Sign Language Week

This week is NZ sign language week. We have been learning a lot about sign language and Mrs Pool has been teaching us. We have learnt the alphabet and we can spell our names. We have been learning how to say hello and how to ask people how they are feeling. The cultural leaders came today and helped us to learn some new words.

Our Science Inquiry Homework Project

This was the first week of our science inquiry homework project and already lots of children have completed one of the activities. Here are some photos to give you some ideas.

Football Programme

Today we got to participate in a football coaching programme. It was lots of fun and we learnt some new skills. The sun was shining and we all had a great time.

Balloon and water experiment

This term we are starting a new inquiry topic all about WATER!

This afternoon we did an experiment with some balloons and water. We blew up a balloon and held it above a candle, after a while it popped, next we blew up a balloon but this time we added some water inside it and what happened next was very interesting...it didn't pop.

Here's how it works:

Water is a great substance for soaking up heat. The thin latex balloon allows the heat to pass through very quickly and warm the water. As the water closest to the flame heats up, it begins to rise and cooler water replaces it at the bottom of the balloon. This cooler water then soaks up more heat and the process repeats itself. In fact, the exchange of water happens so often that it keeps the balloon from popping.The black mark at the bottom is actually carbon which was deposited on the balloon by the flame.

Place Value Maths

Today at maths time, Jacob, Ida, Matty and Jessica were making bundles of ten ice-block sticks. They then wanted to know how many sticks there were altogether. So they decided to make bundles of 10, so there would be 100 in each pile. Once they had finished doing that, they skip counted in 100s to find the amount. They had 1220 sticks in total.

Easter Fun

On Wednesday Ms Scanlan treated us to some Easter gingerbread cookies, we spent the morning decorating them and making Easter cards for our families.

Have a wonderful Easter holidays everyone!

 

Maths Independent Play

Today we had two groups who really used their imagination and maths knowledge to take learning to the next step. One group decided to see what 1000 ice-block sticks would look like. They worked out that they would need 100 bundles of 10, so they got them all and set them out on the mat. The next group decided to build a tower using the coloured rods, focussing on our measuring objectives for strand maths.