Busy, busy, busy!

What a week we've had. On Tuesday we were lucky enough to have Ella Middleton from Nelson Intermediate come and share with us her book that she wrote and illustrated with a classmate. Her book was amazing!  Ella was very confident sharing it and Sally even thought that she could have left Ella in charge for the rest of the day!

 On Tuesday we also had fun exploring whether different substances dissolve in both hot and cold water. We found that the sand didn't dissolve in either water, but the custard powder dissolved in both the hot and cold water.

Today we had fun during Maths running our own little shopping centre.  The division dinosaurs set up shop and then the rest of us were able to purchase things from their shop. Sally gave us each a budget that we had to try and stick to. We had to work out how much we spent and how much money we had left in our piggy bank!

We also had fun making fizzy lemonade today. One of the reading groups read an article about how to make the lemonade. We look forward to seeing how the solids and liquids combine together and turn into a gas and make our lemonade fizzy!

SOS!

 

On Wednesday we were lucky enough to go and visit the latest exhibition at the Museum, SOS (Save our Snails).  This exhibition was put together by Jack's Grandma and Grandfather all about the Powelliphanta,  the giant endemic land snails found mainly in our region.  The exhibition included a large model handmade by Jack's Grandfather.  We learnt all about their habitat, predators and their physical features.  

Sardines!

In writing we are learning to describe.  This week we were learning to describe an event.  As a class we played Sardines. Check out Jack's description of the event.

In Room 5 we had a nerve wracking challenge.  We had to find Sophie somewhere in the adventure playground.  We had no idea where Sophie was.  She was as hard to find as a needle in a haystack.

I was moving wisely as an owl.  I saw flashes of colour.  Others were rushing around frantically trying to find Sophie.  In the end we all found her.  After the game I was all wet.

States of matter

As part of our inquiry topic Fizz, Bang, Pop!  we have been exploring the different states of matter and how they change.  For this weeks homework the task was to carry out a science experiment in which a change of state of matter occurred.  Dillon decided to film his experiment.  Check it out below.

Solid, liquid, gas

They Might Be Giants - Solid Liquid Gas from They Might Be Giants on Vimeo.

Today in Room 5 we had an interesting discussion.  We came up with an awesome analogy.

We are like a solid when we are at assembly because we are squished in tightly together and we don’t move much.

We are like a liquid in the classroom because we’re allowed a little bit of movement.  We move around in the small area provided.

We are like a gas at morning tea and lunch time because we run around crazy where ever we like.  


Check out this great video  that explains all about solids, liquids, gasses

Harold the giraffe

On Wedensday and Thursday we went to the Life Education Bus. We learnt about the human body. First we learnt about the kidneys then the brain then the small intestines and the big ones then the stomach then finally the heart. We watched some movies that harold the giraffe made. We said what we liked about our personality. There was a talking brain which was freaky. 

By Nico and Jack

Trip to the suter

On Thursday 2nd of the 8th we went to the Suter to learn about clothing.  We looked at all the different reasons we wear clothes.  We made figures using the material we had given to us.  By Ben P, Austin and Sally

Chocolate Description

Last week Sally bought us a box of Favourites mini chocolate bars.  We each picked one out of the bag.  We then had to describe it using our senses.  Check out the great similes that Grace used when describing her bar. Can you work out which chocolate Grace got?

It looks swirly like my dog’s fur.

It sounds crinkly like opening fish n chips.

It feels as hard as my bones.

It tastes like a gooey worm in my mouth.

It smells like caramello muffins.

What chocolate am I?

Mini Olympics

On Thursday we had a mini Olympic Games.  We had five different sports.  The activities we had were archery, weight lifting, chariot racing, Olympic torch and gladiator relays.  We  were in different countries.  The teams lined up on the front field and we had an opening ceremony. We sung the national anthem and marched around in our countries.  In the end Finland won! We had fun being outside and being active.  

We can't wait for the real Olympics to begin!

Futsal

Last week we were lucky enough to have a Futsal coaching session.  Futsal is a variation of soccer played with a smaller ball and often inside. We played lots of fun games like Catch the tail and Ghostbusters.