Science

We walked down to Memorial Hall to visit the Matariki science fair. Students were able to interact with the fascinating displays. 

3D printing

Virtual reality

Static electricity

Microscopes

In class we also continued with our science - Investigating Bubbles.

Blowing bubbles in plain water.

Adding soap increases the surface tension so the water lasts longer.

Blowing bubbles outside.

And more bubbles!

A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree

Kaikohe West School made a Pukeko in a Ponga Tree for Santaś Grotto in Kaikohe. It was a collaborative effort between Rooms 5, 6, 13 and 15. Whaea Raewyn helped in Room 6 - we made 10 juicy fish heads, 5 big fat pigs and 4 huhu grubs. They looked amazing! You can visit Santaś grotto between 10am and 2pm until December 23rd.

A pukeko and some huhu grubs

Some juicy fish heads 

The tree! Can you find everything?

R Tucker Thompson

We had a fantastic time on the R Tucker Thompson. Thank you Ari, Alex and Nate for looking after us and teaching us how to sail.

Climbing the rigging.

Tuoro steering the boat.

Harnesses for climbing.

Hoisting the sails.

Bow riding.

What an awesome boat!

Peruperu and wildflowers

Now that the weather is getting better we have started planting. We planted some wildflower seeds to provide food for the bees this summer.
Hone and Karen have been teaching us how to grow peruperu. We moved our seedlings into bigger containers on Wednesday.

First we measured our plants and recorded the information

Then we filled the big containers with straw and cut around the bottom of our seedling containers.

After that we made two nests in the straw.

Next we put some soil in the nest and put our plant on top.

We put some more soil on top and watered our plants carefully.

Money and gymnastics

We went on a class trip to the Kerikeri Gymnastics Club on Wednesday where we learnt lots of new skills from Janet, Lisa, Caleb and Tyler.

Wharengaro doing a handstand.

Lorrell on the parallel bars

Rykahdo lifting himself on the bar

Milson

Tuoro swinging on the rings

Some of us made it to the top of the rope!

Jeremy from the ASB came to talk to us about money. We learnt to "spend some on you but save some too¨.

Car wash fundraising and fractions

We are fundraising for our sleepover and sailing excursion on the R Tucker Thompson next month. On Friday we washed 11 cars and made over $60! We wrote procedures during the week so we would know what to do. 

Washing Cars for Teachers

Materials

• Hose

• Sponge
• Bucket
• Water
• Carwash soap
• Towels

First fill a bucket with water and add car wash soap.

Next get another bucket and fill it with plain water.

Then check that all the windows are closed so no water wets the seats.

After that get your hose and wash down the car. Then get a cloth and put it in the soapy water.

After that get your sponge and wipe the dirt off the car. Then rinse the sponge out into the plain water. Keep going until the car is clean.

And then hose off the car again.

Finally dry the car with towels.

By Chrystal

We have been practising our fractions and made a little fraction museum in class to show what we have learned.

T Ball

It has been a busy week. We had a shared lunch on Wednesday to celebrate the end of Term 3 and a whole school Olympics Fun Day on Friday. Earlier in the week we had a game of T Ball on the field and showed some awesome skills. 

Pani

Rykahdo

SanAnDreas

Lorrell

Lexus

Twinkles

Bee Aware Month and Book Week

We had some visitors from Comvita who shared lots of information about bees with us. September is Bee Aware month. Bees are such fascinating and important creatures and we really need to look after them.

Dan the Bee Man showed us the tools he uses to look after bees.

Mahia wearing a beekeeperś veil.

    

We had a close up look at a queen bee and all of her workers.

We also celebrated Book Week this week and on Friday we dressed up as our favourite book characters. 

Anthony, Danielle, Tuoro and Roxci in their fabulous costumes.

Money Week and writing samples

We have started learning about money. On Friday we used pretend New Zealand coins and notes to solve change unknown problems.

Rykahdo received a certificate for his wonderful narrative writing at our whole school assembly.

Research and Nets

For geometry we made nets. First we rolled the wooden cubes and traced around each face, then we cut them out and folded the paper on the lines to make our own paper cubes.

We have been researching Hochstetterś frogs. They are one of four New Zealand native frogs and we have found lots of interesting facts.