Goodluck year fives

Dear you year 5's.
Me and the rest of the year 6's of the class 2012 wish you all the very best and We hope you enjoy your new teachers. Remember to be kind and caring but most of all good leaders.
From Dannii and the rest of the Miro 13 year 6's

Let's Get Composting!

Today when X Man comes into our class we will be making compost.
Our homework last week was getting our things ready for composting. We brought things like milk bottles, paper, grass clippings, dead flowers, cardboard, hay, straw, food scraps, eggshells and other interesting things. This will help us to make compost. We didn't need to worry about the worms because X Man is bringing them to add to our compost.
We think that first we will put dirt into the milk bottles that we brought to school. Then we will put the nitrogen and carbon on top of the dirt and then we will put the worms in.
Or we could put the nitrogen and carbon in first and put the dirt on top!

We are not completely sure how we will make compost but we are really excited and looking forward to it!

Learning to Compost

What's stinky and smelly but good for our Eco System? The answer is COMPOST!
The X Man has been coming into our classroom this week to teach us about composting. He has taught us about what to put into our compost and what not to put in it. He also taught us about what is needed in order for things like food scraps to biodegrade. These things are heat, water, bugs and air. That is why food in landfills cannot decompose properly.
We are having a great time learning about these things and Mr X is awesome!

What other things have you learnt about composting?

GOLD MEDAL SIGHTING!

Last week at Tamahere School we were lucky enough to have two special visitors to our school. They were from the Olympic team that recently went to London to compete in the Olympic Games! Polly and Jo talked to us about their adventure and showed us thier gold medals!
We were so lucky, we even got to touch them!

What did you learn from our Olympic Athletes?

A Smashing Time!

We couldn't wait to get to T-Ball on Friday! As we hopped off the bus at Tauwhare School we were all bubbling with excitement to smash the ball. The school greeted us and then breifed us about the day. Our teams were called the Bashers and the Strikers and some of us went into other classes teams. Each team played 6 tough games and we all loved having to compete aainst other schools. It was another terrific T-Ball tournament.
Some of us are going to another tournament on Friday. Good luck!

What was your favourite part fo the day?

Earthquakes!

We have been learning lots about earthquakes this term! We have made models of the earth and found out all sorts of interesting things.

What are some of the things you have learnt already this term?

Absolutely Amazing Ag Day!

Wet, wet animals is what we saw at the start of the day. Puddles splashed over our animals as they were unloaded, we were in for a rough start! Just after the competitions had started the sun came out from behind the clouds. Yay! As the animals started to dry out we all started to have a bit more fun!
We paraded our animals, and made all sorts of Horticultural creations like; decorating cupcakes/biscuits, making vegetable animals, constructing scarecrows and styled some gumboots!
From wet, wet, wet to lots of fun, we all had a great day.

What was your favourite part of Ag day?