Room 13

A very wet start to Travel Wise Week

Today was a very wet day. It was also the start of Travelwise week. Ms Derhamy started a record of those who walk, scooter, bike and carpool to school and will be handing out certificates at the end of the week. We shared news of a very busy weekend in Auckland – the St Patrick’s Day parade, Volvo Ocean Race, Taylor Swift Concert and Round the Bays were all going on this past weekend. Some of us were in the thick of it.

Isaiah brought in a mysterious green bottle full of sticky icky goo and sticks poking out of it. He explained that the solution was a potent mixture of sugar, water and food colouring and that it was an experiment to grow sugar crystals. We will watch it over the next few days to see if the crystals grow any bigger. Perhaps it will grow as big as the ones in the picture below. Here is a link to grow your own sugar crystals.    

For writing we got up to know Mr Twit a little better. We brainstormed and shared adjectives to describe Mr Twit inside and out, and then analysed Roald Dahl’s description of Mr Twit.

We had a treat and did the Booster Box after morning tea. When we do the booster box everyone is given the name of another student in the class. After spending a couple of minutes thinking of what we appreciate about this other person we take turns describing them before saying who they are. This makes us all feel very special.

Our photographers for the last three school days have been Charlie, Georgia H, and Katie.

22/3 - Due to servers being moved and other technical difficulties the photographs were not able to be posted. The photographs can now be viewed in 'For the love of Adjectives' blog post.