How We Use The Sea

This term we have been looking at How we use the Sea and have had a lot of fun learning new things. For our quick writes we have been looking at different ideas to link in with this topic - and here are some of them for you to enjoy. 

What if we lived under the sea?

If we lived in the sea, we would all be fish and I would want to be a starfish. I would live with the other starfish in the sea. I really want a jellyfish for  a pet.

-       Viola

If we lived under the sea, I would be friends with the fish like a mermiad. I would go to a under water school. In there the games we could play would only be swimming. When I go home, sadly I would eat fish for dinner.

-       Gunn

If I lived under the sea, the front door would be made out of coral. In my house I would have cooked seaweed and what I would drink is jellyfish water. My bed would be able to play the sound of the sea. My bed would be made of rocks. Don’t worry – I would have a matress on top of the rocks. My tower would be made out of seaweed because seaweed is really strong.

-       Molly

If we lived under the sea we would have to have a massive air tank shop so we could survive. It would be awesome if I saw a baby Angler fish. It would guide me back to my amazing underwater house. I would have a pet stingray in a 10 metre by 10 metre tank. It would stay with me. The stingray’s name would be Bobby or Stingray.

-       Amy

If we lived under the sea it would be really freaky because you would see scary great white sharks. I would want to be in the midnight and twilight zones because it would be fun to have more space in the water and to have fun with the whales. But scary too.

-       Oliver

What if there was no sea?

If there was no sea I would be happy beause no one would drown and we wouldn’t have any tsunamis. But is we have no water, we can’t get water from the sea. We might have a massive city!

-       Evan

If there was no sea there would be no home for the fish and the other sea creatures. We couldn’t eat fish and shrimp and other things that live in the sea. The human’s could not go swimming, surfing and diving. Human’s could not get their daily water.

-       Shiv

What if we made the sea like a zoo and put creatures in certain places?

It would be cool and I would work there. There would be a gaint pool that fits all the sea creatures in the world. They would go in special cages and I would control a machine that has all food that the sea creatures like to eat. I would control the line that makes it move.

-       Maddox

Art Exhibit

Sunnybrae Normal School has had their Art Exhibit this week and today Room 17 got to go look at all the amazing art - and then take some time to reflect on all the work they have done. Here are some pictures and some reflections of some of the art we saw today - and some of the things we have been working on this year.

Room 17's Art Exhibit Display 

This week we had our school art exhibit. This year I enjoyed the sea collages because we used lots of materials. Something I found difficult was the sun flowers because it was hard to keep it neat. Something I want to try is the marble art because it sounds like fun. My favourite piece of art I saw was the Senior Syndicate cloaks because they put in a lot of work. 

- Smrithi 

Room 17 enjoying looking through the art

We especially liked looking at our buddy class's art!

 This week we had our school art exhibit. My favourite piece of art I saw was the goats that Rom 4 did because the fluff on the paper looked awesome. This year I enjoyed my folk art with Miss Oborn because I put lots of effort into mine and it looks cool. Something I found difficult was the Mona Lisa because I drew my picture really thin and paint is really gloopy. Something I want to try is the scarecrow that Room 14 did because it would be a good class activity. 

-Rose

We finally found our own art!

The Senior's Cloaks

This week we had our school art exhibit. My favourite piece of art I saw was my friend's sea art because he used lots of materials and did his best work. This year I enjoyed the sea art because it was fun making sea creatures with paper. Something I found difficult was the Mona Lisa art because it was hard painting the little parts. Something I want to try is to make the chicken that Room 2 made because it was colourful and it looked really cool. 

-Gunn

Some of our Calendar Art

Folk art with Miss Oborn 

This week we had our school art exhibit. My favourite piece of art I saw was the scarecrow because it looked cool and they put in lots of effort - They put hay in the scarecrow! This year I enjoyed the sunflowers because we drew the flowers and the flowerpot. Something I found difficult was the ant art because it was hard cutting the grass. Something I want to try is to make the scarecrow because it will be hard but we will learn to work together. 

-Shiv

Asking questions

Today we looked at being curious, asking questions and using what we already know to help us form new ideas.

We watched an amazing video about the size of our earth compared to the rest of the universe. It was mind blowing and while we played the movie, we had post it notes to write down questions we had. Have a watch and see what questions you might have!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eh5BpSnBBw

Dental Care

We has some special visitors in our classroom to end our Term 3. Some AUT dental students came in to teach about how to look after our teeth. We got to look at models and practise proper dental care and looks at food that are good and bad for our teeth. It was a very informative and fun morning.

MOTAT

As part of our Topic about Heroes, this week we got to go on our syndicate Trip to MOTAT!!!! 

We wish we could have taken you all. It was the most amazing day full of lots of information and fun. Enjoy reading some of our reflections about our trip! 

On Tuesday, our Syndicate went on a trip to MOTAT. Something I enjoyed was the trampoline because it was fun playing the game. Something interesting I saw was the picture projector because you could take a picture and put it on the big screen. 

- Harlen 

On Tuesday, our Syndicate went on a trip to MOTAT. Something I enjoyed was going on the tram because I liked looking at the birds and their babies. I saw a lot of birds. I could see very big birds and very small birds. I saw some swans and geese, starlings and black birds.

- Larry

On Tuesday, our Syndicate went on a trip to MOTAT. Something I enjoyed was the school because I liked the old things in the school. 

-Viola 

On Tuesday, our Syndicate went on a trip to MOTAT. Something I enjoyed was the bus ride because it was calm and MOTAT was crowded and loud. Something I found out was the sun is a giant star. A hero I learnt about was Edmund Hillary. He is a hero because he saved people in the mountains. 

- Gabby

On Tuesday, our Syndicate went on a trip to MOTAT. Something I enjoyed was going on the arcade because it was so fun and you shoot the enemies. Something interesting I saw was in the Sun place. Inside it had a telescope and when you press the blue button, it showed planets. A hero I learned about was Edmund Hillary and other interesting people. They are heroes because they make the world a better place. 

- Evan

Badminton

We had a special promotional session of badminton. Check out some of our photos - its trickier than it looks!!

Cross Country

Here are some pictures of our cross country practising. They did so well and it was fun seeing their progress.