Akaroa Rock Pools

I founds lots of cicada shells. 

This is me at Akaroa with the seals. They were near the rock pools. 

If you learned here update...

This is a group filming for "if you learned here"

We are involved in a global collaboration project called, "If you learned here." We are currently making a movie about Worser Bay School to introduce ourselves to the other schools around the world. You can see the 2016 videos here: https://blog.seesaw.me/ifyoulearnedhere2016/

You can also see what schools have added to the padlets below:

Created with Padlet

Created with Padlet

Created with Padlet

Created with Padlet

Our seasons art

We are learning about change. We know that some tress change in the different seasons. Here is some of our seasons art: 

This is a tree that has snow, blossoms, red flowers and leaves falling when the seasons change.

One season is very close and that is autumn because it's the end of summer.

My painting shows fall, winter, spring and summer during the seasons.

Treasure Hunt

Today we did a treasure hunt in maths. We were learning about coordinates. To get the right coordinate you need to go down the corridor and up the stairs. 

We had a map of the school with coordinates on it. 

We had to find things on the map and write down the coordinates. For example, we had to write down the coordinates for Tautoru, a tree that we like and a flax plant. 

We also played some coordinate games on the computer (here is the link: 

https://sites.google.com/a/worserbay.school.nz/maths/coordinates)

By Talia and Violeta

Assembly 4th March 2016

Well done to our confident presenters


These guys got principal awards for being thinkers...


Autahi shared a poem about change:

Mahutonga shared some beach poems

Our students in Tautoru shared some things that they have found out in their inquiry about rock pools. 

Research about the rocky shore...

We have been learning about the rocky shore. We have searching on the computer for information about animals such as crabs, sea anemones, jellyfish and snails. You can look for yourself on this site:
https://sites.google.com/a/worserbay.school.nz/matarikiwbs/rock-pools-inquiry

By Gina and Lily S

Here are some things that we have found out:

Lily S: We found out that jellyfish have venom in their body. Jellyfish venom is one of the deadliest toxins on Earth.

Reuben Lachlan and Charlotte: Lion's maine is a type of Jellyfish. Their tentacles are longer than whales.

Dylan: Dolphins swim in circles to make traps to catch fish. A question is do all dolphins use the same method to catch dolphins? 

Liam: When jellyfish sting it goes to the outside of our skin. They can have a little harpoon on them to catch their victim. 

Ruby Emelia and Lily V: Fish use jellyfish as protection from their predators. They hide in their tentacles.

Angus: Jelly fish aren't fish. They don't have gills.

Cruz: Jellyfish and sea anemones are related. 

We video called this guy today...

He is in Canada at the moment. We are looking forward to his return very soon.