Soccer skills

On Thursday we had James Coleman come in and work with us on our soccer skills. We had so much fun. We had to control the ball close to our feet. That didn't work so well when we were trying to go really fast.

Girls race

Boys race

Science and STEAM

Last week Team Awa had lots of fun creating. With Miss Fletcher we made a Bug Hotel to attract all the good bugs to our school garden. We used bamboo, newspaper, pots, cardboard, string and straw to create places for the bugs to hide in. We made the hotel rooms in a pallet. Here are some pictures of us creating the Bug Hotel.

We also had fun doing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) activities. We got to choose what we wanted to create. Some of us invented our own insects, some of us created insects from nuts and bolts, some of us engineered like a spider and created webs and some got creative with the arts and craft materials.

Here are some photos of our creations.

Debugging Code

Today we had a lesson on Debugging Code with Tania.
First we read the story Unspotted Bugs. Then we worked our way through the templates on google slides to find the BUGS in the Code.   Then we created our own coding templates, adding BUGS to our algorithm. Once we had created it we got a friend or teacher to try it and find the bug or bugs.
Here are some photos of our Codes.

Science

In Team Awa we have been doing lots of Science with Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Clarke.

This term the theme is the Living World. We have been learning about plants, trees, seeds and growing. We have learnt how water and food travel in plants and trees. We have planted seeds and are seeing which ones grow best.

Here are some photos of what we have been doing.

Garden to Table Term 1

Check out our Garden to Table blog for our latest photos and recipes.

https://osgardentotable.blogspot.com/

Parent Evening Slide

Thanks to all the whanau who came along to our parent evening. 

Here is the slide we shared if you couldn't make it. 

Maths - Statistics

For the last 2 week we have been learning about Statistics for Maths. We have been collecting data in tally charts and displaying the information in bar and pictographs. 

Birthday Graph. July was a popular month for Team Awa babies to be born. 

 Our favourite bird. Nearly all children loved the Kiwi.

 Graph of our favourite Native Trees from around our school. 

 We investigated the colours of lollipops in a bag. 

Here is Maia's graph from her group. Each bag was very different.  

We counted the fruit trees in our orchard. Here is Emmanuel's tally chart and graph showing what we found. There were so many trees we had to count in 2's for this graph.