Room 5 explored WW1 and what it would have been like to serve as a soldier in the ANZAC troops.

We have been focusing on the use of adjectives to make our writing more interesting and impactful.

Please checkout some of the letters we wrote home to our loved ones  + other information about ANZAC day in the slide show below:

                           
                           

We also read a fantastic story about the mascots kept by soldiers during WW1. Cheldyn made an awesome slideshow featuring some of these well loved pets:

                         

We have been keeping busy during the lockdown. Here are some slideshows to show what some of the Room 5 students have been doing! 

We drew pictures of our favourite moments from either Tamaki Primary fun day or our pest eradication school trip up Hamlin hill.

 Please check out our slide show! 

    Trip to Hamlin Hill

As part of our Pest Eradication learning we went to Hamlin hill on a school trip! it was a sunny day as we set off into the bush. First we had to spray clean our shoes so that we didn't infect the native trees with germs. It was quite scary as we came across a herd of sheep with big sharp horns. then we had to walk through the paddock avoiding their dung!

Frazer showed us all the traps set  around the forest to catch rodents such as: rats, mice, stoats, weasels, possums, ferrets, wild cats and hedgehogs.  with out these traps all of our native species would be in great danger. we need to keep our pest populations down! It was very interesting, we even spotted a fantail!

FUN DAY

FUN DAY!💥👀💫

Our Tamaki Primary School fun day was a RAGING success!! We were deeply concerned as the rain fell from the sky. "will it get cancelled?!" 

Absolutely not! The show went on and the heavens shone down on us. We enjoyed eating our sausage sizzle then set of onto the school field to get involved with all the different activities on offer: 

Ripper rugby

Three Legged Race 

Softball 

Tug of War 

Bouncy castles 

We even got to hoon a police car and try on 
the gear!  

WEEK 5 - INQUIRY 

Yikes!! This week we had Mike from Auckland Zoo visit us at Tamaki Primary. We learnt about all things Pest Eradication ( Riha Rawaho) Whilst these creatures may look very cute, unfortunately these imposters are messing with our native species. Sadly some of our beautiful NZ birds are becoming endangered and are even in danger of going extinct we learnt about all the different ways we can track and trap these creatures and even got to hold dead RODENTS!

Click here for a link to find out more information about Auckland Zoo's conservation plan

Here are some pictures of this furry event: 

ITS FASHUN SWEETIE

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Finally the Chromebooks have arrived in Room 5! 

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We're all ready to rumble after discussing our Kawa of Care and brainstorming how we can best look after our devices!