In Science during Term 3, the Junior Team focused on forces and motion.  We looked into friction, examining how it resists movement between surfaces, and gravity, which pulls objects toward the Earth.  Through hands-on experiments, students have investigated pushes and pulls, learning how these forces influence motion and interaction.  

This term, students in the Junior Team have explored buoyancy, density, and change of state. Through hands-on experiments and interactive demonstrations, they investigated why some objects float while others sink, and how materials transform from solid to liquid states through melting. The students used their knowledge to make paper boats, some were able to hold […]

The Junior Team has been learning about bees.  We have been learning about how we as humans can help save bees and how bees can help us in many ways. As part of our inquiry the Junior Team discovered a problem – we found lots of food rubbish in the playground.  There was plastic wrap, […]

Room 2 Earlier this term, the Junior classes took part in the Let’s Go Scooter Safety Skills programme provided by the New Plymouth District Council. The focus was on how to be safe on their scooters. They learnt about how to make sure their helmets fit correctly to keep them safe. They practiced different ways […]

As part of our Tūrangawaewae inquiry unit, we learnt about people coming to New Zealand on a waka. We made our own waka with tin foil and ice block sticks.  Then we tested them in the water to see if they would float. They all did!! Then we pretended counters were people, to see how […]

During Term 2 the Junior Team are taking part in PMP twice a week.  We are practicing different movements and giving students experiences by seeing, hearing, touching, making perceptual judgments and reacting through carefully sequenced physical activities. Students have said they like climbing over the ropes, practicing their hopping and jumping skills, and bouncing and […]