Friday 30 August 2013

Melted Crayon Art

We had an exciting time creating a class work of art for the Big Night Out art auction. We used a hot glue gun to glue crayons onto a canvas then used a hairdryer to melt the crayons down the canvas. We made flowers out of fabric and jewels to finish this colourful wax garden. Our favourite part was watching the crayons drip down the canvas.
 
 
 


 

Friday 9 August 2013

Science Experiments with Water

Every Wednesday afternoon we become junior scientists as we explore the way that water moves and changes. Watch our science experiment below and look at our diagrams we made to explain how the experiment worked.
 
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Thursday 8 August 2013

Te Ika a Maui

This term we will be learning about water as a part of our focus on "Treasuring our World". To begin our study we looked at the Maori story "The Fish of Maui". We learnt about how Maui caught the North Island of New Zealand on his waka. We retold these stories in our own words... Have a read below!