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.
Room 2 is a class of 20, Year 1 and 2 students. We are 5 and 6 years old and go to Oakura School in Oakura, Taranaki, New Zealand. Oakura is a small village on the coast. We can see Mount Taranaki from our school playground and are near Egmont National Park. Oakura School children take care of the local beach and enjoy activities in their local environment.
Friday, October 24, 2014
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.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
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.
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