Dancing Raisins
In science we observed what happened when we put raisins in a glass of different liquids. The first mixture was water with bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. The second liquid was a glass of [...]
Kiwi Golf
The whole school had the opportunity to do some golfing today. There were some big hitters in Room 5. Thea and Bryson hit the ball the furtherest with some others coming very close. We learnt [...]
Show Day Sculptures
Once again we had an amazing range of creative sculptures on display at our annual Show day. The criteria was that they needed to be constructed of recycled materials, and had a moving part [...]
Static electricity with balloons
Room 5 have been exploring with balloons again. We rubbed balloons on different materials and found we can get different reactions. The balloons made our hair stand up. We could pick up tissues. The [...]
E Waste
Our e waste was picked up this week. We had accumulated a few computers that were no longer useful at school so it was great that we could participate in a project where the waste [...]
Ice babies on Niue
Mrs Salt visited Niue in the holidays and did the Ice babies science activity with Mrs Drinkrow's class of Year 6 students. The ice melted much more quickly than it did at Tomarata. It was [...]
100% Litter Free Lunches
Congratulations Room 1. You are the first class in the school to have every member in the class bring a litter free lunch last week. So Room 1 is the first class to receive our [...]
Unpackit Awards 2013
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Milk and Vinegar
This week we observed what happens when we add white vinegar to warm milk. The milk curdled and looked like lumpy yoghurt or cottage cheese. We strained the liquid off and we moulded the [...]
Room Five Winners
The winners of the Design a Beast and colouring in competition from Room 5 were Lisa and Storm. Well done.