Welcome to D3's blog. We are a class of fantastic Year 4 students at Papatoetoe East Primary School. We are excited to share our learning through this blog. We hope you will enjoy D3's learning journey this year.




Thursday, June 25, 2015

Special Places


Our Special Places from East School on Vimeo.

Special Places


Special Places from East School on Vimeo.

Special Places


Special Places from East School on Vimeo.

Special Places


Special Places in Our School from East School on Vimeo.

Special Places


Special Places from East School on Vimeo.

Special Places


Our Special Places from East School on Vimeo.

Special Places


Untitled from East School on Vimeo.

Special Places


Special Places in Our School from East School on Vimeo.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Keeping our wind trap clean

D3's inquiry question is...
How can we improve and sustain a healthy school environment?

We decided to interview two important people in our school, Mr Eley and Miss Capstick about current issues in our school. We also asked them what they do to keep our school healthy. They do many helpful things around our school!
We found out that a current issue in our school is RUBBISH! We wanted to take action...

A current issue in our school is rubbish because it is flowing from the streets and from around the school to D block and is getting trapped outside our classroom because we have a wind trap. 

Our solution is that we are having a class sweeping roster for in the morning and afternoon. There are two sweepers and one person shovels up the rubbish.
 
 

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

D3's World Environment Day

D3 celebrated World Environment Day by coming up with individual pledges to look after our environment. A pledge is a promise.

D3 came up with some of these pledges...

I pledge to:

  • use a bucket to collect rain water to water the gardens
  • give my old toys away to other people, instead of throwing them away
  • turn off the light when I leave the room to save power
  • have shorter showers to save water and money
  • keep rubbish in my pocket until I find a bin
  • put rubbish in the right bin
  • reuse materials
  • turn of the tap while I'm brushing my teeth
  • make sure I turn the tap off properly
D3 then signed a class pledge.

Our class pledges to do our part to protect the environment and work toward a healthier Earth for future generations.

Have a look at our awesome work that we did with Mrs Sole






Hareruia



D3 have learnt a new waiata this term called "Hareruia". We love singing a waiata every day for our morning routinte.

Mrs Salim and Mrs Sole think we sound beautiful!