Bacteria at Auroa Primary School

Lake Rotokare Reserve - Report by Hayley

The Overgrown Jungle

The trees were hanging over the track and they were softly tapping on my head as I scooted past. Hiding the sunlight away from the soft brown earth. It was like a overgrown jungle with only one way out .  A saddleback was in the tree, singing a sweet tune to me.

On the track there were rat traps and mice traps. Zoe's Mum set off one of the traps, she poked the lever with a stick - Bang! It made me jump! Bang! Then we moved on to the end and took in the beautiful lake views.

There was not a single ray of sunshine peeking through the leaves . “Yuck mud, oh no it's on my shoes”I said with dismay. The mud was like chocolate pudding. Slush, slush sounds came from the mud as people passed through, covering everyone's gumboots and shoes. A little bit of Lake Rotokare are for everyone to take home. I enjoyed learning about our native plants and animals ,learning about our world and how to care for it .We don't have a lot of native animals in the world, so we have to look after and treasure the ones we do have . By Hayley

You can find out more about Lake Rotokare Reserve by visiting their official website.

Mathematical Problem Solving in Room Three

This is the problem that our Maths class worked on yesterday.  Are you able to replicate the problem and then solve the six answers? If you need help you can view the videos and time lapse photography that was created by the students in Room Three this week!

We really enjoyed this problem and worked collaboratively with others in our group to come up with the solution! Eventually we were able to make sure that we could answer all six questions and then we helped each other to make sure we were all successful.


This video with solutions to the problem above was created by Mackenna and Hayley.
Mackenna and Hayley - Maths Squares from Myles Webb on Vimeo.

Brock, Nadith, Connor and Bens Mathematical Problem from Myles Webb on Vimeo.