Mr Cuddles faces surgery

 Mr Cuddles underwent surgery before school on Tuesday in the Room 3 Operating Theatre.  We are happy to report that he has made a full and speedy recovery.

The medical team suspected infected neck tissue.

Better out than in!

Hannah C checks vital signs - everything AOK.

Ethan administered anaesthetic in bear size amounts.

Diseased cranial tissue had to be removed from a lesion in the brain.

Two days later, and Mr Cuddles had made a full recovery.

Pathologists examined the brain tissue to determine the cause of illness.

Polar Bear Club - Week 2

All the swimmers rated the temperature of the water after the second Polar Bear Club, and most people thought the water in the pool was warmer.

Celebration Night - the Choir

The choir sang beautifully at the opening of Celebration Night.

Cheeky Chicks chase children (no, not really!)

Lavendar, Rocket and Marjoram came to visit  us in Room 3.

Jacob showed us the correct way to pick and hold Lavendar.

Chicks felt warm and safe tucked underneath Josiah's arm!

Oh! Oh!  Chicks off the newspaper - could this cause a problem?

Our trip to Kelly Tarltons

Can this really be happening?

We were allowed to pick up the starfish in the rock pools.

Ethan researching sharks on the interactive screens.

The jellyfish gently floated towards the surface of the water.

Some of the penguins came to say hello!

Stingray Bay gave us an awesome view of the fish and stingrays underwater.

We could imagine what it would feel like  swimming underwater in the shark tunnel.

We measured up well against the sharks.

 

Wrist wrappers rock!

We sprayed the wrist wrappers gold and glued on tiny jewels.

We followed the instructions in School Journal 25 to make wrist wrappers.

Champion of Champions

Karissa and Ethan competed against schools all across Auckland to win awards in the Champion of Champions Gymnastic Competition on Thursday - congratulations!

Technology challenge

 

 

Mr Lomas tries out Jeffrey's catapult

Popstick catapults rule!

We visited Room 8 to see them raise flags using pulleys.

We used all sorts of materials, even chopsticks!

We checked out other designs during the Technology Challenge

Will the catapult power the pompoms over the river?

Cockle Bay book character parade

Everyone in Room 3 enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book character.

The book characters took to the playground.

May the Force Be With You

We learned about forces - a force is a pull

A force can be a push and a pull.

 A force can be a push.

PPPs

This is my mum at my PPP.  Her name is Jade.

Written by Ethan.

Winter Maths

Can you guess what number we skip counted up to?

We are learning to skip count in fives using gloves.  First we count up, then we count back - that's the hard part because you have to take your glove off very quickly as the class counts back to zero!

In the Classroom

Mrs Possum and Ethan took a selfie.

 

 

 

 

It was sensible to try out a possum fur hat after we had written our information reports about Possums.

Music

Reading the book, "The Impossible Bridge"

Ethan, Kate, Ganujan and Adan built this bridge.

Kaleb, Hannah T and Karissa built this bridge.

Chloe-Mae, Celia and Nisha made changes to their bridge design.

The Tiger reading group read the book, The Impossible Bridge, and then they followed the instructions in the book to make their own bridges using materials from around the classroom.