is me and my sisters sitting in a snow igloo made with only snow and a crate. Too bad it didn`t get onto one news!!!!!!!

Feast Day: Monday 15th August

A reminder that tomorrow is the Feastday of Our Lady of the Assumption. We will be having Mass at 9:15. Chidren do not need sports gear tomorrow and the bell will ring at 8:55am for roll call and to prepare for the Mass.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE WEARING THE CORRECT SCHOOL GEAR. (especially shoes)

Assumption of Mary

On November 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith: “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory.” The pope proclaimed this dogma only after a broad consultation of bishops, theologians and laity. There were few dissenting voices. What the pope solemnly declared was already a common belief in the Catholic Church.


We find homilies on the Assumption going back to the sixth century. In following centuries the Eastern Churches held steadily to the doctrine, but some authors in the West were hesitant. However, by the 13th century there was universal agreement. The feast was celebrated under various names (Commemoration, Dormition, Passing, Assumption) from at least the fifth or sixth century.

Scripture does not give an account of Mary’s Assumption into heaven. Nevertheless, Revelation 12 speaks of a woman who is caught up in the battle between good and evil. Many see this woman as God’s people. Since Mary best embodies the people of both Old and New Testament, her Assumption can be seen as an exemplification of the woman’s victory.

Furthermore, in 1 Corinthians 15:20 Paul speaks of Christ’s resurrection as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Since Mary is closely associated with all the mysteries of Jesus’ life, it is not surprising that the Holy Spirit has led the Church to belief in Mary’s share in his glorification. So close was she to Jesus on earth, she must be with him body and soul in heaven.


http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1108

Science Fair

This week I have conferenced with some of the Room 3 children and we have talked about their science fair experiments. Most children have ideas about what they are going to do and the next step for them is to ensure they write down their procedure and hypothesis.

Exploring the Internet, I have found some great websites that wi help the chidren in their research and writing their procedure. An important aspect is do not copy word for word the procedure. Please use your own words to write your procedure, research and so forth.

Mould Bread Experiment
http://www.experiment-resources.com/mold-bread-experiment.html

Growing Bread Mould
http://www.sciencefairadventure.com/ProjectDetail.aspx?ProjectID=77

Mouldy Bread Experiment
http://www.sciencenerddepot.com/Moldy_Bread_Experiment.html

Paper Towel Experiment
http://www.experiment-resources.com/paper-towel-experiment.html

Experiments with Popcorn
http://www.experiment-resources.com/experiments-with-popcorn.html

Example
Purpose


To demonstrate that bread mold spores are present anywhere and everywhere
Research

Bread Mold is a simple fungus which derives its food from a variety of materials such as grains, fruits, vegetables or flesh. Mold spores are tiny and usually remain suspended in air. As soon as it finds the right environment for it to grow, the spores transform into the living fungus.

Hypothesis

"Mold grows quicker at higher temperatures."

Room 3 KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Molly's Reading

"Dangerous toys like bows, arrows and slingshots should be banned!?"

Agree... Disagree...

. Yes, I think that it should be for people . No because they could have

12+ for safty reasons. Supervision from an adult.

.They could cause serious damage or injure a .No because using toys like this

child, parent or grand-parent. can be part of peoples job and

career.

. People find them fun to use.

By M. Ryan-Mcginness

Science Fair Homework - Weekend 5th August

The children in Room 3 have been looking at questions that they can investigate for their science experiment. Today in class, the children wrote the purpose of why they would like to investigate their question.

The children for homework need to look for background information to help answer their question. In class we have been looking at the pH of soap. Our research taught us that the pH scale is from 1-14, with 7 being neutral. Numbers 1-6 was acidic and 8-14 was alkaline.

Background Research:

Background research is necessary so that you know how to design and understand your experiment. To make a background research plan -- a roadmap of the research questions you need to answer -- follow these steps:

 

Identify the keywords in the question for your science fair project. Brainstorm additional keywords and concepts.

 

Use a table with the "question words" (why, how, who, what, when, where) to generate research questions from your keywords. For example:

• What is the difference between a series and parallel circuit?
• When does a plant grow the most, during the day or night?
• Where is the focal point of a lens?
• Does a truss make a bridge stronger?
• Why are moths attracted to light?
• Which cleaning products kill the most bacteria?

Throw out irrelevant questions.

 

You should also plan to do background research on the history of similar experiments or inventions.

 

Network with other people with more experience than yourself: your mentors, parents, and teachers. Ask them: "What science concepts should I study to better understand my science fair project?" and "What area of science covers my project?" Better yet, ask even more specific questions.

 

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_scientific_method.shtml 

Steps of the Scientific Method

Ask a Question: The scientific method starts when you ask a question about something that you observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?
And, in order for the scientific method to answer the question it must be about something that you can measure, preferably with a number.

Do Background Research: Rather than starting from scratch in putting together a plan for answering your question, you want to be a savvy scientist using library and Internet research to help you find the best way to do things and insure that you don't repeat mistakes from the past.

Construct a Hypothesis: A hypothesis is an educated guess about how things work:
"If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."
You must state your hypothesis in a way that you can easily measure, and of course, your hypothesis should be constructed in a way to help you answer your original question.

Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment: Your experiment tests whether your hypothesis is true or false. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. You conduct a fair test by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other conditions the same.
You should also repeat your experiments several times to make sure that the first results weren't just an accident.

Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion: Once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and analyze them to see if your hypothesis is true or false.

Scientists often find that their hypothesis was false, and in such cases they will construct a new hypothesis starting the entire process of the scientific method over again. Even if they find that their hypothesis was true, they may want to test it again in a new way.

Communicate Your Results: To complete your science fair project you will communicate your results to others in a final report and/or a display board. Professional scientists do almost exactly the same thing by publishing their final report in a scientific journal or by presenting their results on a poster at a scientific meeting.

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_scientific_method.shtml

Roland Fish rises up

Reading

"We should feel sorry for bullies."

I agree with this statement because...

-They might have been through bulling themselves
-They might think that the person is a threat.

I disagree with this statement because...

-They've hurt you in some way so why should you feel sorry for them.

-Some bullies are also teachers pets and they make it seem like your in the wrong.

Term 3

Term 3
This term we have been learning all about science and methods. We have learnt how to write the Intructtions of "How to make a Sandwich" and "How to make a cup of tea." We are having a lot of fun. We have also learnt the meaning of pH and we will be doing some experiments with soap later in the term. Our question will be...
Q: What soap is least harmful to my skin?
Purpose: To find which soap is best for me.

Hypthesis: What do you think the pH's of soaps will be? Range?
You probably have no idea what I am talking about but the pH is: (Potenial of Hydrogen) A measure of the degree of the acidy or alkaline of a solution as measured as scale. Every liqoud you will see will have either adidic or basic traits. The combination of two Hydrogen atoms with one Oxygen atom forms the “miracle” substance of life on this planet – WATER. Water not only makes up 70% of the planet, it also makes up about 70% of the human body. A large majority of all we are physically is simply hydrogen and oxygen.


By M. Ryan-Mcginness

Having Fun in the Snow

Hope all the children in Room 3 and your families have had a great break. I hope you are all ready for the upcoming term.
the recent snow in Christchurch have been so much fun. My family and I did not make a snowman but we had many snow fights, which are a lot better. I hope you got outside and played in the snow. Even my dogs had fun playing in the snow and they got aded in to the snow fights.

Hope you and your families are all well and safe.

Mister A