PIAKO RUA'S ASSEMBLY

Today the fabulous kids in Piako Rua hosted Assembly.  Our teachers said we did such a great job.  We had a special guest come today too.  You'll never guess who it was!

The Lorax!!!

The assembly was such a great way to share our learning with our families and our school.  We enjoyed singing our songs too.

Check out the cool photos of us...

WET LUNCHTIME FUN

Today was a wet lunch time.  Mr Pike spied these two clever cookies making their own bird feeder and they had even made their very own REFLECT organiser to check if it was a great bird feeder. What super team work and creative thinking.  Well done girls!

BIRD FEEDER DAY!

Hooray ... On Friday we got to make out bird feeders.  We had a great time working in our groups off our plan.  We had to try and stick to our plan as best as we could.  

The teachers helped us cut the bottles because they were a bit tricky.  We loved decorating our creations.  We really hope the birds like them

BIRD FEEDER WORKSHOPS

Today we opted into workshops that would help us build GREAT bird feeders.  We were able to choose from a Strength Workshop, Durability Workshop or a What Do Birds Like to Eat Workshop.

In the Birds Workshop, we threw some bread and bird seed to the birds to see what they liked to eat the best.  Our hypothesis (our prediction) was that the more birds would eat one type of food than the other.

In the other workshops we tested the different materials to find out which ones were stronger and more durable.  Knowing this will help us decide which materials to use to make our bird feeders.

In the Birds Workshop, we decided that we would know which food birds liked, by feeding them some different foods to eat.  We brainstormed ideas of what we know birds eat and came up with two types of food - bread and birdseed.  We thought we would spread the food in two different areas on the court so we could clearly see which food they liked best.  There was a definite winner!  Check out the photos...

 Here we are sprinkling bread crumbs on the ground...

Two birds came to eat the bird seed...

But look how many birds came to eat the bread!!!

We have a winner!

The birds like bread the best!

BIRD FEEDERS - LOTS TO THINK ABOUT

Yesterday we each were able to choose what Bird Feeder we were interested in making.  

We made new groups with the children who wanted to make the same bird feeder as us.  We completed a WONDER sheet.  We had to ask lots of questions to prompt us to think about how we were going to make our bird feeder.  We also brainstormed all our ideas about how we could make the bird feeder, who could help us, what we would need etc.

We then shared our thinking with our classmates.

STEVIE'S BIRDFEEDER

Check out this gorgeous bird feeder that Stevie made at home.  She was very thoughtful and made comfy nests inside for the birds.  She made a special cover so that the bird feeder would stay dry AND she made a bird bath up at the very top.

Well done Stevie.  We love seeing you sharing your school learning at home with your family.