This term the Year 3's have been designing a marble track that has a gap, a loop, a corner and is both steep and long for a technology challenge. The marble lands in the tin!
The Year 3's having been testing the strength of shapes needed to make a bridge. they are asking the question, "What is the strongest and most rigid shape to make a bridge out of?'
Deer jump bridge was built in the 16th century by villagers when they saw a deer try and jump across a river. The bridge was made out of stone and is an arch bridge. The deer jump bridge is in Macedonia and is above the Mala river. Elenski Skok is Macedonia’s deer jump bridge. By NS
By DS
This Term the Year 3 and 4's have been learning to stretch our sentences using describing words, nouns, verbs, and asking questions about a visual picture. See if you can work out what that picture was.
A man has fallen off a cliff and hurt himself. The Helicopter is rescuing the man. They pulled him up into the Helicopter on a stretcher and the injured person was taken to the Ambulance.
By L.H.
In Term 1 this year the Yr 3's have been learning about the language of Measurement.
The Year 3's having been testing the strength of shapes needed to make a bridge. they are asking the question, "What is the strongest and most rigid shape to make a bridge out of?'
Year 3 Ell learners
They have also been asking questions, using bridge vocabulary to find out about a bridge of their choice. Here is A.R's.
The Alam Bridge
The Alam bridge is made out of wood and iron. It is between Gilgit and Baltistan in Pakistan. It is a suspension bridge. It is a scary bridge and is very high above the river. It was built in 1978. Buses are not allowed to go fast on this bridge. They get told off if they go fast. Once part of the Alam bridge collapsed and a truck was stuck in the middle. The driver and his passenger had to jump off to save their lives. By AR
Cantilever bridge
It is the longest Cantilever bridge in China and it is in Chongqing. People walk on glass and look down under their feet. I want to go on the Cantilever bridge because I want to see how deep this bridge is. By A.Z.
Deer jump bridge was built in the 16th century by villagers when they saw a deer try and jump across a river. The bridge was made out of stone and is an arch bridge. The deer jump bridge is in Macedonia and is above the Mala river. Elenski Skok is Macedonia’s deer jump bridge. By NS
It’s a suspension bridge it is very long. The longest glass Bridge in China is 430 metres long and it goes across a deep Canyon in China’s Zhangjiajie National Park. 11 Engineers working 12 hours a day built the bridge. The Bridge used to be made out of wood but now the bottom is glass,25 times stronger than regular window glass. People have to be very brave to walk on the bridge. By HW
Bridges
This bridge is in Vietnam. When my family went somewhere we used the
Can Tho bridge in Da Nang. It goes across the Han river. I went
with my dad´s friend. Cars,people,and bikes cross the Song Han bridge.
They started to build the Can Tho bridge in 2004 and finished in 2008.
It is a Suspension bridge.
What is the biggest bridge in China?
This is the longest and the biggest bridge in China.This bridge is so long that it needs a lot of people to use it. This bridge goes across the Jiaozhou Bay and is five miles longer than the bridge between England and France. It is both a suspension and beam bridge. By RD
What is the biggest and longest and coolest glass bridge in the world?
My bridge is called the world's scariest bridge because it has glass on the bottom! It was completed in December 2015. The 430 metre long bridge cost $3.4million to build and is 300 metres above the ground. Itś connected to two mountain cliffs in the Avatar mountain. When they cross the bridge they have to be very brave. BY SW
Where is a very old bridge in New Zealand?
The Hamish Hay Bridge was built in 1864. It is in Christchurch, in the South Island. It was made out of cast iron and stone. It wasn’t damaged by the 2011 earthquake. It is an arch bridge. People and bikes use the bridge.
By DSThis Term the Year 3 and 4's have been learning to stretch our sentences using describing words, nouns, verbs, and asking questions about a visual picture. See if you can work out what that picture was.
The person was not looking so he crashed into the road barrier on the motorway. The firemen uses the hose to clean the glass on the road. The brave and strong firemen pulled the window out because then they could take the driver out of the car. The dangerous glass is on the road and the footpath. The firemen cut the car using the jaws of life. The firemen put the cones on the road so the other cars won’t do a crash again.
By A.
The road is dirty because there’s been too much rain, the earth and the soil have fallen down onto the motorway. Diggers are clearing the road, so the cars and the trucks can get past because if the cars drive on the dirt they might crash into the road barrier or they might make a traffic jam. Then the driver would have to go to the hospital.
By A.R.
The road is dirty because there’s been too much rain, the earth and the soil have fallen down onto the motorway. Diggers are clearing the road, so the cars and the trucks can get past because if the cars drive on the dirt they might crash into the road barrier or they might make a traffic jam. Then the driver would have to go to the hospital.
By A.R.
Brave firemen are spraying water on to a burning building. There is a firemen climbing up a long ladder. The car bumped into the road barrier and was broken into pieces. The Ambulance, firetruck and the Police came to see what had happened to the car.
By N.S.
The driver was not looking and crashed into the road barrier on the motorway.
The firemen sucks all the oil and petrol with his huge hose to make the road clear or clean. The brave firemen pulls the passenger out of the car because he might be hurt. Dangerous glass has spread all over the road. A passenger stayed until some firemen came running out of the fire engine.
E.L.
The driver was not looking so the car crashed into the road barrier on the motorway. The firemen uses the hose to clean the petrol and oil off the road. The brave and strong firemen gets the sad passenger out because he was injured. A firemen cuts the car with the Jaws of life. The firemen puts some cones on the road so that the cars don’t get close to the crashed car.
By B.W.
A man has fallen off a cliff and hurt himself. The Helicopter is rescuing the man. They pulled him up into the Helicopter on a stretcher and the injured person was taken to the Ambulance.
By L.H.
The driver crashed into the road barrier then the Ambulance, the police and the Fireman came. The driver was hurt because he crashed into the road barrier, then the Fireman came to take the driver to Hospital.
By S.R.
Strong police put the cones in the middle of the road so other drivers don’t crash. The driver was not looking and crashed into the road barrier. The fire men cleans all of the oil off the road. The brave fire men moved the driver out of the car because he was hurt. Dangerous glass spread all over the road. The injured driver had to get cut out of the car by the jaws of life.
By JK
In Term 1 this year the Yr 3's have been learning about the language of Measurement.
Here are some photos of the students using different equipment to measure and explaining why!
Also in Term 1 our Year 3 students did a 'Sleep over at school' Here are their poems to read!
What is Sleepover At School?
Sliding on the waterslide, slipping on the grass.
Folding paper into a Dolphin, origami is fun.
Building the biggest marshmallow Towers,eating your towers
Sleeping over at school,I finally don’t have to do my homework for 2 days
Dinnertime, eating yummy pizza.
That’s Sleeping over at school!
Hester
What is Sleepover At School?
Sliding down the slippery water slide, my togs are wet in the bubbly water
Folding paper into a speed boat, floating over the biggest waves
Building the talllest marshmallow tower, eating them all up
Sleeping over at school, reading a book by myself
Dinner time, eating pizza that’s a challenges.
That’s sleeping at school!
Ronald
What is sleepover at school?
I loved the water slide and I had to wait until it was my turn.
Now we had to make a marshmallow tower it was a marshmallow competition
Then at night we eat cheese pizza and vegetable pizza.
That’s sleepover at school!
Sidney
What is sleep over at school?
Sliding down the water slide, like a speeding cheetah.
Acting out in RURU block, kids guessing who we were
Colouring in a hungry hunting for food shark, blue and yellow.
Eating dinner,ate four pizza then felt a fat tummy.
Sleeping in the classroom, being quiet.
Having breakfast, delicious cereal
Making raincoats, it was fun.
That’s sleep over at school!
Christian
What is sleep over at school?
Sliding down the water slide, like a fast jet.
Coloring in a rainbow cockatoo, hiding in a leafy tree
Jumping over the table, down into a hole
Building a marshmallow tower, taller than everyone else’s
That’s sleepover at school.
Arya
What is sleep over at school ?
Sliding on the water slide, like a shark going 100 km an hour
Colouring in a black jetski, speeding away from a killer whale
Eating breakfast in the morning, feeling hungry
That’s sleeping over at school
Nikola
What is sleepover at school?
Sliding down the water slide like a fast leopard
Colouring in a rainbow cockatoo flying in the trees
Folding paper for origami, a heat, windmill, balloon and a boat
That’s sleepover at school!
Lihini
What is sleeping over at school?
Sliding down on the water slide, speeding very fast like a cheetah running 100 Km an hour
Colouring in green grass, hiding wriggling worms
That’s sleeping over at school !
Esther
In Term 4 our Year 4 Ell students have been learning about Ancient Egypt. Here are some of their slides.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-xFshsD3_TwgfBEOqytocrUy96DTOjiYU5zPwq-k644/edit?ts=565e0cfb#slide=id.p AD & EC
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15m2ErEpBeS1Jv8hGqFLA5W9DpGUIx_euxu1MH7MF0EQ/edit?ts=565e0cde#slide=id.p ML https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o-HhkbjnSx89B6BWIHejEf-ft0LnQQLwGa06IxweL2Y/edit?ts=565e0dfd#slide=id.p by JK
In Term 4 the Year 3's have been learning about Space. They watched Science videos, made notes and rewrote sentences in their own words.
How do Astronauts sleep in Space? By SN
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uh7i9SQNglg9yfjqqFTd1eFOmDMufgR2YcmgbzkLbQQ/edit?ts=5654e6a2#slide=id.p
How do Astronauts brush their teeth in Space? By YP
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nFYXaSnFvoNHYhCt5TnVZW43sM0Oz3oJxK4AC7HZURA/edit?ts=5654e6a5#slide=id.p
How do Astronauts wash their hair in Space? By MM
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_t81xMYcPS2JzsFeKje1u84b4iNybGn-4FhcVAg7Tl0/edit?ts=5654e6a4#slide=id.p
What happens to water in Space? by Oliver
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1btiXKL95rMmEN2pQe3jtR3YjQYL6LfQa2poPcSNyxkc/edit?ts=5654eb19#slide=id.p
What do Astronauts do if the y feel sick in Space? by JM
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mR6pS1pn_7Mzot4qIQPsdiT666Cdqiw77YJupXEDbgE/edit?ts=5654eb01#slide=id.p
What happens if Astronauts cry in Space? by SK
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Y3ZzxLBQKPIHfK7xXiykWiEev64LvGPiBCWzDRMOdOM/edit?ts=56561c37#slide=id.p
What do you do when you feel sick in space? by MH
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mR6pS1pn_7Mzot4qIQPsdiT666Cdqiw77YJupXEDbgE/edit?ts=56563363#slide=id.p
In Term 3 the Year 4 students have been learning about Takahe. They have taken a Virtual Field Trip to the Burwood Breeding Programme and Murchison Mountains to find out answers to questions they have about the Takahe.
1.Just born Takahe are 45g heavy and up to 75grams.
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2.Takahe parents can’t count their chicks
but they are good parents, they teach baby
chicks to catch things to eat. But
sometimes people take them away and put them back with a foster mother.
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3.In 2011 some people released Takahe chicks because they needed to learn how to catch food and live.
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4.People started to release them in 2011
because they could live better like this
by themselves.
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5.Takahe chicks hatch in 30 days. When they are hatching people put a torch light under the blanket to see what’s going on inside. Next if they are between 7 to 31 days and they still don’t hatch that is so sad because they have died!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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6.In 2011 they stopped man feeding them and let them go wild to learn how to find food.
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By Edmond
1.Baby takahe chicks are born 45g or they can be up to 70g.
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2. Good Takahe parents can’t count their chicks so the people take the chicks and put them in with another mother.
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3.In 2011 they stopped the breeding programme of chicks because mum and dad takahe can do better.
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4.70% of chicks survived the breeding programme while 30% of chicks died.
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5.Rangers put the egg in a dark room and shine a torch on it to see if it is developing.
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6.Baby Takahe chicks can tell a Takahe parent sound.
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By Matthew
Baby takahe chicks are 45 grams when they are born or 70 grams.
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Takahe are good parents but can’t count their chicks so rangers take chicks to a foster mother and she feeds it.
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In 2011 they stopped rearing chicks at Burwood Bush because their mother and father do better.
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70% of Takahe survive the breeding programme.
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Rangers play recordings of wild birds to takahe chicks so that they know what a mother sounds like.
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By Justin
Year 3 students have been working on the structure of their written sentences.
A five w's poem is a five-line non rhyming poem designed to answer the following questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
The storm
creates a tornado
from 2 pm to 5 pm
at the rocky cliffs
extremely windy.
Isaac's 5 W Poem
The ship
Roughly moving
8 pm on a scary, stormy night
Sailing to the lighthouse
Man going to work
Crafted by M.L.
5W Poem created by S. X, Rm19
This term the Year 3's had a Sleep over at school experience. They wanted to write a letter to their teacher telling her about their favourite activity and use the Chromebooks to share their letter.
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Pinehill School
Hugh Green Drive
Browns Bay
Dear Miss Hillier,
The waterside was so awesome because the bubbles were really slippery and so fast.
The people were going really fast on the waterslide. When it was my turn I was scared.
From Y.
Monday 23 March 2015
Pinehill school
Hugh Green Drive
Browns Bay.
Dear Miss Hillier,
The waterslide was crazy because people went bumping into other people. I saw people running and jumping onto the waterslide. On the waterslide everything was fun but I had to be careful. The water was yucky because it was soapy.
From R.
Wow! This writing is awesome. I love to hear about what people enjoyed at S.A.S. Keep up the good work!!
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