Term 2 - Week 4

We started making our marble runs.

This involves working together and testing our designs as we go.

The idea is to keep the marble moving but also to try and slow it down so it 

takes as long as possible to reach the end of the marble run.

Gravity is trying to pull the marble towards the centre of the Earth. 

The cardboard platforms are creating an upwards push against gravity.

The marble is gathering momentum which shows itself as 

movement/speed without any extra help (such as a push).

There is friction pulling on the marble and slowing it down as the 

surface of the marble moves along the surface of the cardboard.

 Mrs Pearson shares a Big Book with us at Guided Reading time.

Term 2 Week 3

 Chicchan brings in her homework: 

an egg that has been sitting in vinegar for a few days.

-Photo by Maisie

 Buddy reading is a great way to improve

our reading skills together.

 The Dolphins reading group read a book about 

growing sprouts and started to grow their own.

- photo by Ashley

 For maths (measurement) we made paper 

planes and flew them outside.

We estimated how many metres we thought they had 
flown, then we checked our estimate by measuring 

the distance with  rulers.  

Some had flown more than 8 metres!

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 We added the colour to our fish!

We used warm colours for the body and mouth

and cool colours for the fins.

 We are learning about measurement in maths.

We took our rulers outside and measured the length and width of the pool, the length of the tennis courts, and the different measurements of playground equipment.

 For topic we are learning about invisible forces.

We carried out an experiment to test whether the size of a ball, 

and the angle of a ramp, 

affected how far it rolled once it left the ramp.

We recorded our results and shared what we found.

Term 2 Week 1

 We read The Rainbow Fish and used the different types of fish we could see to produce sketches. 

Then we carefully went over them with black marker.  

Next week we will be adding the colour!

 In E-Learning we used some cool websites to investigate 

momentum, gravity and magnetism.

Term 1 Week 11

 We shared some of our minibeast poetry with each other

 Sam bought in some delicious feijoas for us to enjoy

 Some students started using our new ipad to practise their spelling

 We made minibeast masks 

We used old newspapers to create some art.

We cut out buildings to create images of a town at night.