Room 16's Turangawaewae Movie

Making hot air balloons

Why were we making hot air balloons:

• We were making hot air balloons because this balloon below was on Dawson Park this morning.

How to make hot air balloons:

What you need:

• ·     A plastic bag
• ·     String
• ·     A paper cup
• ·     A hair dryer

What you do:

• ·     Cut the string into four pieces of the same length.
• ·     Put four holes at the top of the paper cup.
• ·     Thread a piece of string through each of the holes in the cup.
• ·     Tie two pieces of string to one of the handles of the plastic bag.
• ·     Tie the other two pieces of string to the other handle of the plastic bag.
• ·     Put the hair dryer under the hole of the plastic bag.
• ·     Turn the hair dryer on.
• ·     Let go of the plastic bag.

What is the difference between a hot air balloon and a parachute?

• ·     A hot air balloon goes up and a parachute goes down.

 

Was it easy to make a hot air balloon?

• ·     It is easy to make because you just poke it through the hole and tie it to the plastic bag.
• ·     No because the threading was too hard.
• ·     No is wasn’t because it was hard to put the string through the holes because the string was fatter than the holes.

Our afternoon with our buddy class Room 9

On Thursday we had a lovely afternoon getting to know our buddy class Room 9. First of all we got into pairs or small groups to do buddy reading. 

Then we moved up to the top courts and played a getting to know names game. This was a great way to get to know each other and also got us thinking about throwing and catching, our next PE unit. 

Room 9, we look forward to spending more time with you this year!

Our favourite toys

As part of our Turangawaewae Statistics unit on getting to know each other, we all brought in a favourite toy from home. Here we are with them...

We then tried sorting them into groups...

...we ended up with six groups of toys; a marble track; crystals; hand-held toys; stuffed toys; toys with wheels and toys with bodies. Can you tell which group is which?

Room 16's favourite colour

Room 16 are ready for their swimming lesson!

New Room 16 2014

Everyone was very exciting in Room 16 on Wednesday 29th January. It was the first day back at school and we were all enjoying getting to know each other. Spending time playing on Putikitiki was a one of the favourite parts of the day. 

We learnt how to play on the tyre swing safety and fairly so everyone can have a good time. 

 
We also learnt how to be safe while climbing in the tree.


I think everyone in Room 16 will be enjoying exploring Putikitiki during lunchtimes now their are in Totara team.