Greek Houses

Libby and Zoe found out about Greek Houses for their inquiry.

Archimedes

Sam and Ashley have been investigating about Archimedes for their inquiry. Try Sam's Quiz below to test your knowledge about Archimedes.

Ancient Greek Government Discussion

Bryn and John have been investigating Ancient Greek Government and Discusion for Inquiry.

Greek Army

Ben and James investigated the Greek Army for their inquiry.

Ancient Greek Olympics

For our inquiry we investigated the Ancient Greek Olympics

Ancient Greek Toys and Games

Here is the model horse I made for our inquiry.

Zarah and Claudia's Agora

For our inquiry we investigated the Greek market called the Agora.

Heather's Homework

I had to design a shield or make a helmet. I enjoyed making the helmet.

Encouraging our birds!

Claudia, Heather and Fran have been busy with their inquiry this term. They have made this video to show what they have done to make a difference to the birds that live outside our classroom windows. 


The girls want to attract more birds to this area. They have visited an expert to get ideas of what sorts of things need to be planted to encourage the birds to move in. They have some plants and now they are going to finish clearing the area and plant the new plants under the tree canopy.

Bryn's Bird Feeder Design

Bryn has designed and drawn a bird-feeder that has special features to protect birds. Here are his designs, and you can listen to Bryn as he explains the different parts.

listen to ‘Bryn's Bird Feeder Design’ on Audioboo

Ideas for our Inquiry

Take a look at Room 9 Einsteins Blog and their Go! Animate about World Environment Day.
Could we use this idea in our inquiry?

Zoe's Homework

This is the Ruru owl's habitat. The ruru owl lives in New Zealands Native bush. I made this for homework out of a weetbix box.

Animal Adaptations

Watch this youtube video about adaptation before you start creating your animal

Sam's Sundial

Longfin Eel

Listen to this fotobabble from Claudia and Heather about the eel we released on the beach at Taumutu.

Longfin Eel

Yesterday we had our field trip to Lake Ellesmere and we got to met Clem who showed us a longfin eel. Here are Ben and Josh telling you a some of the things they found out about eels.

 

Wetlands

On Tuesday we are on our field trip to Coes Ford and Lake Waihora. What do you think we will see?

Here is an interesting interactive about wetland areas. Click here  to try the interactive.

The Lorax

Have a look at the activities for The Lorax on this website.

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Animal Adaptations

Try this activity to see if you know how these animals have adapted - click on here to play

Blue Duck

Sophie is using this NIE Poster to help her find information about the Blue Duck for her report. She has found out one reason why the Blue Duck is endangered.