Our Thoughts On Term Four

This term I leant to be nice to people and share.
My goal for next year is being nice to my friends.
This term I am learning about writing and reading and handwriting
This term I learnt that writing is important.
This term I learned how to listen to a teacher and do as I have been asked to do.
Next year I want to try making a CD by myself.
I will try to cooperate with the class.
This term I learned how to make a t-shirt.
Next year I want to do swimming.
Next year I’m going to not talk.
This term I learnt about recycling. Next year I’m going to be better at maths.
Next year I would like to work sensibly.

Recycle Blog

Check out our sub-blog. One of our groups is publishing their own blog to report the findings from their inquiry. Use the link on the right to view. Keep an eye out for further groups publishing their work. We are doing animations, waiata, billboards, t-shirts and dance.

This term we are looking at recycling.This is what I know so far…

We can recycle glass and cars. Remember to put the right rubbish in the right bin.

You can recycle cars and paper. And you can recycle glass and food scraps.

I know how to recycle cars. We can use paper again.

That I can reuse things and turn wood into boats.

You can recycle paper that as been used.

So the world doesn’t get dirtier.

You can recycle milk cartons.

Recycling is good for the world. You can recycle paper, glass, plastic.

Paper Pulp Construction

We made paper pulp bowls. We ripped up the egg cartons. We put boiling water in it. We put the cartons in the blender. It's made into a pulp. We put it on the window sill to dry. We have to wait until 7 days.

Term Four

Kia ora and welcome back. We are well into the first week of term four and enjoying the warmer weather. We have adopted a virtual pet monkey named Maki. Our focus for inquiry over the next few weeks is recycling. I am excited and looking forward to where our investigations may lead. Check out some of the links on the right. These are a few of the fascinating sites around.

Our reflections on term three

Today we had a think about the term and what we had learned. We also thought about what our goals could be for next term. Here are a selection of the responses.

This term…
I really enjoyed Maths.
I did my cat really well.
I need to start spelling out my words next term.

This term …
I Really Enjoyed art.
I did writing really well.
I need to work on my handwriting next term.

This term…
I really enjoyed school.The best thing was playing games in the classroom..
I did my cat poem really well.
I need to think about my manners next term.

This term…
I really enjoy the work that I do at school.
I did my cats paper mache really well.
I need to think about treating people nicely.

This term
I really enjoyed doing art.
I did collage really well.
I need to work on my manners next term.

This term. . .
I really enjoyed maths.
I did art really well.
I need to work with other people better next term.

This term….
I really enjoyed paper Mache and our collage work.
I think I did my inquiry work really well.
Next term I need to keep up.

This term…
I really enjoyed maths.
I did art really well.
I need to try next term

This term…
I really enjoyed doing paper mache.
I did collage really well.
Next term I need to work on thinking, working, harder and keeping up with everyone.

Silage

We left it for half a week. We looked at it today. It looks like mould. It tastes like gas and it looks dry. When it is wet it sticks to your fingers. It looks like it is glued together. It is warm.

Silage

We are making silage. Mr Whetton gave us grass to research about silage. We put the grass in a bucket. We will make it into silage. We've been feeling and smelling it. It smelled like rotten eggs and cabbage. It looks wet and it looks yuck but it’s dry and prickly and sticky and it’s green and has leaves in it.

Group Three - Cows and Their Calves

We are looking at calves and their mothers. Our question is “How do calves know their Mum and dad?” We looked in the internet to find answers. It did not work very well. There were heaps of pictures on there. Mr Johnston brought some books. We found out some stuff about how they know their Mum. We found out that when they lick them they can taste it. Cows know the smell of their calves. We are writing information. But the books have pictures too.

Making Cheese

Yesterday we made cottage cheese. We put milk in first then we put it on the stove. Then we put some rennet in. It turned into curds and whey. We strained it through a special bag and then we put it in the fridge. Today we are going to eat it. It was fun.

Group Two - Silage Questions

We are asking questions about silage. We know it is made from grass. We emailed a farmer. The farmer was Mr Johnston's brother.

Group One - How do you make cheese

We are trying to find how to make cheese.

We have looked at books. We have been on the internet to look at cheese. Next week we are going to make cheese.

Our Inquiry

For term Three we have investigated the farm for how we get our milk. We went to Mr Cave’s farm. On the way we saw baby lambs. We saw the cows being milked and we were able to pat the calves and see the calves being feed. There was a pen of sick calves.
On the farm we saw big bulls. We went for a ride on the tractor and trailer. We saw Castlecliff beach from the farm. A cattle truck arrived with cows that were in-calf.
Mr Wingate brought his milk truck for us to look at. We got to look inside the cab of his truck and around the truck and trailer. He talked us about the milk going in and out. It goes into the truck slow and comes out fast at the factory.


We went to go to see the tanker. It had 28 wheels. The milk goes fast. We saw Castlecliff beach. We feed the calves. We got to ride on the trailer. We got to run down the hills. Then we went to the supermarket Woolworths. We were given a donut and a sausage. We saw a sheeps heart . There were rolls of stickers. Chocolate cake with sprinkles on it. We went to see the milk, butter and cheese. We had to wear hats in the butchery and the bakery.

Dairy Farms

This third term we are studying dairy farms. We have been to visit a local farm which was a fantastic morning out. The following week a milk tanker from Fonterra came to visit us at the school.

Hangi

For our second term inquiry we looked at heat. After some discussion we decided to explore heat transfer by putting down a hangi to celebrate Matariki. The day was fantastic and we all enjoyed the tasty kai.

Our first inquiry this year looked at our school community and the people who make it function. We learnt a lot about the different jobs that the people in our school do. We also learnt about useful questions.

Our Inquiry

Welcome to Room Twelve's inquiry page.
We will be posting updates of our investigations here.
Please feel free to read and comment on what we have done and our findings.