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Olympics Inquiry Term 3

In our Olympics Inquiry we had to design and build a stadium as part of Technology and then find out some researched information about an athlete, sport, event, country or stadium to share with the class. We then displayed our work in the school library.

Olympics Disco

 Here's our latest student enrolment with her new teacher Mrs James.  Isn't she cute!

                                                            DJ - L L Cool Woodward

                                                         Totara students rocking it out!

                                              Thanks PTA mums for your great organisation.

                               It was a fun night with lots of fantastic Olympic events and prizes.

Reading

In Reading this term we are focusing on developing our comprehension skills using Bloom's Taxonomy.  Bloom's Taxonomy helps us understand the information we have read so that we can use and apply different thinking skills to solve problems such as helping endangered animals and caring for the environment.

We even have some friends from Matai joining us for reading this term.

And the winner is...

Congratulations to Tessa, Keely S and Chessie on your superbly designed and very stable lego bridge. Second place went to Barnaby and Taine.  Third place was Chantal, Marco, Jake and Finn and in a close race, 4th went to Georgia, Jazmyn and Keely C.  A fantastic effort by all the teams!

Rhys and Connor's Lego Bridge

We've built a suspension bridge.  A suspension bridge is good for cars travelling across and for going across rivers.  The large wire cables help keep the bridge stable so it doesn't collapse.  We've built a ramp so cars can easily travel up and down.  We've also attached a crane to our bridge to help out with crashes or fires.
By Rhys and Connor.

Lego Bridges

Great excitement in Pohutukawa this afternoon as we started to build our Lego Bridges.  Our bridges must hold 10 weights, be earthquake resistant, must be easily accessed by cars and other vehicles and must be creatively designed.  This activity proved to be a great test of our problem solving and cooperative skills.

Snow Fun!

Science Alive - Bridge Builders

John from Science Alive came to Pohutukawa today and got us to build and make a selection of bridges using K'Nex.  We had arch bridges, suspension bridges, draw bridges and swing bridges.

Wheels Day at St Patrick's

Today was very special because it was Wheels Day.  There was certainly a lot of excitement with scooters, bikes, rip sticks, skateboards and even remote controlled cars taking part.  What fun!