Science

Science is all around us! 
Here are some fun facts and cool experiments for you to try out! 

Science Kids

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Interactive Science

Explode!

We are learning how to give instructions through procedural writing. Yesterday, we created a rocket with a film canister and half of an alka-seltzer tablet.

Today we tried to create a vinegar bomb by using warm water, baking soda, vinegar and a zip-lock bag. We failed three times before our experiment succeeded! 

The following things helped to make our experiment successful:

-We put more baking soda

-We made sure the bag was sealed tightly

-We used a smaller and a lower quality zip-lock bag

-We shook the bag to help speed up the chemical reaction

-We used less tissue paper 

Come into our class and we'll teach you how to make the vinegar bombs!

Ancient Greece

For our next inquiry project, we will be looking at Ancient Greece. Here are some resources to help you in Blendspace.

Communication

We have been learning about communication and how the way people communicate changes from ancient times to present. Have fun at learning in the Blendspace. Remember to leave your mark on the Padlet!

Song Writing

In Room 16, we created songs using the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". For our communication study, we are trying to communicate through music.

Each group picked out an emotion and a random object or animal out of two separate jars. 

Abhinav, Bruno, Jordan, Zaky and Jim picked "angry" and "giant". 

Hadden, Tristan, Justin, Sam, Maxwell and Lukas picked "happy" and "banana". 

Romeo, Aston, Jayden, Felix and Ishka picked "happy" and "pizza".

Lucia, Yasmine, Mia-Rose, Gigi and Jae-In picked "angry" and "dog".

Solana, Beatrice, Ruby, Caitlyn and Inginn picked "sad" and "ice-cream".

Enjoy our songs and see how many instruments you can hear and recognise!

New Zealand Internation Film Festival

Last Wednesday, the Year 3/4 syndicate went to the Rialto Cinema in New Market to watch a collection of short animations from around the world.

We all have our favourite films and enjoyed writing about them in class. One of the films is about a zebra who has crashed into a tree. This accident has left him with a new set of patterns. Every time he moves, his patterns changed again. We were inspired by this film and decided to create our own animal artwork with different patterns. You are welcomed to come and have a look at them in our class!

Gameloft

On Wednesday, Room 16 went to visit Gameloft. There are a lot of secrets we cannot share with you, but there are also a lot of cool things that we can.

Don, Beatrice's dad, Alvin and Hannah hosted us. Don talked about different ways to communicate. For example, music is specially chosen to create a different atmosphere for each game. Another example is that the "good guys" were created by using warm colours and the "bad guys" were drawn by using cold colours.

Alvin is very good at maths and physics. He taught us about calculating angles when making games. We also got to create paper planes and try out a fun game.

We learnt that you need a lot of communication skills to be a game developer. You will need to respect and trust other people's ideas when you have a different idea. 

It was an awesome trip!

Reporters

Beatrice demonstrated an experiment on static electricity.

Anissa showed us the stones that she have found in her garden.

Hadden talked to the class about the Titanic and the different parts of the ship.

Sam shared a book about Mt. Everest with us.

Harry brought back the goat skin from his hunting trip.

Amira shared with us her collection of crystals.

Lucia told us about the Sylvanian families.

Thank you, Reporters!

Stardom Visit

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Learning Mandarin

For the keen learners of Mandarin, here is a wonderful website to practise your numbers and other vocabulary. You can invite your Mum and Dad to join in too!

Room 16's Book Club

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Reporters

Our news reporters have shared exciting things with us.

Aston recommended a book to the class.

Jordan showcased his hand-made Batman costume.

Inginn shared that this cultural dress is worn on special occasions in Myanmar. 

Justin introduced a series of books to the readers.

Bruno showed us his experiment.

Yasmine showed us her treasured stones.

Caitlyn taught us how to decipher hieroglyphic writing. 

Gigi reported on the growth and progress of Tigerlily.

Abhinav introduced the Indian Rupee.

Travelwise Survey

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Reading

                                      

Bug Club has been updated over the holiday. Click on the link here to go to the website.

Continue to read as much as you can to complete the Reading Challenge!

Reporters

During news time, Room 16 have appointed news  reporters to share with us something that is special to them. They can choose a favourite book, a small object, a newspaper article, an item of interest or a nature find.

Lukas shared about his the jumper from the Disability Sports Event.

Ruby shared about the rocks from her backyard and Canada.

Jayden showed us a special rock.

Maxwell gave everyone a Pumice Rock that he got from Lake Taupo.

Ishka talked to the class about his fossil.

Romeo talked about his goldfish.

Felix showed us his dog's life jacket.

Tristan brought in the Kauri Snail that his Nana gave him.

Solana showed us the Fortune Cookie Purse with secret messages.

Jae-In passed around her Granddad's magnifying glass for reading.

Thank you to all the reporters!

Fitness With Youness

Every Wednesday afternoon, Youness comes to do fitness with Room 16.

We have been learning big ball skills. At the end of the lesson, we get to play a soccer game! 

Thank you, Youness!

ANZAC Week

Last week, our school commemorated ANZAC's 100th year of the Gallipoli landing in World War 1.

We went into our House Groups and did an Anzac activity. We made poppies from different materials, ANZAC cookies, soldiers, ANZAC jars, medals, drawings with splint pins, magnets, potato printing, wrote letters, music, periscope, marching and war activities on the computer.

We wrote little messages to the soldiers who went to World War 1 from New Zealand on the red discs. There were 59,000 discs altogether. Each disc represents a person who was killed or injured.

We went to the Domain with our buddy class, Room 27.

As a school, we went to the Domain to put down our discs for the world's largest "Giant Poppy".

The stones were from Anzac Cove. They were sent to New Zealand from Gallipoli.

As a class, we wrote a peace poem on "When you close your eyes and think of peace, what do you see?" Please visit our class to read these wonderful poems!