Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Calendar Art
We each used the digital camera and took our own autumn leaf photos.
We then used Kidpix tools to cut out a picture of ourselves,
we imported our photos and put ourselves sitting on a leaf.
Our Calendar Art on PhotoPeach
Calendar, dairy and card order forms have been sent home.
Please send your order to the office.
What do you think of our wonderful artworks?
Aren't we incredible!
Water Cycle
We did some experiments to find out about the Water Cycle.
We held ice cubes in our hands.
They were very cold, they made our fingers tingle.
They melted.
We made a puddle of water on the table.
We watched it all day.
The puddle slowly disappeared.
We boiled a kettle.
There was a lot of steam.
When we held a cold plate above the steam.
Drops of water collected and started to drip back into the jug.
We blew on the windows with our warm breath.
We made condensation.
We walked on the frosty grass.
We left footprints.
So...
What makes water change state?
Do you know?
Leave us a comment and Room 16 will tell you if you are right!
Decomposition
We asked Dugan to talk to us about decomposition.
We found leaves that had just fallen down from the trees.
Underneath was another layer of leaves that were going rotten.
Dugan told us they were probably from last year.
There were lots of little insects running around,
slaters and centipedes.
When we dug down further there was very good soil.
All the old leaves had decomposed.
The soil was full of good food for the garden.
There were lots of worms.
Dugan took us to the Wormbins to show us how they work.
They were very smelly!
Dugan said "If it is smelly it is NOT ready to put on our gardens."
He dug down under the worm food and....
wonderful, rich compost. Ready to go in our gardens,
and lots of worms!
We decided to make a worm farm for our classroom.
We got some good soil and worms from Dugan.
We followed the Journal Story Room 14 told us about.
Now we have our own class Wormbin.
Our worms love chopped up, sweet and juicy feijoas!
Pyjama Day
We had a Pyjama Day to raise money for our sister school in Uganda.
Check out our PJ's and our smiles!
Thanks to all those PJ kids who joined in the fun.
We raised $212 for Hamilton Buikwe School and had lots of fun.
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