Slide Tahuna Slide

Our latest inquiry involves making a mat that Tahuna the Tuatara can use to either go slow or fast down the slide. On his own with no mat he  usually takes 2.19 seconds to get to the bottom of the little adventure slide and 1.72 seconds to get to the bottom of the big adventure slide. Today we worked in groups with a feely bag to describe the texture of different materials and then categorise them by texture. Next we will need to decide which texture will be best for our mats!

Gas Bag!

Add some vinegar and baking soda and you'll always get a reaction! It is a chemical change caused by the reaction of the base and the acid, but also an endothermic reaction as the temperature of the new mixture gets cold!

The skewer through the balloon trick rises again in 2015

Cross Country

We had a great day for our school cross country on Monday 8 June. A number of us went to the interschool event....Tim, Emily, Stella, Maggie, Madeleine, James...well done!

Cultural Day

We played string games as part of Cultural Day . Here are Lydia, Eva and Tyler with their cup and saucer. They also played hopscotch, petanque, knucklebones and maori handgames. In other rotations they explored food and art and language of other cultures. 

 

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Red and Black Dress Up Day

Yesterday it was Crusaders and  Hurricanes day hope room 7 gets to the game.and it was fun posing together and we really hope we get the tickets.

ANZAC

Today Mrs Beyer-Reiger visited our class to show us her army gear. Maggie got all dressed up including holding the teddy bear (that Mrs Beyer-Reiger said actually belonged to Mr Beyer-Reiger!) Maggie said the uniform was really hot and she didn't know how they could wear it all day. Then Pad-Thai got to wear the gas mask. She said it felt really tight around her face.
Mrs Beyer-Reiger explained that the army today is busy peace keeping and helping in other places like Vanuatu after the cyclone. She also showed us how they slept in trenches and cooked their food. It was really interesting to learn all about it from someone who served in the army!