Cross country champs

Some of the students from Room 3 ran in the cross country champs today at Mania. It was a cold and rainy day with difficult conditions. Finn cam in with a good result at 5th. Katelyn also had a good run with 2nd. Here are a few pics of the action

MOA technology awards

Room 3 is currently working hard on our MOA technology awards projects. The awards are for using ICT in the classroom. We are all working hard on different projects and will post them up here when they are done. Stay tuned!

Mathletics madness

Room 3 hit mathletics big time today with a massive effort. We ended up the highest scoring class in New Zealand and the number two class in the world. We did this by only doing our activities and not using matheletics live. Well done to 6 of our students getting in the top 10 for New Zealand and Madaline reaching the number 1 student!

Mathletics Gold!

Room 3 have finally got our first two golds in Matheletics. To get a gold each student must get 5 silvers. To a silver you need 5 bronzes. As you could imagine a lot of mathematics is required for each gold. Well done!

The lost Kayak drops by

Room 3 got to see the lost Kayak that was found on the shores of a South Taranaki beach. It was involved on a solo crossing from Australia to New Zealand, when a fierce storm swept it away from its owner. Luckily both the Kayak and its owner escaped major harm and he came to answer some questions from the students. Here are a few pics.

Te Reo lessons

Today Room 3 continued with our Te Reo lessons and we covered how to ask what day it is. We learned to read and speak the days of the week and how to ask what day it was.


Ko te aha tenei ra? What day is it today?

Ko te......... tenei ra. Today is

Rahina Monday
Ratu Tuesday
Raapa Wednesday
Rapare Thursday
Ramere Friday
Rahoroi Saturday
Ratapu Sunday

Market Day madness

Room 3 finally had our products ready for this weeks market day and it was a great success. All of the groups made a profit and the whole class made $300 dollars. Overall it was a fantastic day and all of the hard work was rewarded. Here are a few snaps of the action.

20,000 hits!

Wow Room 3's blog has finally smashed through the 20,000 hits barrier and with a whole term still to come this year. Let's see if we can make 25,000 or 30,000 before the end of the year. Keep on reading!

Repurposing sale only 2 weeks out!

Our groups in Room 3 have been working hard on their repurposing projects. Each company are making their own presentation about what they are going to make and how much it will cost. Thier aim is to make the greatest profit possible. They are not allowed to use new things and almost all of the materials must be recycled.

Statistics and graphs

Room 3 have been learning to use the Numbers software to help us graph our information for repurposing. It helps each group get a great visual picture of how they are going to make a profit for market day.

Riley's pick a path

Ellie's pick a path

Weekend word problem

Pack ‘n’ Save Hawera want to build a new car park that holds 5325 cars. If the planner decided that each level should hold 215 cars. How many levels should the car park be? Why?

 Mr Spice needs 1.6 metres of wool for each child’s repurposing project. There are 61 children going on the trip – how much wool does Mr Spice need to buy?

 During Matariki each student needs 3.25m pieces of flax each to use for weaving. There are 64 children – how much flax do we need?

 For a fundraiser, Room 3 has 968 packets of gingerbread cookies to sell. There are 27 children in the class. How many packets of cookies does each child need to sell?

Next 3 pick a paths are up

Our next pick a path is ready

Play it if you dare!