Miss McKeown's Learners: 2015

Monday 12 October 2015

Welcome back to Term 4

Hello Room 15 and welcome back to Term 4!

We have two new students in Room 15, Talia and Katana. We welcome them and are so excited to have you in our classroom at Clevedon School.

Last term on the last day of school we all took part in our annual Agricultural Day. In Room 15 we raised and looked after, Lambs, Calfs, Chickens, Pets and Plants. Here are some photos of us.

Flynn looking the part with his calf Skittles.

Evie with her cute bunny.

Alex, Isaac and Connie with their pets in the pet tent.

Maddie, Sienna and Timmy with their lambs.

Molly and her calf.

Joe and his calf.

Our new Inquiry topic:

Food production impacts humans and the environment

Key Questions:

What are the stages of food production from field to table? (function)
What impact do humans and the environment have on food production? (causation)
How do our food purchasing choices affect people and the environment? (connection/responsibility)

There will be lost of new and exciting learning taking place this term in Room 15, so watch this space and please check out all of the websites on our homework tab to support you and help you with your learning.

Miss Green

Monday 3 August 2015

Agricultural Mufti Day

Agricultural Mufti Day

On Friday the 31st of July our school had a gold coin fundraiser to collect some money for our Agricultural Day. Here are some photos of us dressed up as animals, we had such a fun day!!

Wednesday 29 July 2015

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 3

Welcome back Room 15 to.......Term 3! This term we have lots of new and exciting concepts to learn!

Our new Inquiry topic is: 'Events in the natural world impact on humans'.

Questions that we will looking at for this topic are:

What causes different natural events? (causation)
In what ways do natural events impact on humans? (causation)
How do people learn and recover from natural events? (reflection)

Here are some links you might to look at and read:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/floods.html

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/pictures/disasters.html

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/

WALT:

identify what a natural disaster is
identify different natural disasters
name natural disasters from NZs past - Geography athon
investigate how different natural disasters occur
use explicit vocabulary related to the disasters and their impacts

Tuesday 26 May 2015

Dancing with Mythology - Inquiry (What is Sound?)

Here are some pictures of us enjoying 'Dancing with Mythology' at the Manukau Vodafone Event Centre.

Life Education Caravan

Here are some photos from our Life Education Caravan visit!

Sunday 26 April 2015

Welcome back to Term 2 2015

Welcome back to Term 2

This Term we have so many exciting things to look forward too! This week we are visiting the Life Education Van and in a couple of weeks we will be going to a show called 'Dancing with Mythology'.

Last week we talked a lot about ANZAC and what it means to us. We decided to make a poppy wreath to show our respects and remember the loved ones who were lost in the war. Also two students from each classroom at Clevedon School carried a white cross in our ANZAC day parade near the memorial in Clevedon Village on Saturday the 25th April. Here are some photos below.

Below are some photographs of our 'Save the Planet' posters. These posters will be on display in the hall soon under the Pohutukawa team area. Some of them show our learning on the unit and some also show our action plans to help look after the environment.