On our way back from camp we went to Mathersons Bay
When we were there we did a rocky shore study.

It was exciting rushing from one rock pool to another, you never new what you would find. Shannon nearly fell in, Larissa and Samantha found a little cave that you could walk in.
We found a purple rock crab,cats eyes,surf barnacles,hermit crabs,pebble crabs,brittle stars and lots lots more.

Korbin went crazy rushing around finding everything and he got so close he was nearly in the rock pools!

There was 45 things to find Hollys group won.

Then we had a sandcastle competition Larissa made a whale, Shannon made a turtle, Luke made a whole medieval village!, Holly and Rebecca made a fantastic mermaid, Ethans group made an enormous Butterfly Bus that they could all sit in, Jack and Kiarn made castles with moats.

Everyone won a lollipop for the sand castle competition cause they were all so unique and creative and Vanessa couldn't choose a winner so we were all winners!

We had a treasure hunt,I was in Shannon's group. For something that looks like a fish we got a rock and for something you could eat but haven't, we found an old piece of cucumber on the playground.We found an old rusty knife for a piece of junk. There were 19 things to find and we found 19, other people couldn't find a feather.

It was fun.

Larissa C, and Shannon.

KAYAKING

On Wednesday we went kayaking in the ocean at Goat Island.

First we got split up into groups.There was group one and group two. I was in group two with my friend Jen.

We wanted to be in the same kayak, but unfortunately there was only four double kayaks so we had to go in seperate kayaks.

All went well at first, but then a huge gust of wind that

blew my paddle under my boat, which caused my head to go under water.

Luckily, I didn"t fall out. The man in the boat came to tow us while we were in our kayaks because we couldn't paddle back to shore as the wind was too strong with the big gusts.

Jens kayak flipped as well as Shanae,Larissa and Samanthas kayak.

Then the man towed us back to shore to Goat Island. We were stuck on Goat Island with Liz the instructor. Liz told us to huddle together cause we were freezing. The man in the boat took us back to shore in groups but we had to jump out of the boat and swim to the shore so he could go back fast and get the rest of the kids.

Mrs Dunn and Mrs Stevens helped us out of the water and Greg drove us up to the camp were we had a hot shower, hot drink and cake.

It was scary but we were OK.

Rebecca and Jen

On the 16th of October Tomarata school had a calf club day.
Cara Doggett brought her Braford calf Doodar.
Doodar got me two 2nds.
There were lots of calves and they were all succesful.

By Cara and Holly

Tomarata lakes pest fish netting

TOMARATA LAKES PEST FISH SURVEY

On the 29th of october room3 went to Tomarata lakes to do a survey on the pest fish netting.

The Tomarata lake managment committee had organised pest fish netting and invited room 3 to come along and do a survey on how many rudd, trout, koi and tench they caught and then weigh and measure them.

Craig Stevens had a talk to us about the lake, the fish and their history.

Tomarata lake is a dune lake and is eutrophic, that means it is murky with higher amounts of nutrients and algae.

The Rudd is just one type of fish that they are netting, they eat the native weed which affects the water quality and also other fish like trout and tench.

At the end of our survey we were left with these results.
85 rudd, 17 trout and 1 tench.

Luke and Shane

ART WITH MRS MCCRACKEN







On Monday the 14th of September our class finished our paper mache pigs.First we paper mached our ballon with six layers .Then we painted it white and let it dry for one week. For the legs we cut out four cups from the egg carton and for the snout we cut the end off a milk bottle. Then we put more layers of paper mache over the legs and snout.
Then we put white paper all over it and let it dry again. Next we put paper towels over it and painted it white.
Mrs Mc Cracken told us how to use the paint brushes properly.Then she told us to do a draft copy of what our pigs were going to look like. After that we started painting. We all had different ideas and designs some kids had tiger pigs, cow pigs, flying pigs, royal pigs, we have even got a Michael Jackson pig and a super hero pig!
We love our pigs!!
Thanks Mrs McCracken.

4 square trip more than a normal shopping trip

We went to the Top Four Square to look at the food that we buy and think about the fat, sugar and salt in the food. Mrs Sutton is a nutritionist and she told us that you should look at the 100g column. When you read the label look for

Total fat - less than 10g per 100g

Sugar - less than 15g per 100g

Sodium (that is salt) - less than 400mg per 100g

Dietry fibre - is good for you and you should have more than 6g per 100g

So you should choose foods that are low in total fat, low in sugar and salt.

Did you know that 4g of sugar = 1 teaspoon?

A can of coke has 12 teaspoons, and V has 17.

So read the label before you buy and make the choose the healthy food.

The Three Little Pigs

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