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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Rare White Giraffes Caught on Camera in Kenya

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Today we discussed how animals that live in the desert have adaptations that allow heat energy to escape, while animals that live in the Arc...
Friday, August 18, 2017

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Last night two teams of students entered the WaiMath Quiz in Hamilton and there were some pretty tricky problems to be solved...can you calc...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

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With the Science Fair coming up we have put our thinking hats on about suitable projects that could be worth investigating. There are lots o...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Words Are Power. That's the Truth!

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Have you ever come across a word you don't know the meaning of? Understanding prefixes, suffixes and roots is one of the most essential...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Cool Jobs

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Video Game Creators Keeping  TV science honest Have you ever wondered where that, some might say unhealthy, obsession with sc...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky Read by Benedict Cumberbatch

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Last year a small group of Year 3 students did lots of work with this brilliant and timeless poem. Benedict Cumberbatch reads it perfectly. ...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Mondrian Inspiration

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This term we have been looking at Piet Mondrian's De Stijl art work and other artists that worked around the same time. We have worked r...
Monday, November 30, 2015

What's Pythagoras Got to Do With This?

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Last week we explored the Pythagoras Theorem and used it to calculate the length of various sides of right angled triangles. So how can it h...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Does vexillology have you vexed?

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So you think we should change the New Zealand flag...or maybe you don't. Roman Mars is obsessed with flags, and after watching this you ...
Monday, October 12, 2015

Money, Money, Money!

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New Zealand's banknotes are being upgraded with new security features. While the notes will have similar themes to those we are familiar...