Tuesday

Tuesday

Mr Ian Gibson is Sam's wonderful grandparent. He is a geologist.

 We had a Facetime session with him. He shared a powerpoint showing us the different types of tectonic plates and the hazards they create. Mr Gibson showed us how the different plates moved by moving our hands as the plates.

Divergent Plates   
Convergent Plates
Transform Plates   .

A special big thank you Mr Gibson, from Room 16.

We had a try at making our own examples of tectonic plates.
A very tasty version!
We all had a biscuit each and explored what movement the different plates make.


The best part was eating the biscuits at the end! Ha, ha!

Friday

Friday
We started the morning with Athletics with Erin from Project Energize.
We learnt how to run correctly with our heads looking forwards. L-shaped arms pumping and running on the balls of our feet.

Then we learnt the correct way to jump in high jump.
We practised how to kick our legs out and up.

Thursday

Thursday 
We welcomed back the 'New Zealand Playhouse' to Hamilton East.
They performed their current show #TheFairestOfThemAll.
We loved the crazy characters and learnt about cyper safety.

A Busy Week-Monday

Monday Morning

When we arrived at school 

we found the trees outside our classroom had been cut down.

 

Wow! There is so much light and sunshine of Middle Flat now. 

But...

There was a big pile of bark that Dugan needed help to move.

Well done Room 16! Fantastic teamwork.

Monday, after Morning Tea
We have started a new unit on Measuring for Mathematics.
We began by measuring and comparing - identifying longer and shorter. 

Wednesday - Ruakuri Caves Trip

Wednesday
We kept our fingers crossed and hoped the rain would stay away. We had a magical day exploring Ruakuri walkway and caves. We finished up with a 'Treasure Hunt' in the picnic area. Then just as the rain arrived we got back on the bus to school. Phew!
Ruakuri Caves Trip on PhotoPeach

Aquifer Model

Have you ever wondered what happens to the water 

on the ground when it rains?

 We investigated how to make an Aquifer model.

First

We used little aquarium stones to represent rocks 

in the bottom of our tank.

Next

We added some soil to represent the Earth crust.

Then

We cut some grass and put it on top to represent 

the plants growing.

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Finally

We poured in some coloured blue water and 

watched to see what would happen.
IMG 1794 from Ham East on Vimeo.

Lastly

We all had a turn using the pump to suck the water up 

from the rock layer, the water table, to the surface.

Sediment Jar

We have been finding out about soil.
We learnt there are soil layers.



What does the word sediment mean?

We put a layer of dirt in a jar and then filled it up with water and shook it up.
Then we watched to see what happened next.



If you look carefully you can see the different layers that have formed in the soil.
Why do you think that happened?