Triathlon 2014 "A great day around the school"

On the day of the Triathlon up I got. I got up for running, swimming and scootering practice. Finally the time came for the race.  I started off scootering and the stopped and undressed and jumped into the pool and swam for a minute, took a breath and swam some more.  I ran and stopped ran and stopped! Wow Cross the finish line! I was done.

By Poppy

Haere Mai and welcome to 2014

Inquiry

We have got off to a fabulous start in inquiry and we are so excited about working as a whole Year 2/3 team! 

Already we have learnt about the production line and had a full day making some wonderful pieces. The best thing we have learnt so far is that team work helps you get things accomplished faster. It was also great to learn about making a product together which means it doesn't belong to you. 

Here we are making pipe cleaner butterflies...

During another inquiry session we learnt about creating products to sell. We found out about words like 'demand' which means we have to think about who wants to buy our products. During this week, we were given $2.50 and a partner and we had to design a product that we could sell to the other children. We used the money to buy items like paper and tape to make our products. We made our products and then we had to sell them. We loved this and learnt other things like what it means to make a profit. 

Here we are buying and selling  products...

There were not many people who made a profit and lots of people lost money! 

We have chosen our inquiry groups this term and it is going to be very exciting to work together and make things for the market at the end of the year. We think we will sell lots and make money. 

Year 2/3 Springston Team 

Haere Mai Term 4!

Aria's Fotobabble

What did you learn about the Striped Skunk?

Springston University Science Fair

What a wonderful afternoon we had! Thanks for coming out and supporting the learning that has gone on this term. We had a great time sharing with other children and our parents. It was wonderful seeing lots of people going through other classes as well. 

Check out the pics! 

Hydroponics with Mrs Lammers

Mrs Lammers came in to teach Room 1 & 2 about hydroponics. 

We learnt that plants can grow without soil! And sometimes it is better to grow them this way because it can be less work. Soil takes a lot of work because you have to turn it over and plant new things all the time. Hydroponics once its set up is meant to be easy. 

We got to plant strawberries. Everyone got to help by doing different jobs. We had to put vermiculite and perlite in the case and then poked strawberry plants in little holes all the way up. 

It's set up in our class with nutrients and air feeding the plants. 

There are lettuce plants growing in a liquid culture. It is set up in a deep tray with floating polystyrene and water and nutrients in the bottom. There are holes in the polystyrene for air and the plants to grow. When Faye lifted up the polystyrene you could see the wet roots dangling down. The roots don't get squashed because the polystyrene floats. 

The best part about Faye teaching us was helping set up the hydroponic strawberry unit. 

By Gemma and Sarah