Term 3 doings

We have done many interesting things this term. Here are a few of the highlights.

Which doll?

Ms Finikin found a bag of old dolls at the Salvation Army store. She brought them to school to show us before they go in the library play box. We thought they were all a bit…..different. We wrote clues about the dolls so you can guess which we are describing.

My two blankets

We read a book called My Two Blankets http://www.randomhouse.co.nz/books/irena-kobald/my-two-blankets-9781921714764.aspx about a girl arriving in a new country with no help to settle in. We reflected on what helped us settle in to New Zealand.

Woops

We wanted a story from Ms Finikin in the vein of her Subie and Mooshie stories. Ms Finikin told us about the time she was 8 and accidentally dropped her baby cousin (sorry Andrew). Some of us had stories to share that were similar.

When we were sick

Ms Finikin was off school for two days with the ‘adult chicken pocks’. We got talking and wrote about when we were sick.

Space news letters

As well as doing lots of sharing about our lives and looking at freaky dolls, our main focus this term has been on space. We have learnt heaps. Here is our first news letter.

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Here is our second news letter

Space newsletter 2 outside

Space newsletter 2 inside

The world according to Glayce

One day Glayce drew a map of the world. He wanted to tell us about it. He also drew some symbols of New Zealand. He did a great job.

Solar system model

We got a solar system model from Scholastic Books. We put it together but the light didn’t go. It is a pretty cool model.

A letter from Scholastic

We wrote letters to Scholastic New Zealand telling them how cool their model was but how the light didn’t work. We finished them for homework. Meanwhile, Mahdia fixed the light. We were happy about the model working but then realised we had to rewrite our letters. We sent the letters off and were excited to receive a package from Scholastic New Zealand, until we realised we had to write a thank you letter. Unfortunately the batteries in the camera didn’t last, but here we are, looking at the letter. Scholastic sent us two very cool books about space as well.