*Learning+from+Term+2

Hi everybody!!! Wow, Term 1 went by so very quickly but we learnt so much!!!! Our Keeping Ourselves safe unit gave us the skills and strategies to identify when we were safe or not, and who and where we can turn to for help if we need it.

Term 2 looks busy with our theme 'Star Light Star Bright'. We are looking at The Universe and all that it contains! This is an inquiry unit so we are going to pose questions and use different information sources to answer them! We use the CLOVER model to lead us into inquiry.

In Week Two we were lucky enough to have Te Manawa's Star Lab come to our school. It was awesome to see the night sky in the big dome and see some of the constellations!



We have been learning about one theory about how The Universe was created. A theory is an idea. One idea is that it was created by a BIG BANG!!

 We are learning that we are part of a solar system in a galaxy called the Milky Way. There are about 200 billion stars in our galaxy!!!! HUGE!!!!! But wait, there's more!!!! There are about 200 billion other galaxies out there in The Universe!!!!!

Our Sun is a star!! We have been learning how a star is born, and how it dies. We are going to perform a 'creation scene' for part of our assembly which is being held in Week 6.

Our Sun is the centre of our solar system and we, along with other planets, moons, meterors, comets and asteroids revolve around it. We are about to start a research project on one of the bodies in our solar system, and we hope to have these on display for you to view soon!!!

More about our CLOVER model

C = Clarify - so far we have clarified what we know and what we want to find out.

L = Locate - we have used several sources to locate information. We have used DVDs, school library books, National Library books, the Internet, and we have asked the teachers if they know the answers to some questions. We have taken notes with some really interesting facts!!

O = Organise - we are now going to oranise our information into 'bundles' that have the same main ideas or facts.

V = Various ways to present. We have all written a research project for our profiles and we each have chosen another way to present the information. Some of us have chosen to show this in a book, or a poster or on information cards!!! These are on display in our classroom. You are welcome to come and check these out!!

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