Weather Topic

As part of our Weather unit we have been researching and learning about Weather Vanes.

We have worked in a group, discussing what materials would be the best to use and designing a weather vane for MPS.

We had to draw our plan and then use a flow diagram to explain the steps we would take to make it.

We are hoping to make these next term to put around our school.

Here are some photos of us working together.

Barrhill & Coleridge's Fun Day

Due to all the hard work that we have done over the last term Miss Walker and Miss Ish decided that we could have a fun day in Coleridge, along with a shared lunch.  We brainstormed all the ideas on what our day would look like and then voted on the activity that we wanted to do most.

The three top ideas were
1. Wacky hair and PJ Day
2. Baking
3. Movie & Popcorn

In the morning we made some chocolate and 100s and 1000s marshmellow sticks and mint truffles.  These were yummy.  Then we did some art and we watched a movie - Robots.  We also played a game outside in the afternoon.

Our shared lunch was amazing, we had LOTS and LOTS of food.  Miss Ish and Miss Walker didn't think we would eat it all, but guess what, WE DID!!

We had a great day!!  Here are some photos of us in our PJs and wacky hair.

Monster Symmetry

Wow I feel like I have spent a lot of time today putting on photos of all that we have been doing.  We have been very busy Barrhill.

Below are the photos of our Monster Symmetry.  We had to paint our names on one side of a page, fold it in half and push down hard.   When we opened it up, our name was on both sides.

We then made our names into monsters.  Come and have a look in Miss Ish's office to have a close look.

Wind Storm

The wind storm came at quite an appropriate time with our learning in Barrhill (even though I wasn't that keen on it).  We had lots of conversations about weather, what caused it and the damage that it did for our families and school (big tree falling down).  Did anyone see us on TV One News on Wednesday??

We went for a quick walk around Methven on Wednesday, looking at the damage that had occurred.  When we got back to class, we used the Black (Negative), Yellow (positive) and Red (Feelings) hats to discuss the storm.  Lots of ideas came out for each of these.

Below are some photos we took of the damage occurred around town and school.

Big tree at school that fell over!

Another tree in Methven fallen over, blocking the pathway!

Part of Miss Ish's fence that was broken!!

Branch hanging down!

Another fence twisted and bent!

Part of fence broken off.

Plants all on a lean thanks to the wind!

Roots of the big tree at school!

Broken sick bay window at school!

Smaller tree fallen over at school!

Samantha brought to school a photo of the tree that had fallen over at her home.
Wow its huge!!!!!!!

Pictures of Calendar Art

Here are the pictures, enjoy looking at them.
Well done Barrhill children you have done a fantastic job, you should be very proud.
Calendar orders need to be in by Friday 25th October, 2013.
Calendars - $12          Cards (8 in pack)  - $12.50               Diary - $16

Calendar Art

Our calendar art is up in our corridor by our classroom for you all to come and view at your leisure.  Please if you have time come and have a look, the children have produced some amazing art that you can buy as a calendar, cards or diary.

I will post detail and photos tomorrow of it for those who can not make it in to view.  Order forms will be coming home tomorrow and are due back on Friday 25th (Week 2, Term 4).

Cricket Session

This week on Wednesday we had a cricket session with Dan. We learnt how to hold a bat and hit the ball hard.

We played two games, one was to run and try to grab a ball first. The second was to have three turns each in teams at hitting the ball and getting either 1, 2 or 4 runs (depending how far the ball went). We had to add our scores together as a team to see which team won.

Below are some photos and videos of our session. We had lots of fun!!!

Ski Photos

Thank you to Mrs Watson for the following photos of our ski trips. If anyone else has any please send them in so I can put up for all to enjoy.

We had two great days up Mt Hutt and it was great seeing how far the children have come.
Thank you to all the parent helps, without you it would not be possible.

Miss Ish