Homework Challenge (Georgia A.)

Great presentation about dogs! The best animal in the world!!

Plant Poster (Sophie R and Georgia)

Plant Field Trip (Fran and Georgia)

Yesterday the middle school went on a field trip to Lincoln university and the people in our group were Henry, Elan, Regan, and William. Our group went to Plant And Food where  we met Neil, Charlotte, John and a French scientist. We learnt what a nanometer was and we saw some melted plastic get spun into nanometre widths.

After that we went for morning tea across the road from Lincoln high school and after we finished our morning tea we did a challenge where we had to fill out  a sheet with questions like (find the Maori names for three plants and find three plants that feed birds.) 

Next we went to see Trish at a field site. Trish showed us what good soil looks like and what disturbs the soil the most. When Trish had finished speaking about soil we got back on the bus and headed back to school. It was a great day for us.

Interview with Mark Todd (Georgia)

Springston Radio - Episode 2 - listen in for another great broadcast!

Kiwi is King (Georgia)

listen to ‘Georgia (Kiwiana Argument)’ on Audioboo

We're broadcasting - Springston Radio!

We're exploring the idea of radio broadcasting! A group of students from Room 5 has been helping Carol work out how to do this with iPads. We're working on our information skills, and our expression.

We're publishing our radio broadcasts on SoundCloud. We hope you enjoy our first effort!

Museum Trip (Georgia)

Last Friday we went to the Canterbury Museum. There were six people in our group including our helper Bobbie.
We left school at exactly 9:00am. When we got to the museum the air was crisp and as I got off the bus the wind started to drag all the warmth out of me. Other than that the weather was fine.

First we put our bags away and explored the Old Canterbury Museum on the first floor. It was amazing to see how much rubbish has been  generated over time. Once we had walked  through the Old street we walked to the tomb of the mummy. There was a four meter high scale on the wall next to the xray of the mummy. When he died he was still very short. In fact, I was only just shorter than him!

Next we learnt about Kiwiana and did a match up quiz on cards. We also visited the Paua house which was very interesting because of the paua shells on the walls. Finally, Anthony taught us some Maori myths and legends my favourite was the one about the pounamu.
It was a really fun day at the museum. I'd like to go again someday.

Kiwi Kid Poem (Georgia)

Riccarton Mall Postcard

Dear Mr T,

I am writing this post card to you from Riccarton Mall. I have been here since 1pm with my family.
The best thing is that there are many fancy pairs of shoes here that I like to look at. On the other hand, it is so busy we have hardly any space to walk around the shop!
I hope you are having a great holiday too.

Best wishes,
Georgia.