Sherbert Fizz

We explored how individual ingredients may not taste very nice on their own however once mixed together the result can be extraordinary! Some were salty, some were sour but sherbert is yummy! It crackles and pops when it is in your mouth. This is because your warm saliva reacts with the citric acid and baking soda.

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Elephant toothpaste

We carried out an experiment today called Elephant Toothpaste! It explored a chemical reaction where yeast was the active ingredient. As soon as the yeast was added to the hydrogen peroxide, dishwashing liquid food colouring and warm water it exploded into this frothing mass of foam.

We were so amazed and excited. It was spectacular!!!

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Two in One

We participated in a simple experiment where we looked at Optical Illusions!. At the roadshow they made a skeleton look like it was sitting on a chair and running water look like the droplets stopped in mid air. Our experiment looked like a goldfish was swimming in a bowl. This is because the speed of movement was too fast for our eyes and tricked them.

Science Roadshow

On Monday as an immersion activity for our concept this term which is Change. We went to the Science Roadshow. It was a hands on experience and we participated in lots of different scientific activities. It was great to help us think about Science in the world around us.

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Coconut Ice

We made coconut ice for the gala .

To make coconut ice you need team work,, cooperation, make sensible choices, a lot of hard work , strong muscles for stirring and perseverence (don’t give up easily!).

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Whanau Fitness

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This week for our Healthy Immersion Activity Kauri whanau has been participating in fitness activities organised and run by Room 18. We thoroughly enjoy this!!!

Hectors World

Another element to Keeping Ourselves Safe is the internet. We are taking part in the Hectors World Programme, it is teaching us how to be safe when using the internet. It is fun. You can explore Hectors World too. This link takes you straight to the movies, but you can click on the map, and go to information island or on a tour to know how Hectors World works.

Click on the picture above and click on now showing to choose an episode.

Canterbury

We held a red and black mufti day for the people of Christchurch. Our class alone raised $60. We pray for the people of Christchurch and we hope our money can go towards helping to get things that they need.

Keeping ourselves safe

As part of our keeping ourselves safe programme, Constable Marnie came to show us what we can do when someone touches us in a way we don't like. This poster shows what we learnt.

We have found a great interactive site that helps to teach you about nutrition.

Click on the link above

Our Pepeha

As part of our Maori programme we have been learning a class pepeha, because we live in Whangarei and are part of a class whanau. It tells you our maunga, awa, waka, marae, iwi, hapu and whanau.

Bike Day

Our school celebrated Bike Day as it is a way to keep fit and healthy. Middle syndicate went out together and set a course for the cyclists. It proved a bit hard because the grass was rather long. However we had fun and had a healthy glow at the end to show all the hard work we were doing!

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Whanau Healthy Picnic

Our Immersion activity this week was to have a whanau healthy picnic. Two girls from other classes showed us their creative talents in making their own environmentally friendly lunchbox. Here are a few photos of Kauri whanau showing us their healthy lunchboxes.

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Healthy Me

Our concept this term is Healthy Me. Using Comic Life, we took our photo, created our name using lettering and wrote about ways we keep healthy.

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Our Wordles

We created wordles to describe ourselves and put our photos on them as well.

Enjoy and let us introduce ourselves to you

Outdoor Education

Last week, we participated in Outdoor Education Activities. We went Ten Pin Bowling, Caving and to the Adventure Forest. In Ten Pin Bowling we had to be persistent and resilient to try to bowl the pins down. In Caving and the Adventure Forest we certainly needed courage, persistence and be a risk taker to overcome these challenges. It was exciting and fun!

Challenge

Our concept this term has been Challenge. Mrs Wendt set us some fun mini challenge activities i.e. domino runs, juggling, sled skiing, balance board, string games, origami, computer activities(agent ani, questionaut), and elastics. We had to use skills such as persistence, resilience, risk taking, and problem solving to overcome the challenge.

Eco Waste

Anna from eco-waste came to our class and worked with the children on creating a more sustainable planet. We looked at shopping smarter to reduce waste, what we can recycle and reuse. Our challenge was to have a zero waste lunchbox. Our class achieved 92% zerowaste lunchboxes.

Cultures Day

We held a school Cultures day, where the children dressed up in clothes from another culture and Room 13 had a cultural feast. Children bought dishes from their own cultures or kiwiana food.

Zahna Violin

Zahna is in a violin concert and is playing music by Handel and Bach. They are both composers from the baroque era. Zahna dressed in clothes from the baroque period and played the violin for us.

Please enjoy!