Calendar Art and our trip to Ōtākau Marae

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Josiah - Playing at lunchtime.

Kelli - Hot chocolates.

Rebecca - ABC with balloons and milkshakes.

Luke - Playing on the metal slides.

Tigue - Singing the National Anthem in English, Māori & New Zealand Sign Language

KayLee - watching Yogi Bear with Libby at Bradford Great Behaviour Movie afternoon.

Briah - Eating ice cream made with liquid nitrogen during a super science session with University Physicists.

Cairo - Hot chocolate!

Arleyah -At the Marae

Libby -Sad to say goodbye to friends.

Mina -Hot Chocolate

Zoe - Bradford's friendly chickens.

Caitlin - Hot chocolate

Steven - Wheels ABC day.  Steven on his scooter and Zoe on her bike.

Paige -Bird feeders we made at discovery time.

Izan - playing with Zane at lunchtime.

Aden - Chickens at Bradford.

Zane - Riding my scooter at ABC wheels day.

Kerrianne -Gymnastics

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And finally, a photo of some of our learning about the Marae.  We all had a go at weaving putiputi (flowers) at the Marae but it was really, really hard.  So we did this simple weaving so we could all learn about alternating under and over.

Thanks to Vicky (Paige's mum), Sheryl (Briah's mum) and Coreen (Mrs B's mum) who came to the marae.

Here's a few photos of some of us at the Marae.  It was awesome fun and we learned HEAPS!!

Zane giving his mihi to Group 3.

Mina giving her mihi to Group 3.

Matua Duggie telling some of the legends about Maui.

Groups 1 and 2 give their mihi to their small groups in front of the whārenui.

Group 3 playing Rākau Purei (Stick Games) with Matua Tony

Libby and Xanthe weaving putiputi (flowers)

More bubbles, explosions and the fun of Discovery World

A trip to the science laboratory & Discovery World at Otago Museum provided some great learning experiences AND the children have written fabulous recounts about the trip.  I won't tell you any more because they have done such a great job!  They have included details like when, where, who and why and have written about the experiences in the correct sequence.  You will also notice that the writing is in past tense, just the way a good recount should be.

Unfortunately I was only with a small group of Room 2 scientists who went with Room 4 and Tom the scientist so there are just a few photos here.  The other part of Room 2 went with Room 3 and a lady called Heather.  The recounts will give you great word pictures and you can let your imagination go wild.

Go Room 2!!

Tom from the Museum put something 'cool' in the Coke.  Read below to find out.

Last Thursday Room 2, 3 and 4 went on an excellent trip.  We went to the museum to have fun.  Someone got dry ice.  He put a Coke bottle in a tray.  He opened the lid of the bottle.  He put the dry ice in.  The Coke was like a water fountain because it exploded out of the bottle.  He said that it would work with any fizzy drink.  I liked it. 

Written by Paige

Last Thursday I went to the museum with Room 2, 3 and 4.  I liked the Coke exploding.  To make the explosion the lady put the dry ice in the Coke then we had to move back because the Coke went all over the floor.  I got a surprise.  

Written by Briah

I like going to the museum.  Last Thursday I went with Room 3.  It was fun.  I went into a big bubble.  I stood into a big stand.  I pulled a rope and pulled the rope down.  Then the bubble went up.  It was fun.

Written by Josiah

Last Thursday Room 2, 3 and 4 went to the museum on a bus.  I played with KayLee and Rebecca and Mina at Discovery World.  We did science experiments at the museum.  I liked the museum. 

Written by Kerrianne 

I went to Discovery World on the 1st of September.  It was for fun.  I went in the bubble.  The end.

Written by Izan 

Last Thursday Room 2, 3 and 4 went to the museum.  First Room 2 and 3 went to the Discovery World.  We went for fun and to learn science.  I liked the Discovery World.  We went for the science stuff.  

At the end we did something with Coke and dry ice and then when the lady put the dry ice it exploded.  It was a big explosion.  In Discovery World I went down the slide.  There was a plank and I walked on it.  It was bouncy and fun.  Then Kerrianne came on and we bounced on it.  The we did something else.  The science was fun as well.  I loved going to the museum.  There is a cafe there.  I haven't been to the cafe yet.  I haven't been with Mum.

Written by Zoe 

Last week we also explored one of our previous questions.  We were interested in how bubbles get to be round.  It turns out that it's something to do with SURFACE TENSION and we've been doing some more experiments to find out a bit more about that.  Hopefully there will be some posts about that coming up.

Well I don't know about you but I reckon the there are some amazing scientists and authors in Room 2.  If you enjoyed reading our blog, please leave a short comment. We love reading the comments from our audience as it endorses the value of writing.   

See you again soon.

Some wonderful writing from some of Room 2's authors

Did you know that the best way to have friends is to be a friend?

Everyone in Room 2 knows that and we've been demonstrating it in all sorts of situations.  Check out the photos and a couple of recounts of our lunchtime play last Friday.

Josiah, Aden, Zane & Luke on a mission.

Mina, Rebecca, Zoe and Kelli hunting for clues around the adventure playground.  

Me and my friends went to the house and the house door opened and the door closed.  It was scary and it didn't open for a while.  We saw some wood and sticks.        Written by Kelli.

Briah, KayLee and Steven taking turns to shoot Steven's ball through the hoop.

                                                                 

          

I got a ball.  I went to the court with KayLee and Briah.  We played on Friday.   Written by Steven.

Izan, Cairo, Paige and Caitlin are invited Kerrianne to join in.

And now a couple more factual recounts and an imaginative recount to finish off.

Surprise!!!        by Mina.

Last Thursday was my mum and dad's anniversary day.  I did a big surprise at home.  It was a chocolate raspberry cake and some flowers.  I had 5 pieces of cake!   

Going to Christchurch       by Libby. 

Me and Mum and Max went to McDonalds on Tuesday.  It was a big trip to Christchurch.  We were hungry.  I got a Happy Meal.  I got chips and a toy.  The toy was a Zoo Ball and a glow stick.  

The Dragon with Orange Eyes    by Tigue. 

Last night I had a horrible dream.  It was about when I had to go and kill a dragon.  A knight was there.  The knight dressed me in knight's clothes.  I was really scared.  The dragon was scary. The dragon blew fire.  he had orange eyes.  His eyes looked scary.  He had spikes on his back.  He also had a horrible voice.  I felt horrified.  The dragon had claws.

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere!

Last Wednesday afternoon Room 2 made a huge bubbly mess.  It was all in the aid of science.  Read Aden's recount of the bubbly experience below.

Yesterday after lunch I blew bubbles and it was fun.  I did it outside Room 2.  I made a HUGE bubble and it was bigger than my shoe.  It was AMAZING.  I learned more about bubbles.

by Aden




We had a lot of fun blowing bubbles and tried to come up with questions about bubbles.  Around the photos are some of the great questions that some people in the class asked about bubbles to find out things we don't know yet.

Why is it so hard to blow bubbles out of the straw?

How do they pop?

What colour are they?

How do bubbles blow up real big?

Why is it all fluffy at the top?

Why can bubbles be big and small?

When can you blow bubbles?

Why can't you taste it?

How do the bubbles get air?

How do bubbles get into a round circle?

Science is Cool!

Last Tuesday four scientists came to visit.  Esther, Bianca, Sam and Joe helped us make lots of strange noises with Airzookas, straw oboes, an echo box, bottles of water and a coat hanger and a fork! 

We look a bit strange with our fingers in our ears but that's the way to hear the loudest noise when you tap the coat hanger with the fork.  Steven said it's because the sound goes up the string and into your ears.  Wow Steven.  That's really cool scientific thinking!

Zane is holding an echo box.  We had to wobble it around and it made some VERY loud noises bounce out of the box and hurt Arleyah's ears!

Luke, Mina, Cairo (and Dakota from Room 3) are playing Straw Oboes.  It was really hard to get the sound that Joe demonstrated but some of us managed.  When we got it right, it sounded like a room full of angry ducks!

These are Airzookas.  Come back and read the blog again because we hope that there will be some great recounts of how we made them.

This was hard too.  We blew gently across the top of the bottles and the bottles made different sounds because there was more water in some of them. 

We also made Ice Cream.  It only took a few minutes and it was YUMMY!  We're going to write some recounts about that too so you know how to make it.  But there was a secret ingredient that you probably can't buy so you will probably just have to buy your ice cream at the supermarket.

See you soon.
Room 2