How to introduce yourself in Spanish

We have been making video clips to help people to learn Spanish. On Friday, we will be skyping another school and practsing our spanish with them. (We have changed our names in these clips for privacy purposes). 

This is how to ask someone's name and how to say the response. 

¿Cómo te llamas?

me llamo ...

¿De dónde eres?

Yo soy de...

Sugar Crystal Observations

We looked closely at the sugar crystals and made some observations. Read what we observed in the padlet below...

We have been observing closely

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Sugar Crystal Experiment

Ingredients:

Sugar

Hot water.

You will also need:

Pencil

String

Paper clip        

glass cup

Bowl                   

Spoon

Method:

1. Pour the hot water in the bowl

2. Add 3 cups of sugar to the hot water

3. Stir until the sugar dissolves in the water

4. Wrap the string around the pencil and attach the paper clip to the end

5. Put the paperclip in the mixture.

By Eva

What do you predict will happen?

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Eggciting Eggsperiment

We are learning to write up experiments. This piece of writing is by Marnie.

This is what happened to the eggs after one day.

Please add a comment in the padlet below to say what you observed...

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Mystery Skype with Fergusson Intermediate

Today we did a Mystery Skype.We talked with a school.We were trying to guess which school it was by asking questions. It was an intermediate school. We figured out that it was in Upper Hutt. They figured out where was our school first. It was awesome!

Fergusson was really, really clever school.

By Leola and Charlotte

Today at school we did a Mystery Skype and we had to guess what the other school were.
We found out that they were in New Zealand.
They were in Upper Hutt.
They were an intermediate school. They are Year 7 and 8. 
They are in the south of the north island. 
We are learning how to ask good questions. We had to ask good questions to find out their location.
We figured that they were Fergusson Intermediate school. 
By Cruz and Will

Today we did a Mystery Skype with a school. At first we did not know who it was but then we did. You want us to tell you how we did it? We guessed where the other school was and asked them questions to find out.  It was Fergusson Intermediate School. We prepared questions beforehand. We had to answer yes or no and then we did a video chat it was fun.
By Greta and Georgina

When we did mystery skype we first asked if they were in New Zealand they said "yes".
They found out that we were Worser Bay first.
They were Fergusson Intermediate School.
By Matilda

We skyped a different school and guessed where their school was. The other school was in Upper Hutt guessed the name of our school first.  We guessed some of the things near their school.      

We liked skyping with their school in Upper Hutt. That  school was very clever. Their school was different to our school and we still liked skypeing them.

By Molly and Violeta

Today we made contact with another school and tried to guess which school they guessed ours we lost but it was still awesome! We looked on google maps and we were so close to winning but unfortunately a very clever kid looked at nicola’s name and looked 

it up and found out what school we were. It was really fun! I want to win next time.

By Nela and Phillipa

We had a Killer whale mystery skype today with Fergusson Intermediate School. We learnt that they live in Wellington, Upper Hutt. They are one of the two intermediate schools in Upper Hutt. The time went fast.We took turns asking yes or no questions. They were clever and searched Nicola's name and found Worser Bay school :( It was awesome.

By Dylan and Jupiter

Spanish Restaurante

Today in Spanish, we recapped on some of the things that we have learnt. 



We also learnt some Spanish words that we would need to use in a restauante. 

We will be watching this song during the week to learn our vowel sounds...

Egg White Experiment

Today we did some experiments to see what happened if we heated egg whites. We broke an egg white on an oven tray and predicted what would happen when we put it in the oven. We thought it might bubble, set, turn white, crystalise, pop, explode or flame up. Thankfully the last two didn't happen or else we might have burned the school down, but we did observe that it looked like cheese, turned from see through to white, went solid, milky and hardened up.
We also predicted what would happen if we beat the egg whites (and added sugar) and then heated them. We are excited to go back to school tomorrow to see what they are like and maybe eat them!

Mystery Skype Questions

We are very excited to learn that we will be doing a Mystery Skype tomorrow. It is when you ask questions to find out where the other school is. Today we wrote some questions that we can use to guess the school. 

Some questions we thought of:

1. Are you in NZ? Are you in Australia? Are you in London? Are you in Asia?
2. Are you in Wellington? Are you in Hamilton? Are you in Auckland? Are you in Adelaide
3. Is your school in the city?
4. Is your school big?
5. Is your school a primary school?
6. What temperature do you normally live in?
7. Does your school go to year 6, 8, 10, or 13?
8. Do you have a uniform? What colors are your uniforms?
9. Is it a private school?

By Pippa and Leola 

The Music Festival

The Cool Music Festival By Griffin

I listened for Matthias’s warning and then I started. BANG! I rolled my ball around the pot like a tornado.  Lily shouted “Dragons, dragons!” for the battle to start.  “How would I keep the ball in the pot?” I thought to myself. I kept the ball going slowly but I knew I had to go faster. Suddenly my ball flew out of the pot nearly hitting Ella!. I found it just in the nick of time as the music started for our battle performance.  Joni started and Raffy did too.  When it got to one minute Pippa, Gina and Alex started.  The battle started. Me and Ollie bashed the pots together six times. Once the battle was over it was time for the sad part and that was the last performance.

Have you ever done seven performances in one night?

by Eden

There I was standing on the stage with everybody looking at me for my school performance. I didn't know that everybody could fit in the school. I was so nervous before I heard the bell ring. Now it was time to start.  

I started to dance, clap and sing. I heard the next part and started to drum. Then it was time to dance together in slow motion.  I saw Edward get the spaceship and I knew it was time to move towards the ship.

Then we finished I was so proud of myself. But as I heard the bell ring I was really sad it had ended.  I finally saw my Mum and Dad  and I was so proud of myself.  

I felt happy to be in bed and I slept like a bear.

Dragon Attack

I was about to perform at school. It was Tuesday night and I was awake later than I usually am. Fifty eyes were watching me because the parents were watching, including mine.

It felt like I had butterflies in my stomach.I heard people chatting to others but the  audience were very patient. I was waiting to start for a long time. I heard a buzzing noise in my ear and it felt like my brain was about to burst to bits.

I liked smashing the buttons in the battle scene. My heart was pumping crazily. I stood as still as a lizard once it was all finished.

I was excited through the show because I liked playing the instruments. I was really happy because I was performing. It was really fun and exciting.

That night I was really proud of myself. I went to bed straight away because it was a very late night.

By Hunter T

Favourite Food

Our new Inquiry is all about Kitchen Science. Our students have started to add to this padlet about our favourite foods. Some students from Sunnyhills School in Auckland have also added their favourite foods. Please add if you haven't (Remember to add your name and school)...

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Jelly experiment

Yesterday, we took the jelly out of the fridge to see if it had set. We did an experiment with a balloon. Take a look at our video to see the results!

Here are some science experiment clips  

https://sites.google.com/a/worserbay.school.nz/matarikiwbs/science-kitchen

Waste Education Visit

Wendy from Waste Education came in to talk to us about our rubbish. Please add to the padlet below to let us know what you learnt...

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Letter from Aamir, thanking us for our Peace Poems

Dear Chrissy, Nicola, Scott & Shona,

Thank you for this lovely work. Our children really enjoyed it. What is the age group of the children who worked it out? It's amazing. Please say our thanks and love to the children who worked on this. 
We are in the process of printing these poems. We will keep one copy in our school's library and will provide a copy to each child of the poem sent for him or her. We are working on our end to make poems and drawings with our children for yours. It will take a week or two. Is that fine? 
Thank you once again. 

Much love and peace

Regards,
Aamir 

Performances- A moment in time

Last week we performed in our Music Festival. We have been writing recounts about our show. Here is one from each Tautoru base group...




The Junk Bot Aliens

Tap, tap went the drums, I had to keep the beat up for audience. There was only me and Reuben so if I stopped everyone would know (because there was a small group). The group had to do it 7 times for two days and each scene was a minute. But the time went so fast. We all participated and got a gummy. “yay!”

Our  beat was confusing because every scene had a different beat.
By Jupiter

Story of the Cooks      

My stomach urged me on but my brain said this is going too far.I sucked in my cheeks took a deep breath and plunged into what I needed to say, “this is the story of the breakfast cooks...” I used up all my energy, it all just ran out like it was being chased by a stampeding elephants,like a dam had just broken inside my mouth.I felt like I was going to collapse. But my brain changed its mind and urged me on so then I changed my mind and shot up and down like an arrow stretched and curved and at the end we got a big round of applause.

By Nela

Eagles V Dragons

My brain exploded as it was awesome. Parents cheering and clapping and music playing. It was better than I thought it would be. Fingers pushing, my breath was breathing into the piano. Suddenly it stopped and I was amazed. That was the first night, only seven more times to go. It was tiring but fun. At first I had butterflies in my tummy but then I was  as strong as a soldier. It was spectacular and in my head I thought “isn't this amazing!”

By Gina  

Beats and Haka

Did you ever go to school at night?

I did. I had to perform seven times in a row.It was amazing! There were lights of all colours. I enjoyed a lot the drumming with all different instruments. Our audience was giant! I loved doing the haka though it was hard to keep in time with our recording of the haka. The audience went crazy clapping a lot. Chrissy explained how we made our show.
By Leola  

How to make jelly: writing instructions

Today we wrote instructions about how to make jelly.  

Making Jelly: Hook for our Inquiry

As part of our change inquiry, we are focusing on kitchen science. Today we started by making fruit jelly. We saw that the jelly crystals dissolved in the hot water. We have left the jelly in the fridge to set...

Glurp, the purple alien

We are learning to read aloud with fluency and expression. Today we read Glurp, the purple alien. Here we are reading the poem...

I’m Glurp, the purple alien.

I come from outer space.

I have a purple body.

I have a purple face.

I use my purple tentacles

to dine on purple food.

The treats I find the tastiest

are purely purple-hued.

I’ll eat a purple burger.

I’ll slurp a purple shake.

I’ll feast on purple pickles and

partake of purple cake.

I’ll nosh on purple noodles.

I’ll feast on purple fries.

I’ll munch on purple macaroons

and purple pizza pies.

I haven’t seen your planet,

but, if I ever do,

you’d better not wear purple.

I might just dine on you.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Thanks Margaret and Chris

Thanks Margaret and Chris for coming in and playing to us. It was beautiful to hear you play and you really sparked our imaginations with Beethoven's melody...

Claude, Sophia and Ambrose came in to play their violins

Claude, Sophia and Ambrose came in to play their violins this afternoon. They played music and used every string. They practise every day and fantastic musicians.

By Kirsty

Hannah Fraser Visit

Today Hannah came to talk to us about music. She plays the grand piano at the hospital  and makes people happy by playing her music. She teaches people how to play different instruments. She showed us a jazz song and taught us a song called tiny bubbles. She sang us a french song when playing the piano. It is really cool to meet different musicians. Hannah is very talented!

By Violeta, Hunter T and Ari

Peace Poems for Pakistan

We are connecting with a school in Pakistan- a place that is not as peaceful as ours. We have been writing "Peace" poems and will share these with the school in Pakistan.

Performance Night: Shared Poem by Tautoru

Music Festival

Costumes Clashing

People Shivering

Music Playing

Children sneaking

Dishes cleaning

Night Sky Darkening

Stars twinkling

Moon shimmering

Turntables turning

Drumsticks banging

Shakers crashing

Pots booming

Bells ringing

Butterflies flapping

Gorrilas thumping

Clothes shining

Fingers pushing

Pots donging

People singing

Parents clapping

Dragons flying

Aliens dancing

Lights flashing

Bugs shaking

Cheetahs crawling

Kids screaming

Birds flying

Buckets banging

Heads nodding

Babies crying

Magic flying

Haka chanting

Audience listening

Parents cheering

Face painting

Our Special Guest: Rob and the Bagpipes

Bagpipes by Theo, Rim and Mitchell

As part of the music festival, guests are coming to tell us all about instruments and the music that they play. Today Rob came in to tell us about bagpipes. It was amazing. Bagpipes come from Scotland. He told us how the bagpipes work. They can make a continuous sound. We really like the sound of bagpipes. We also like marching and dancing to them.

Music Art

We created some music using jars containing different amounts of coloured water. Once we had composed our tune, we painted the tune in the appropriate colours on paper. Then we wrote about the different sounds that we heard and shared it with a buddy. Take a look at Seesaw to see individual composition. 

Yoga

We were happy, hungry, thirsty, tired and very proud of ourselves about the Music Festival last night.

We started the day on Wednesday with some Yoga to wake up our brains so we can be ready to do it all again tonight!