Mouldy Bread Experiment

Today was day 11 of our science Experiment.  We wondered which bread would go mouldy first. The first two bags had a piece of bread that we had all passed around when we had dirty hands.

The next ones had bread that had been passed around after we had washed our hands. 

 The last one was the control and only Mrs. Bone touched thes bits of bread with clean hands.

Team 1 and 2 Talent

At Assembly today we had Team 1 and 2 Talent.  Here are some photos of the talented children in these two teams.

Mufti Day

Today was Daffodil Day.  Two councillors, Sean and Sharti, organised a mufti day.  We had to wear bright colours and bring a gold coin.  Room 2 raised $22.00 and the school raised over $300.00.  All the money raised will go to the Cancer Society and will be used in our local area.
Here is a photo of us in our bright colours:

Today's Ipad Stories

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Science Today

We did two experiments today.  The first was What Happens When We Put A  Jar Over A Lit Candle In  Water?

Our second experiment is with bread.  We had six bags - 2 are the control, 2 are bread that clean hands had touched and the other 2 were passed around before people washed their hands. We wonder which bags will go mouldy first?

Team 4 Camp Cupcake Fundraiser

Today Team 4 had a fundraiser to raise money for their camps.  Here is Sasha with her cupcake. Mrs. Bone had one too!

Aim High Today

This week we had four clever people on Aim High.  Mya for her great reading and for writing words quickly, Payton for recognising numbers to 1000, Kash for his fantastic story about his Grandad and Faith for her excellent progress in Reading this year - she has gone from Level 2 to Level 11 this year!  Well done to all of you!

Tonight's SOS Team One And Two Disco

Tonight we had an SOS Disco. Her are some of the photos of the Room 2 people that Mrs. Bone took.  Don't we all look fantastic!

Maths Discovery Day

We hope you enjoyed the Maths problems that your child brought home each night last week.  On Friday we had a Maths Discovery day in Team 1.  Here is what we got up to:

Maths Week

This week is Maths Week.  Every day this week we will go on the Maths website http://www.mathsweek.org. and do The Daily Dollar and Survivor Series.  We will also bring a maths problem home each night .  I encourage parents to help your child with their problems - this week is all about making maths fun.  Team One will also have a Maths Discovery Day on Friday.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Today we read Jack and the Beanstalk in class.  One of the activities at the moment is the playdough.  Here are the efforts of some of the Kiwis and Tui groups.

Room 4 Phonics

This week the children who go to Room 4 for phonics are learning about -ng endings on words.
Today as part of our task board we made swings and we could use string if we wanted to.  Here are the swings that got made today.

Today's Ipad Stories

Here are some of our stories from today.

Our Latest Winter Warmer's Recipients

This week is the last week for Winter Warmers.  Nikki came today and we had two more people receive a pack of cards and  four others who got the pukeko pen on a rope.(Annabelle was away)

Doubles

This week in Maths we are learning about Doubles.  Today we used our bodies to talk about doubles.

Double 1 is 2                 
1+1 =2

We each have 2 eyes.
Double 2 is 4
2 + 2 = 4




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Each hand has 5 fingers
Double 5 is 10.
5+5 =10




Each foot has 10 toes.
Double 10 is 20. 
10 + 10 = 20                                  

                                

Science Today

We invited Room 1 in to do some Science today.
First of all we read a great story about Mad Margaret's Experiments In The Scientific Method. 
Then we used these ideas for our own experiment with the balloon on a skewer.  Mrs. Bone asked us if we thought we could put the skewer through the balloon.

Most people thought we couldn't.  Then she showed us the photo with the skewer going through the balloon.  In pairs we came up with our hypothesis about how to put the skewer in without it popping.

We had lots of different ideas to try.  Some groups said to put the skewer in sideways, some said to put it through the top and others said just to be gentle.  We tried out every group's hypothesis.