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.

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!

What will Dissolve?

Dissolving means 'to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution'. That's exactly what we set to find out. We worked in our Room 5 Lab with a science buddy to test whether our specific ingredient would dissolve in tap water. Each group poured plain tap water into a glass and chose which ingredient they would test. These included sugar, salt, baking soda, peppercorns, food colour, cocoa, flour, etc. Before adding the ingredient and stirring, they formed a hypothesis to predict the outcome. Once they had completed their stirring, they shared their findings. They discovered that most of the ingredients did dissolve!