Sewing

Room 5 are making christmas decorations. Our first step was to paint fabric with fabric paint(they look pretty amazing). We made stockings, snowmen and bells. Both Mrs H and the Kidd-li-winks learnt how to thread a needle and sew. Mrs Beswick came to teach us some of her super sewing skills. We had to show determination because it is tricky.

It was time for the stuffing. This was the fun part- playing tug of war with the stuffing to get it out.

And Mrs Claus even came to Room 5.

We sewed the last bit together. It was a different kind of stitch. It was tricky. You can see by the faces of concentration.  

Our gorgeous decorations to hang on the tree. What a clever bunch of kids.

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. 

Science is so much fun

The Kidd-li-winks love science so much.  

We started off with 1/4 of a cup of liquid hand soap and mixed in 3/4 of a cup of warm water.

Next we stirred in 2 tablespoons of baking soda.

After that we stirred in 2 tablespoons of citric acid. The more we stirred it the bigger and more bubbly it got.

It was a chemical reaction!

It was carbon dioxide making the bubbles.

Soon it was time to play.

 Bubbles bubbles everywhere!

And we made funny noises

and drew pictures and wrote our names.

This experiment was a bonus because it cleaned our tables. They are sparkling clean.

As requested by the children I have put the amounts needed so they can do the experiments at home. 

Carbon Dioxide

We have been learning about carbon dioxide.

We tasted normal water from the tap

We made predictions about what would happen if we added carbon dioxide to the water.We are getting good at using our prior knowledge to make predictions.

Pushing the button to add carbon dioxide. It made lots of farting noises.

When we put carbon dioxide in the water we observed that it was full of bubbles.

Some of us didn't like it.

Some of us liked it a little bit.

We made lemonade. We started with lemon juice and water (they had to be equal amounts). 

We tasted it. 

We predicted what will happen when we added the baking soda.

Clever kids came up with A chemical reaction. 

They thought this would happen because the acid (lemon) was mixing with the alkaline (base).

   

Lemonade Making on PhotoPeach

We ran out of time to add a very important ingredient (the sugar) to sweeten the lemonade. 

I wonder if the lemonade will taste yummy with some added sugar?

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

Making colours

Beau had to show perseverance
to make his colour. Lots of adding.

Our challenge in maths was to make exact colours. We were like the paint shop where we had to match colours. We had the primary colours and had to use these to make new colours.

We had to calculate the how much of each colour we used.

George calculating how much he used
of each colour

Teague estimating how much more blue he needs
to make his green dark green

Calculations with a few water splashes

Boys making their colours 5mLs at a time
5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40

Te Au made his orange colour.

What a lot of fun with water everywhere. Surprisingly there was only one spill.