Cross Country 2016

Congratulations to all the VAS students who competed in the recent Cross Country event. A special mention to the many place getters from Room 20...

Yr 4 Boys event; 1st Ethan, 2nd Sam J (plus Sam B who came 4th!)

Yr 4 Girls event; 1st Isla H, 2nd Phoebe, 3rd Nina B

Room 20 place getters receiving their ribbons.

Room 20 Assembly 2016

Life Education

We have had two sessions in the Life Education van and our learning focus was "Eating for Health". 

We looked into healthy and unhealthy food options. This linked to our inquiry unit of Powerful Plants because we focussed on the nutrition we can get from fruit and vegetables. Lynn discussed these three key questions with us:

• Why do we need to eat different kinds of foods to stay healthy and give us energy?

• How do our bodies get energy from the food we eat?

• Why is physical activity good for our bodies?

We even got to meet Harold!!

How do you tie a shoelace?

In writing, we have been learning how to write a procedural text to give instructions. Last week, we were asked to write instructions on how to tie a shoelace. We worked in a group to try figure out the best way we could explain to someone who didn't know how to do this. The steps needed to be in chronological order and we had to use bossy (imperative) verbs in our instructions.

Pablo Picasso Artwork

After studying the great artist Pablo Picasso, we created our own amazing self-portraits inspired by his abstract work. This is some of our art that is on display in the main corridor...

Auckland Botanic Gardens

Early on in Term 2, the Year 4's went to visit the Auckland Botanic Gardens. We had a fabulous day learning more about our inquiry topic of 'Powerful Plants'.

In our educational session, we got to use a variety of tools to prepare and mulch soil, and plant and water the garden. We prepared seeds for germination, then we got to examine and feed the worms in the worm farm. We were also introduced to the life-cycle of plants and learnt what they need to survive. After this we got to explore the huge variety of plants around the Botanic Gardens.

Check out some of the photos from our trip...

Year 4 Camp

Earlier in Term 1, the Year 4 classes went on an overnight camp at Auckland Zoo. We all had a fantastic time at the zoo and also had great fun working with our teams on the activity day. Room 20 would like to say a big thank you to all the parent helpers! Here are some photos of our time at camp...

Welcome to Room 20's blog for 2016!

Throughout the year, we will post our learning and events so people can see what we have been up to in Room 20. We love to receive positive comments on our blog posts.