Science

This term Room 3 is busy learning all about animals and their adaptations.

As part of our learning we have been carrying out experiments to understand why animals have the adaptations that they do.

We have looked at some of the different ways animals keep warm, and currently have an experiment underway testing how successful wool, blubber and skin are at insulating animals.

Why birds have the beaks they do has also been an experimental focus for us. Here are a sample of pictures of us using a range of tools to represent different 'beaks' and see how successful they are at 'eating' a range of ingredients.

Keep an eye out over the coming weeks as we continue to learn more about animals adaptations and work towards creating our own animals!

Zebong - Storyteller

Stanley Avenue was lucky to have a guest storyteller come and visit us on Friday to round off our amazing Book Fair Week celebration.

Zebong is very talented and humorous storyteller who kept us all entertained with his story of 'John and his magic ukulele'.

Check out some of the pictures that captured our fun!

Welcome Back - Fire Alarms

Welcome back to Room 3 for what is shaping up to be a very exciting Term 2!

The term got off to a buzzing start - with the fire alarm going off first thing Monday morning, before the first bell had even gone. A big thank you to all the Room 3 students and parents who showed amazing leadership and initiative upon hearing the alarm. It was great to see so many of you going and helping the younger students, taking them out to the back field, and helping them find their class and teacher.

A reminder to all - If you hear the school alarm ringing continuously, this is a fire alarm. It is not a drill, and needs to be treated seriously. Our meeting point when at school is out on our back field, which is where all classrooms will assemble. When the alarm is ringing continuously you do not go into classrooms, or go looking for anyone. Teachers will clear their allocated areas and assemble students on the back field.

Please - if you are on the school grounds at any time (no matter if you are a student, parent, grandparent, whanau member, community member or any other visitor) and you hear the fire alarm ringing continuously go calmly and sensibly to the back field. Once on the back field line up in your classes and wait patiently for the class roll call.

Thank you so very much for your support and assistance with this.