Grace's farewell morning tea

Today we sadly farewelled Grace who is off to live in Massachusetts, USA for the next 8 months. All the very best Grace! We look forward to seeing you back in Room 7 in November!

Small ball skills

Reading our Haiku poems in assembly

Kahu, Luke, Maui, Holly, Alana and Sam M read their lovely haiku poems to the school at assembly today. Lovely reading everyone!

Crayola, take your marker....

"The Good Stuff" is a monthly podcast that showcases children problem solvers who've figured out how to 'flex their citizen muscle' and find solutions to a huge range of environmental and social problems.

In the podcast below, children who live in California formed a 'kids that care' group with the purpose of solving the problem of Crayola felt tips ('markers') which cannot been recycled.

If you layed out end-to-end all the Crayola markers made each year, they would stretch around the world THREE times. Since they cannot be recycled, they all end up in the rubbish dump.

Listen on iTunes to how these children got involved to solve this problem.

Link to iTunes
The podcast is 12 minutes long.

Link to the Crayola petition
Room 7: Please talk to your parents before signing ANYTHING online. Your Parents need to help you decide if its OK for you to sign this or any other online petition.

Science Club

Today at science club we investigated if a solid can also be a liquid at the same time!

We added water to cornstarch (corn flour) and experimented with the texture of the mixture when we applied pressure and when we did not.

How Big? How small?

Ever wondered how big is big? How small is small? Today in maths we explored this amazing website to help figure it out. From a 'planck length' to the observable universe, take a look at the biggest and smallest, and everything in between!

http://htwins.net/scale2/

What a busy week we've had!

First, Sandy has been making "Angry Birds" with Plasticine and writing stories about them.

 We are getting so good at composing music! Ms Gain, each Friday, has been teaching the class how to compose music.

Mr Dobson is studying to become a scientist! This week we looked at how Yeast, a living organism, produces a waste product (Carbon Dioxide).

The Year 3-4 Rippa Rugby teams went to Petone Rec on Tuesday to play in the WRFU Rippa Rugby Tournament. We had a great day and both teams won 3 of their 4 games, placing them second in their pools. Well done!