Fun in Napier

The Kidd-li-winks had so much fun in Napier. As well as having lots of fun the Kidd-li-winks challenged themselves in different ways. Enjoy some of the photos from our experience.

Trip to Napier on PhotoPeach

Scooter Time on PhotoPeach

Playing on the Playground on PhotoPeach

Some of the Kidd-li-winks tried to climb up and over the rock wall. 

 Congratulations Monica

 Congratulations Louie

 Congratulations Isaiah

 Congratulations Mitch

 Congratulations George

 Congratulations Bella

 Congratulations Teague

 Congratulations Mya

Congratulations Declan

Congratulations Beau

A huge thank you to all the parents who came on our trip and had lots of fun with us!

Which fraction is bigger?

We have been learning about the size of fractions and which one would weigh more. We learnt to make a picture in our head of the fraction and imagine which one would be bigger. 

Teague asked a great question

Why is the number bigger but the fraction smaller?

Listen to the Fotobabbles we created and our thinking about fractions and their size. 

Listen to Teague's thinking. This maths is weird! He does mean 1/4 and not 4/4. 

Chemical Reactions

Our Science Experiment

Equipment

Cup

Baking soda

Vinegar

Food Colouring

Some of our predictions were 

The cup will explode because it has an acid and an alkaline.

It will bubble everywhere.

The colour will change when the bubbles bubble. 

Baking soda tastes yuck! Well to most people.

First we put 1/4 of a cup of baking soda in a cup.

Adding a few drops of food colouring

Slowly we poured in the vinegar.
Something is happening!

A chemical reaction!

Waves crashing over the cup

Lava bubbling out of the cup

The vinegar mixed with the baking soda and made bubbles. The bubbles are carbon dioxide. It is a gas like in fizzy drinks.

Boom! The science experiment exploded out of the cup on to the table. It was a dark dark red. The bubbles bubbled up the cup. Pop pop pop pop went the devil bubbles. The explosion speedily happened. If you want to do this experiment you will need two scoops of baking soda one cup of vinegar and four little drops of food colouring. Next you have to put the colouring and the vinegar into the cup to make it go Boom! 

Author Emma

Bubble bubble bubble the magic ingredients over flowed like a fizzy drink. It was covering the container with vinegar and baking soda. It was a chemical reaction. When the soda was ready the chemical reaction gushed down the cup. The bubbles were pouring down the cup. Then the bubbles got on the plastic lid. There were bubbles all over the plastic lid and the table.
Author Nick

Boom! The experiment exploded with bubbles coming up and up. Soon we had to watch the experiment. Soon it rose up and red bubbles appeared up fast like the wind. the experiment looked like a volcano exploding down an angry mountain. First we put in baking soda. Next we put in any colour of food colouring. Then we put in vinegar. Suddenly the experiment exploded everywhere.
Author Isaiah

Pop pop the science experiment started to crackle and fizz over the rim of the cup. Blue crashing waves smashed into the hard sand. The bubbles rose quickly up so you have to watch carefully because I nearly missed the reaction. If you want to do this experiment you've got to use food colouring, vinegar and baking soda. First you put a third of a cup in your container. Second you drip in food colouring in your container. Last of all you deposit the vinegar in the container and something impressive will happen.
Author Beau

Fraction Relay

 We had fraction relays today. In teams we had to race each other to fill our containers up with different fractions of water. As well as learning about fractions and capacity we had lots of fun on a hot day.

Ready set go!

It is tricky working out 1/4 when the container
isn't see through

Measuring and checking it is 1/4 full.

Measuring to check the container is 1/2 full.

Running with a half full container

Is our bucket half full yet?

The whole relay

We had to be careful we didn't spill any. It had to be a whole container of water.

Concentration

We have been learning how to order fractions. 1 whole is bigger than 1/2 and 1/2 is bigger than 1/4.



  

Determination

Our peacock art took us a long time. Everyone had to show determination to complete their peacock to their personal best. Each peacock has many different patterns (we were learning about patterns in maths so we were pretty good at them). Everyone in Room 5 was so proud of their finished peacock. 

Peacock Art on PhotoPeach

The PTA Fundraiser
You can order calendars, cards and diaries with your child's peacock on them.
Calendars and cards $10
Diaries $15
All orders need to be in by Friday 1st November. 

Equals = the same

We have been learning about = and what it really means.

Did you know it doesn't mean the answer?

It means the same. Numbers on each side of the equal sign equal the same amount. It has to balance on each side.

We used the balance scales to come up with interesting equations that were equal on both sides.

Both sides equal 70

Checking it balances( is equal) on the scales.

Working together to make each side equal

Isaiah and George made their equation equal

Ella and Henrietta checking their equation balances (is equal)

A human scale. Was the equation equal?

Music Video from the Exhibition

Drumming Cook Island Style from tracey hill on Vimeo.

If you have any photos of our art from the exhibition could we please have them to put on our blog. I forgot to take photos...ooops!

Cook Island Assembly Item

Cook Island Adventure Part 1 from tracey hill on Vimeo.

Cook Island Adventure Part 2 from tracey hill on Vimeo.

Cook Island Adventure Part 3 from tracey hill on Vimeo.

Assembly Item

 A few photos from our assembly item. I was very proud of all the Kidd-li-winks. You were fantastic little performers and put on a great show for the rest of the school. You worked hard to learn your parts and best of all you had fun and took a risk with your learning. So wonderful to see you all being the 'best you can be'.

Good luck island necklaces

All ready to start with a bang

The Cook Island flag

How to crack a coconut

It actually cracked

Beautiful hair being washed with coconut cream

Tahi, rua, toru, a
Counting the beat

Lovely hula girls

Boys showing their hula skills

The Kidd-li-winks all looking amazing on stage

Singing stars

Singing star

Video to come soon.

Rotation

We are learning about rotation and fractions. We made patterns by rotating shapes different fractions.

Look at some of our patterns.

The shapes and the colours have to stay the same when you rotate.

Ella

Lucas

 Can you work out what fraction we rotated them in?

Bella

Monica

Louie

Teague

What is special about Faith's rotation?