NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

Max was the first person in room 15 to have read 50 books. Congratulations Max.  

Good luck with your Super Reader ticket.

Since then, 

Yasser, Fatimah, Drea and Yasser have joined Max.

We have such good readers in our class.

Tino pai!

Lunchtime Planting

At lunchtime, Faduma, Fatimah and Yasser 

helped transplant these calendula plants 

from the Indian garden to our little plant boxes, 

outside room 15.

Do you know what colour flowers they will be?

The School Chickens

Today we went to see the chickens with Drea.

By Summer

Science Week

The Egg

We put an egg into a glass of white vinegar.

Predictions:   We thought that the egg …

…  might change colour.  Drea

…  will move and wobble.  Max & Ana

…  might light up.  Anjola.

…  will crack.  Seraphina & Fatimah

…  could explode.  Kai

…  could float.   Drea

Observations:

The egg stood up tall.

The egg had tiny bubbles all around it.

The next day:

The egg was floating.

Bubbles on the top.

Brown stuff on the bubbles and the water.

More bubbles than yesterday.

The egg was bigger than yesterday.

The egg was floating on its side.

Results:

We found out that the brown stuff was the shell.  The shell had dissolved.  

Salt and Pepper

What do you think will happen if we mix salt and pepper together and 

put a blown balloon over top of the mixture?

Predictions:

The ballon might pop or burst.  Yasser & Anjola

The balloon might light up.  Kai

The ballon might be loud.  Kai

The salt and pepper might change colour.  Ana

Results:  

The pepper jumped up onto the balloon. WOW!

What happened to the salt?

The Balloon on the Roof

How do you get a balloon to stick onto the roof of a classroom?

Materials:  You will need…

balloon

hair

roof

ladder

Method:

1.  Blow up the balloon.

2.  Rub the balloon on someones' hair.

3.  Get the ladder.

4.  Stick the balloon on the roof.

5.  Wait and watch

We tried this out on Yasser and Summer.

Results:

Yasser’s balloon stayed on the roof for 5 minutes

Summer’s balloon stayed on the roof for 20 minutes.

We found out the Summer’s balloon stayed on the roof longer than Yasser’s and we think that that is because Summer has longer hair.

What do you think?

The Dancing Raisins

Materials:  You will need…

glass, water, raisins and soda water

Method:

1.  Put the raisins in the glass.

2.  Put the water in the glass.

3.  Wait and watch.

NOTHING HAPPENED, so we tried it again with soda water.

What do you think happened?

Predictions:  The raisins ...

...   will float.  Ana

...   could crack.  Anjola.

...   might blow up.  Persaies.

...   might get bigger.  Drea

...   be a loud noise.  Tai, Seraphina, Soni

...   might change colour.  Anjola

Results:

The raisins went up and down because of the fizzy drink.  Ana

It’s because the bubbles were going up.  Anjola, Drea

Because of the fizzy water.  Soni

The raisins were floating up and down.  Persaies, Fatimah, Charity

There were too many raisins, so the bubbles couldn’t carry all the raisins up.  Anjola

Maths: Measurement - Length

We are learning which length is longer, taller shorter.

We are learning to order a group of objects from 

smallest to biggest.

We are learning to use an object to measure another object.

"My shoe is 3 and a bit rods long," said Max.

"My shoe is 5 pink rods long," said Persaies.

"My shoe is 11 cubes long," said Kai.

"My shoe is 9 cubes long," said Drea.

Life Education Caravan

We are learning how to keep ourselves healthy.

Today we went to see Harold and we liked him.
We are learning about oxygen.
Persaies.

I went to the truck to learn about exercise.
Tai.

Today we learnt about oxygen.
Seraphina.

Today we went to see Harold and Jess.
We learnt about body parts and lungs, brains, and oxygen.
Anjola.

Today we learnt about blood and the heart.
Summer.

Today room 15 went to Harold and Jess in the new school caravan.
Kai.

Today we went to Harold's truck.
Yasser.

Today we went to see Harold.
We are learning about sleeping.
Betty.

We need all these things to keep us healthy;
sleep, exercise, house, love, oxygen, healthy food, water, to be kept safe, and keep ourselves clean.

ANZAC DAY

Room 15 remembered the soldiers and nurses that served in Gallipoli.  

Here is Titan's,  "Field of Remembrance."  

Duffy Assembly

Today we went to the hall.  We got our presents.  Betty

Today we went to the assembly.  I really liked it.  

I really liked his experience about books.  Kai

Today room 15 went to the school assembly. We got presents.  

We clapped. Raksha

Here is room 15 opening their present.

Seasons

This year the Rimu Team is learning about the seasons.  

Summer

Room 15 went for a walk to the gardens near the orchard and we found a deciduous tree.  This tree, over the year, will show us what happens to deciduous trees during the seasons.

Here we are in Summer.  

Our tree still has green leaves on it, we can see some blue sky

 and we are wearing sun hats.  These clues tell us that it is still summer.

Back in the classroom we talked about what sorts of things we can do in summer, what clothes we wear and what the weather is like.

Keep watching for our Autumn update ...