Two Experiments

We are did the Gummy Bear test by placing Gummy Bear lollies into water, milk, vinegar, baking soda water, salt water and sugar water. Some of us hypothesised that the Gummy bears in milk will change colour and the bears in the vinegar will grow bigger. Some said the bear in water will stay the same. After leaving the lollies in the different liquids overnight we noticed many changes and discussed possible reasons for this. Our second experiment was to use place oil and water together again (we remembered that oil and water don't mix because oil is less dense than water. This experiment included baking soda and when we added it to the oil and vinegar, the baking soda sank to the bottom. Then we dropped vinegar, that we had coloured green, into the mixture. It also landed at the bottom of the container and this time, the vinegar reacted and caused bubbles.

Dress Like a Scientist Day

WOW!!! What a transformation we had in the Junior School when everybody came dressed up like scientists! Mrs Clark who teaches us music said we looked like "Little Einsteins' when we went to music. We showed how amazing we were at thinking, hypothesising and testing by helping to do two special experiments today. It has been a great way to celebrate the learning we did this term.

More Footsteps Fun

We are so fortunate to be able to participate in these special dance classes each year. Footsteps has given us the opportunity to practise a range of dances using countless moves. Jazzy has been such a wonderful dance instructor who has taken us step by step through the dance until we are able to successfully dance the whole song by ourselves! Our teachers are extremely proud of us.

Dressing up Fun with Whae Pen

Whae Pen makes learning Māori kupu and te reo so enjoyable with lots of songs, games and laughter. When we were learning the names of clothing in reo, Whae Pen got the children to dress up in her clothing. We really enjoyed that!

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The NZ Playhouse drama group visited us and kept us riveted all through the show. There were only three actors and between them they played the part of ten different characters. They had a large backdrop of mountains with shome sheep that hung in front. The story was so funny and it was only a little bit like the 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf". After the show, the actors answered questions about their performance and they showed us how they did various tricks like Pinoccio's wooden nose and the sound effects. We loved the play and look forward to seeing their Puss in Boots show next year.

Food Colour Reaction

We used baking soda and vinegar in a different way today. This time our baking soda was not dissolved in water. Instead, drops of food colour were placed on to a layer of baking soda. When vinegar was dripped down on the blobs of colour, the reaction was special - lots of fizzing and tiny bubbles!