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Week 2 Learning

Our Science this week was launching Berocca Rockets. We put a broken Berocca tablet and water into a film canister and secured the lid. As the Berocca dissolved it caused fizzing and carbon dioxide gas to build up inside the canister. When there was no longer any room inside the container the pressure popped the lid off and sent the canister flying into the air.

We continue with our PMP programme this term. The children are becoming more competent at the activities and are extending their learning each session. Thank you so much to the helpers that work with us each week.

Christian Living - God is our Provider 

- He wants us to be responsible and have Faith

Lesley Ottey visited and brainstormed some ways that we could use and look after what God provides for us each day. We will continue to expand this thinking during the term.

We are the kids from the Junior Crew

June Learning

Cross Country 2017

 

Our tamariki ran so well in their first School Cross Country. They trained hard, had a fantastic attitude and really rose to the challenge. The tamariki really enjoyed running in the rain and the experience generated some wonderful writing experiences later in the day. Thank you to all those that came along to support us.

Celebrating the letter Hh

Today we ate hazelnuts, honey, ham and honey bubble slice. Lots of delicious things to try and some new tastes for some of us. We made some very cool looking hedgehogs by putting apples, grapes and marshmallows on skewers then sticking them into half of an orange.

Science - Hovercraft

Today we looked at how a hovercraft moves on a pillow of air. We made a hovercraft by using the hot glue gun to attach the lid off a 'pump' bottle over the hole of an old CD (it is important to use a lot of glue so that no air escapes around the edges). Mrs Keats blew up a balloon and attached it to the top. When the lid was opened the gas (carbon dioxide) left the balloon and went through the lid and spread across the surface of the CD making it lift and float slightly above the table making it easy to move.

Here is a link to a Youtube clip with instructions if you want to try it at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAuaN8wIvA 

Easter Service

For He so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. 
John 3:12
Look at our gorgeous tamariki. They certainly are beautifully and wonderfully made in the image of God! It was lovely that so many parents could share this celebration with us. We wish you all a very blessed Easter.

Celebrating the letter Dd

So many delicious things begin with the letter Dd. Donuts, Date Scones and Doritos were definitely a favourite and it was nice to try Divinity and dates too.

Science - Dripping Drops

This week we looked at the surface tension of water. The molecules in water like to 'hangout' together. We learnt how to control water droplets from a pipette. We counted how many drops we could put onto an old 5 cent coin and observed what we saw. It was amazing to see the bubble of water forming on top of the coin. Look at our amazing scientists making such careful observations and concentrating on dripping and counting.

To finish the day our Room 8 buddies organised a disco dance for us. Mrs DJ Doney played some fun songs that we danced along to. 

Making Spinning Tops

This week we were able to visit Mr Lamb in the Hard Materials room in Secondary. He helped us to make an old fashioned toy spinning top. We learnt how to use a junior hack saw, hammer with a mallet and smooth the top with a file. Look at the concentration on our faces.

Celebrating the soft Gg sound

Wow - soft g is a very yummy letter. We were treated to gingerbread, gingernut cookies, gelato and ginger. Mrs Lill made gingerbread men and we got to decorate them. Thank you everyone.

Science - We borrowed a gyroscope from the Physics department in the secondary school and watched how we could make it spin very fast. When it was spinning we could balance it on an edge or on a small point. Aeroplanes and the Mars rover have gyroscopes inside them.

Celebrating the Letter Gg

Today our tamariki tried gherkin dip, grapes, gogi berries and green popcorn. Thank you so much to the parents that send things along for us to try.

We read the story Green Eggs and Ham.....

"Would you eat green eggs and ham?" 

"I do not like green eggs and ham!"

"Try them, try them and you may."

Our tamariki have a great attitude to trying new things. 

Science - gas

We talked about how our we breathe in Oxygen and breathe out Carbon Dioxide and how sometimes our bodies produce a little extra gas that when it escapes we have to say "pardon me."

We are getting very good at observing 

- that's what good scientists do!

For todays experiment we mixed some common kitchen items together that have chemical reactions that produce Carbon Dioxide gas. Try this at home....fill a balloon with baking soda and put some vinegar into a bottle. Stretch the balloon over the neck of the bottle then lift the balloon up so that the baking soda mixes with the vinegar. Watch what happens. Try it with other ingredients too.

 

During discovery time our Room 8 buddies set up a variety of great games for us to try. We learnt to follow rules and take turns.

Gracias Room 8.

Pi Day

Today we celebrated Pi Day. We found out that Pi is a very cool number. We learnt big words like diameter and circumference. 

Pi is 3.141592653589323......

Year 10 Maths Buddies

During the week Miss Gibbs and her Year 10 Maths class came to visit us. We were given a small box of Smarties and we counted, organised, discussed and graphed them. We found that some boxes had 11 in them and others had 14. Some of us didn't think that it was fair, so we have written to Nestle to ask why this is. Hopefully they will write back.

Celebrating the letter Oo.

We ate a variety of wonderful food that begins with O. Look at the long line of tamariki that were keen to try olives! We really enjoyed the orange jelly and oat biscuits too.

For Science this week we made Oobleck. To try this at home you need approximately 1.5 cups of cornflour and a cup of water. Oobleck is a name invented by Dr Suess. It is a non-Newtonian substance that is both a solid(when under pressure) and a liquid (when it is not under pressure). It has similar properties to quick sand and liquifaction.

Our room 7 buddies made obstacle courses for us to try out and celebrate the letter Oo. It was fun going on, out and over things. We had so much fun!

Celebrating the letter Aa

We have found out that 'a' has a short sound in words like apple and avocado and a long sound in apricot and aoli. Thank you to the wonderful parents that sent along something for us to eat that starts with the letter a.

During fruit snack time the children have been getting excited about the variety of apples they have.

Science - a is for air pressure

Try this experiment at home. Put a glass bottle in the refrigerator for an hour. Wet a coin and place it on the top. Put your warm hands on the cold bottle and observe what happens. Add a comment to the blog with your observations.

We discovered that the molecules in cold air are closer together. When they are warmed up they move around and take up more space. The coin lifted because the warm air needed more space than was in the bottle.

Soft c is for...

We have been learning about the rule that makes the c soft in some words. Ask your children to read this weeks poem to you. Thank you to the Ruma tahi children that brought things for us to taste.

Celebrating the letter Cc

Thank you to the tamariki who brought along food to share that started with the letter c. We crunched on carrots, corn and cauliflower and were treated to some carrot cake after lunch. It was wonderful to see children trying food that they had not tried before. We always encourage them to try a little bit of anything new - quite a few may now be asking for raw cauliflower. :) 

The Butterfly Lady

Maria Romero came to visit us today. 

She taught us all about Monarch Butterflies. 

It is important not to touch the caterpillars.

They only eat swan plants.

Monarch butterflies can smell swan plants from 2km away.

She has left some plants and caterpillars for us to look after.