Street Litter Clean Up

Room 2 went off in search of litter to clean up our village. We were pleased to discover that there was not much litter to be found on our streets. We hope it stays that way so we can all be proud of the beautiful place where we are so lucky to live.

Springtime Sunflower Seeds

 Room 2 worked with their buddy class, Room 5, to plant a sunflower seed each. After one week we have two seeds that have sprouted and we can't wait to see what happens over the long weekend.

Magic Milk

Another fun experiment! We poured milk into a petri dish and then used a pipette to add a few drops of food colouring. It was amazing to see the milk start to move around and create interesting colourful patterns when we added just one drop of dish washing liquid.

Lunch Box Litter

We decided to see just how much litter our class left at school after lunch each day. We collected the litter from our lunch boxes and separated it into compost and plastic rubbish. We were very surprised to see just how much good food was wasted each day (it weighed 4 kilos!). When we examined the food that was wasted we decided one reason was that big pieces of fruit were difficult to eat and took a long time when we were keen to join our friends on the playground. We decided to ask our parents to cut up our fruit to make it easier to eat. We also thought we could bring food to school in small washable containers instead of wrapping it in plastic to save creating lots of litter.

Looking Back- Gymnastics

 

Coach Brian was very impressed with the improved confidence of everyone over the four weeks of gymnastics lessons last term. We worked on improving our agility, strength, co-ordination and balance. We all loved using the equipment to swing, climb, balance, jump and roll.

Looking Back- Lava Lamps

Room 2 children love science experiments. Last term we put some water in a beaker and added coloured dye. We poured cooking oil in and it floated on top of the water. When we dropped in a Vitamin C tablet coloured bubbles began to float to the top. When they reached the surface they began to fall down again like the bubbles in a lava lamp.

Looking Back - The School Production

We haven't stopped since our last blog. There have been numerous events that have kept us busy. Its time to catch you all up to speed.
Last term we were proud to perform in our school biennial production.
This year the show called "Over the Rainbow" was written, produced and choreographed by Raeleen Luckin. Each class took a different scene from the show and every single child at our school had their moment on stage singing and dancing for a packed audience. Our boys wore red and represented fire, and "hot stuff". The girls were fireflies and they danced beautifully in their golden costumes.

Science Week

This week is Science Week and we have been busy learning to be scientists at school.

We are learning to observe carefully using our five senses - looking, listening, smelling, tasting and feeling.
We are beginning to use drawing and writing to record our observations.
We are learning to measure carefully.
We are thinking deeply about what we have observed.
We are wondering and asking questions about what we have observed.

Our school was very lucky to have several adult scientists volunteer to take workshops for students in their areas of expertise.

We buddied up with children from other classrooms and chose two workshops of interest.
The junior children studied:

• Observation Skills
• NZ Birds
• Anatomy
• Astronomy
• Chemistry
• Environmental Science
• Experiments.

We all had an exciting day and learned lots of skills!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Magic Science Show Comes To Oakura

Elephant Toothpaste

I loved the Science Show because the elephant toothpaste burst out of the bottle.                                Jonty



It was cool because he stuck a pencil on his hand and he made elephant toothpaste and it boomed up on to the table. Then he made rockets. They boomed up on to the roof. There were three rockets. Then he made toilet paper fly. Then he gave Mrs McKay some frozen pretend baby wee.                           William C

The magic that happens in a babies nappy.

 Catching your breath.

 


We went to a Magic Show in the Pohutukawa Centre .The whole class was there.The toilet paper burst up to the roof. It was fun in the P.C. The scientist swallowed a red ball.       
                                                        Regan

Wowee! The man made a rocket burst on the roof. I was excited.                         Bella

It was exciting because the scientist swallowed a ball.                                                 Brody
                                                          

Te Aroha

Waiata Tamariki - Papaki Mai

Sing along with the waiata we are learning in Kapahaka

A special song for learning!

Beach Education

 

 

We walked to the Surf Club and met the lifeguards.

They showed us the first aid room, the lookout tower and the rescue craft.

We learned how to keep safe in the sun by wearing long sleeves, a wide brimmed hat and sun glasses, drinking water, staying in the shade and using sun screen.

The life guards showed us how to see a rip in the sea. We learned how to keep safe in the water by swimming between the flags and having an adult watching us.

At the end of the day we all had fun running through the water, jumping waves and playing beach games.