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.

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. 

Words with the ar sound

We have been finding it tricky to write the 'ar' sound in words and reading the 'ar' sound in words. Hercules Morse made some pic collages to help us with this. They found words in their reading books and from around our room.

 Made by Ella

Made by Nick

Made by Isaiah

Made by Monica

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

Soccer Skills

 We are so lucky because we have soccer stars from Napier City Rovers to teach us skills. They are coming each Tuesday to teach us new skills.

This week we learnt how to dribble. 

To dribble we need to

*Use the inside, outside and the bottom of our foot

*Keep our eyes up looking out for other people (teachers can steal balls off you if you aren't looking)

*Have little touches so you have control of the ball. 

Listening carefully for our next tip to be great at dribbling

                                     

Beau doing the 'Happy Feet' skill.
Do you like his penguin arms?

We dribbled the ball around and when we heard the whistle we had to stop the ball with our foot and touch the ball with different parts of our body. It was a competition between the girls and the boys. 

I wonder who won the competition?

Can you use the clues in the picture to infer?

It was so much fun. We can't wait for next Tuesday. 

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?