Ambury Farm

On Wednesday the 26th of June we visited Ambury Farm to learn about farming in New Zealand. Ambury Farm Park is a regional park that is open to the public.  It's a great place to visit.  You can find more information about the park if you click here.
The photos that make up this video can be found on our school website, where they can be downloaded individually – click here.

Rosie's World

This afternoon we checked out Rosie's World. We found out –

1. Rosie is a dairy cow - she gives us milk
2. Cows eat lots of grass each day
3. There are 1,000 different types of cow in the world
4. Jersey cows are brown, are smaller than other cows and produce the best milk
5. Cows have four stomachs
6. Milking machines get the milk from the cow's udder so we can drink it
7. The milk from the cows are collected by milk tankers and is taken to the dairy factory
8. At the dairy factory milk is made into lots of different things - flavoured milk, cheese and butter
9. There is a very clever robotic system on some farms that helps the farmer with the work on the farm
10. Grass comes up from the cow's stomach into it's mouth and it chews it again for a minute because grass is very hard to digest
11. Cows get scared of big things, like trucks
12. Cows eat 70 kilograms of grass a day
13. Milk gets pasteurized to remove bacteria - heated to 72 degrees Celsius and cooled to 3 degrees Celsius

Making Butter

Making Butter from SPS Superstars on Vimeo.

Cycle West

We had lots of fun and learnt heaps about riding our bikes.  Many of us got our trainer wheels off and now we are experts!


Cycle West from SPS Superstars on Vimeo.
You can view and print individual photos from our webpage here.
For more information about Cycle West click here - I would recommend them for your children and school.

June Calendar

Learn Your Doubles

Mystery Reader

Today we welcomed our third mystery reader into Room 9.  We had some clues to help us discover who it was going to be.
~ My favourite colour is red.
~ I come from a family with seven children.
~ I am tall and I like to exercise.
~ I enjoy dancing.
~ I like to read.

There were a number of children who thought they could guess, but no one did!
Who could it be?

Thanks Tekweni for reading See You Later Alligator by Rina A. Foti.  We enjoyed reading, snap, snap, snappity-snap when it came up in the book.

Bike West – 27th to 31st May

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Each day next week (27^th – 31^st May) Room 9 will be working with Bike West.  Children will be learning and practising bike skills.  Please allow your child to bring their bike and helmet as often as possible.  We will be using the courts or the hall if wet.  Our sessions are usually in the afternoon (1:30 – 2:30) except for Tuesday (9:30-10:30).

On Tuesday afternoon Karekare is hosting the School Assembly from approx. 2:15–2:45.

Regards

Glenys Holt 

Spare bikes and helmets will be available if your child can not bring one.
Happy to store bikes at school if they can't go home each night.

Rebekah's Mother's Day Card

1. First I drew me and my mummy and then I drew my imagination.
2. I coloured them in.  It took me about two or three days.
3. I got my ruler and my pencil and three colours.  I used my ruler with my blue colouring vivid.  I used my pencil to write my words.  Then I traced my words with my red and green vivids.
   Then I rubbed the pencil work out.
4. I drew a picture of a girl.
5. I folded it in half and my mummy loved it.

Cooking Up a Storm

As part of his home learning Milind has been cooking meals for his family.  He has made burgers, pizza and a yummy breakfast.

Fish finger burger with tartare sauce and a side of chips.

Piza with the works!

Cooking breakfast means getting up early!