Here is a preview of our work:
We have been working on some armchair art, inspired by Philip Clairmont. We started with a plain classroom chair and have transformed it! We explored the idea of personification and how we can show personification through our art. From there we designed armchair which have taken on a life of their own. We then used our art to write descriptive writing including personification imagery. Check out our work on our individual blog pages. We would also love any feedback! Here is a preview of our work: Here is the plain classroom armchair. Pretty boring really. This is the work we were inspired by: Scarred Couch by Philip Clairmont. Definitely more exciting than our classroom chair! And here is a slide show of our work.
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Sarah's snow day:WINTER DESCRIPTION I got myself ready to have a fabulous day outside with snow. My footsteps printed onto the clear, white snow making a path to nowhere. The view was amazing, with almost everything covered in snow. I got brave and grasped a handful of gelid snow. I thought the snow was going to be soft and smooth but the snow I felt was hard and icy. I was a bit depressed but it was better to play snow fights with. I laid down, trying my very best to make snow angels, but all of a sudden it started to snow. It was more like hailing since it hurt. I was shivering as the ice like snow covered most of my body. Since the hailing was non-stop I had to go back inside which was disappointing. I was looking forward for a nice hot chocolate at home to melt all my coldness away. Read Josh's winter writing:
I poke my head out from under my quilt and look outside my bedroom window. Snow covers my world like a blanket. “No school today” yells my little sister excitedly. She tries to pull my quilt off me but I hold onto it tightly knowing it is protecting me from the icy chill surrounding our house. Pulling like a terrier not letting go of its bone, this time she succeeds. She throws my coat, hat and scarf onto my bed and shouts “you’re coming with me”. I can’t refuse her this time and I lower my feet to the floor. I grab my trackies and fleece, coat, hat and scarf and rush after my eager little snow loving sister. Isabelle
Read Finn's winter sport story:
Jacob's snow day:As we got ready for bed the house buzzed with excitement. Mostly of what challenges we would face at the fun, sometimes freaky, Kidzone. As we slowly got into our cosy beds we thought about the activities we would do tomorrow. As we slowly drifted off to sleep we were so unaware of what we were going to wake up to.
“Wow,” as I looked out the frosty window my heart rose with both delight and sadness. “Snow day,” somebody yelled as we all looked through the large window. With layers of socks on our hands, we all scrambled out the sliding door into the cold white snow. “Oh no!!” my brother yelled as he remembered what was supposed to happen today. Slowly we all caught on. “No Kidzone for us then,” I said as I looked at the half submerged car tyres. Then it happened, slowly the next door neighbours came out of their house. “Snowball fight!!” screamed the boy. “You vs us.” Suddenly something happened that I didn’t like. My dad and uncle slowly walked over to us. World War Three began as I threw a snowball at my dad and it caught him flush in the chest. Snowballs were flying like machine gun bullets around my head. I wasn’t sure if I was going to get out of this alive. Last week, as part of our homework, Room 3 had to find a wintery photo of themselves and write a descriptive piece of writing with a limit of 200 words. Room 3 had to use google apps to present it. It has been lovely reading and viewing the different pieces. Here are some to share.
Continue to research the science behind your topic. Method: Plan and write your method for your investigation/experiment. Write down all the materials and equipment you will need. Write this as a list. Next, write your method. This involves step by step of how you are conducting your experiment. Remember the steps must be in order. Your method must be clear enough for someone else to pick your method and copy your experiment perfectly. Fair testing: Fair testing finds relationships between variables. A single variable is changed while keeping other variables the same. Identify what the variable (the one thing you are changing) and then observe or measure the change to your results. Example: for Crazy Canisters; we changed one variable, the amount of water used, but kept the amount of baking soda and tartaric acid the same. We then recorded the difference it made to our results. Fair testing also involves repeating the experiment 3 times (if possible). This allows for you to check if you can get the same results each time and prove the validity of your experiment. Record: What are your variables: Which variable are you changing? Why? Which variables are you keeping the same? Why? Great to see some of your snow day photos! I love the fun you are all having. I quite enjoyed watching the snow from the warmth of my house. Thanks for sharing. Research the science behind your topic:
Before you start testing it is important that you develop your background knowledge of your topic. This will come in handy when devising your aim and hypothesis. Collect information from a range of sources:
In your logbook devise some questions to ask an expert ( it may be easier to email your expert). Have your questions checked by me before interviewing or emailing. Once you have gathered your background information and performed your interview you can move to the next stage. Aim (Purpose) This details the problem you were trying to solve, even though this is probably obvious from your title, but it should also say why you thought this was a problem worth solving, and the benefits that might be obtained from solving the problem. Hypothesis: Hypothesis means "what do you expect to happen in your experiment?" Suppose your research question is, "what happens to seeds if I change the temperatures they are kept at before they are planted?" The hypothesis might be, "the higher the temperature that seeds are kept at, the quicker I expect them to sprout." It's important to word your hypothesis correctly. For example, don't say "higher temperatures are better for seeds." "Better cannot be measured. Decide on a hypothesis that can be proved in a measurable way. For example. "higher temperatures will make the seeds sprout faster."' It is perfectly fine for your experiment to disprove your hypothesis. If something happens during your experiment, the investigation doesn't need to be trashed. You just discovered something new and showed that what we expect is not always what we get. GLOSSARY email Mrs Garthwaite if you would like more words added to glossary
Aim: Statement telling the reader what you are trying to do/achieve. Hypothesis: Is a prediction/guess of what you think will happen BEFORE you do your experiment or investigation. Method: Is the list of instructions in order of how to do your experiment. Observation: Description in words and/or pictures of what happened during your experiment. Conclusion: Report your findings. Was your hypothesis correct? Why or why not…. Fair Test: A 'Fair Test' is an investigation or test of 2 or more experiments in which you only change ONE variable. Variable: Is a part of your experiment that is able to be changed. In a fair test you are only allowed to change ONE variable throughout the testing. |
AuthorHi, I am Anna Garthwaite, the teacher of Room 3. I have been a teacher for a few years now - since 1994! I have taught both here in NZ and overseas in England and Kuwait. I am married with 2 children, Ben and Harry. Archives
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