Aero Props
It was great fun experimenting with Aero props for science. We learnt that wings use an airfoil to generate lift to stay flying. The wing divides the air into two streams. One flows over the [...]
Baking Bread Sticks
Today for our cooking we made Bread sticks. They are like a pizza base but cooked in skinny sticks so they are crunchy. they are a good morning tea snack or afternoon tea snack. They [...]
Pyjama Day
It was student voice in action on Friday. Room 5 wanted a pyjama day. There was a great range of PJs on display. Lots of onesies. This was a student initiated activity and obviously a [...]
Stacker Cups
Room 5 had a stacker cup competition at the end of the term. We learned the basic routine and the keen competitors challenged another competitor until we had a winner. I think everyone [...]
Making slime
SLIME IS CHEMISTRY We made slime to show how different materials combine to make new materials. We used PVA glue, borax, some shaving cream, food colouring and water. Our experts, Ellie and Shona [...]
Drug Dog Visit
As part of the Room 7 Dare programme Bernie Watt arranged a visit from Paul, an airport security officer with his dog Flame to demonstrate how our security dogs work. We were all lucky to [...]
School Mathex Competition
Today we had a school Mathex competition. The questions were challenging, and made us think! We were in groups of four and as soon as we answered a question we had to race to the [...]
World Environment Day
It is World Environment Day today and we had an interesting visit from Raquelle from Algalita. Algalita is a research organization which focuses on plastic pollution and its impacts on marine life and ecosystems. [...]
Making pois
We were really keen to learn the poi song E rere taku poi so we needed some pois to use. The strings were plaited from some pink cord. We sewed around some white material, stuffed [...]
Feijoa Muffins
When we do our baking at school we try to use ingredients that are in season. This week we used up some of the last feijoas that have been growing on our trees. They have [...]