Character Descriptions

Last week in Room 3 we wrote a character description about a good friend.  We described what they looked like, in detail, what they liked to do and their favourite things. Here are a few pieces of writing.

Rishmikaa
My sister's name is Kharsha and her favourite colour is purple. She is my friend and I love her. She is my best friend and she loves me. We play kitties on Saturday and Sunday. My sister's favourite sweets are toffees and lollipops and she is four years old. Her favourite fruit are apples and her favourite game is paper, scissors, rock.

Carissa
My friend is Elia and she has brown hair. I love playing with Elia. Elia's favourite sweet is lollipops and Elia is five. Elia likes to play basketball.

Po'oi
Xavier P is nice and cool. He is a nice guy and helpful. He's always good and helpful. He spikes his hair up. He sits nicely on the floor. Coca-Cola sour strips and cold apples are his favourite food.

Science - What's the Matter?

This term our science topic is What's the Matter? - From One State to Another
We have been focussing on the following vocabulary - solid, liquid, gas, freeze, melt, evaporate, boil and heat.
We have been conducting experiments using ice and water. Also we mixed different solids with a variety of liquids and observed what happened. We were looking to see if the solids dissolved or not.
Last week we looked at popcorn and what happens when heat is added to the solid.
This is what we found out:
Popcorn kernels are a solid that contain starch and moisture.
When you heat the kernels, a change of state occurs which is a physical change. The popping of corn is actually a small explosion, which occurs when the pressure inside the popcorn kernel gets to great, from the heat and explodes. The popcorn is still a solid, but it has changed form.
Here are a few photos from our experiment.  We also got to eat the popcorn at the end!!!!

Book Week 2015

Last week was Book Week at Good Shepherd School. We had a fantastic week in Room 3 and really enjoyed all the reading and book related activities. We loved the performance called Worlds Apart and visiting the bookfair. In our classroom we read a lot of books about castles, dragons, knights and princesses!!! Mrs McLeod loved hearing about all the favourite books that children brought in from home. In Room 3 we loved the mystery book box!!!! Check out the photos from the character parade from Friday. Can you guess who the children are dressed up as?

Samoan Language Week

Last week we celebrated Samoan Language Week in Room 3. In our classroom we have Matila, Annika, Rosa and Xavier T, who are our experts and leaders in everything Samoan!!!

We were lucky enough to have Xavier and Annika’s mum come into Room 3 and teach us all about Samoan culture, food and language. We even got to taste some yummy treats, including banana chips and coconut bread!!!!

Seleta, Xavier’s mum, taught us the sign of the cross in Samoan and a food blessing that they use in their family. She also showed us a kava bowl and a tapa cloth, from Samoa.

Sign of the Cross: (Practise this at home)

I le Suafa o le Tama

Ma le Alo

Ma le Agaga Pa'ia

Amene

Food Blessing:

Fa'afetai Iesu

Foai mai meai

Tausi ai matou le fanau

Amene

In class, we practiced counting to ten in Samoan and we learnt some greetings as well. We also learnt a sasa dance!!!!

Here is Seleta talking to the class: