Life Education Van (All Together)

Today we went to the Life Education Van to learn about how to look after a very special person.... ourselves!

We talked about safety and feelings and healthy bodies.

We can't wait to go back next week.

Multiplication Games

There are a range of fun games at multiplication.com.  Give them a try!
Cave Game

The Science Van

Yesterday we went to the hall to see a science show because it is Science Week. The show was all about bubbles. We learnt about mixtures. Some things like oil and water don't want to mix. If you shake them up they will still separate. Other mixtures like baking soda and vinegar cause a reaction. The gas it produced blew up a balloon.

We also learnt about dry ice or carbon dioxide. You can't seal it in a container because it turns from a solid to a gas. Gasses take up more room than solids. Sealing it in a container will cause the container to explode. It can be very dangerous.

We saw several different bubble mixtures. The scientists made little bubbles, big bubbles and enormous bubbles. It was very exciting!

Adding helium to the bubble mixture.

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Mixing bubble mixture with carbon dioxide to make bubbles you can hold!

Making big bubbles.

Term 2

We have hit the ground running and time is flying!  It is already Week 3. We have been very busy in Room 13.  We have:

• Been tested on our spelling - Lots of us have really improved since last term.  Many students have worked hard every week on their 5 spelling words.
•  Completed an asTTle writing sample. This sample was a recount.
• Just started learning our multiplication skills. We are learning that 'x' means 'groups of' or 'sets of' and '=' means 'the same as'.
• Completed a fitness pre-test to see how far we can run in 5 minutes as part of the Fitness-a-thon. We are doing fitness every day at school to improve our stamina.
• Been learning how to write the numbers 1-10 in Mandarin.

Swimming Sports

We had swimming sports today. For some of us, it was our very first time doing swimming sports. We all had two races. The first race was freestyle and the second race was backstroke.

Music - Tempo

Today in Music we learnt about tempo and beat. We found out how many beats we had in our names and then played claves in time to a song that changes tempo. We played them fast and we played them slowly.  The hardest part was to stop when the music said "Stop". It was lots of fun!

Fat and Skinny Quesitons

Last week we learnt about fat and skinny questions. Skinny questions are questions that have one simple answer and fat questions are questions that require more thought to answer. Today we brainstormed everything we know about whanaungatanga and then thought of our own fat questions to research and discuss the answers to. Here are our questions:

·         What if there was no water?

·         Why are there connections?

·         What if there was no food to eat?

·         Why can’t everybody be your friend?

·         What if we didn’t have a culture?

·         What if there were no trees?

·         What if there were no flowers?

·         What if there were no houses?

·         What if there was no life?

·         What if there were no bees?

·         What if there was no grass?

·         What if there were no cars?