Slime Experiment

This is an experiment that I did at home

"Making slime was lots of fun! Lots of good planning, observing and perseverance too. This is my slime - I had to make it carefully because if I didn't it wouldn't work! It was my second try because the first time I rushed and didn't follow the instructions. The second worked much better".

We're loving how our students are so engaged and enthusiastic about our "Kitchen Science" Inquiry.

Down the Back of the Chair

We were inspired to write "Down The Back of The Chair" poems after looking at the Mahutonga Blog. They did such a great job and we thought that we could do the same. 

We read the story by Margaret Mahey story, then we wrote our own poems and recorded them on Seesaw. Here are some of them...

 

This is the shared poem that we wrote together: 

A fox, some blocks and polka dots

A plane, a train an airport lane

A mat, a bat and hairy cat

Down the back of the chair

A chair, a bear, pink underwear

A king, a ring, a chicken wing

A queen, a bean, a magazine

Down the back of the chair

A can, a man, a chinese fan

A dog, a log and a spotty frog

A cat, a mat, a stinky rat

Down the back of the chair

An orange peel, an electric eel

Some diamond rings, emerald things

A kung fu Kangaroo,

A sparkly old high heel shoe

Down the back of the chair

Spanish Fiesta at Island Bay School

Yesterday a group of us went to Island Bat School for a Spanish Fiesta. Like us, they have been learning Spanish. We practised some Spanish, played some games and ate tortillas. What a wonderful experience!

Dot Stories

Dot Art by James

We have been telling our own Dot Day stories...

The Love Heart by Eden

In art class Rosey had a blank sheet of paper. The teacher lent over and said “ah a snowstorm”.

Rosey said “I can’t draw”

“Yes, you can” said Mrs Tom “ here make a mark and see we it takes you”

“Ok” said Rosey and she made a swell shape on one side and then she made another one on the another side of the paper and made a love heart.

Mrs Tom carefully studied it and said “sign it” so Rosey signed it and the next day Rosey saw her love heart on the wall above Mrs Tom’s desk. It had a gold swirly frame around it.  

Rosey said to herself  “I can do better than that, so Rosey opened her water colors. She made heaps of love hearts and different coloured love hearts. Rosey got famous for her hearts.

A boy said “you’re really good at drawing. I wish I could draw like you”

Rosey said “you can” so she gave the boy a blank sheet of paper. and Rosey said “make a mark please, just see where it takes you” so he made a mark and signed it.

The Zigzag by Cruz

Once at art class there was a little boy who didn't how to draw. His name was Hank.Hank was stuck to his chair. The art class teacher said “make a mark and see what it looks like” and hank hit the pencil onto the paper. It made a zigzag. The teacher carefully looked at the zigzag… Tomorrow at art class, he saw his zigzag in a diamond picture frame.

The Mark Dot by Talia

One day I was drawing for the contest but I couldn’t draw a heart. I panicked because my friend Kirsty said I couldn't draw a heart once.

My brother, Alastair  said to me "you can do it!"

Kirsty gave me a piece of paper and a pen.

I  shook my pen and I tried my best. I could draw a heart. I won the contest.

So that means you can do it too.       

Bouncing Eggs

 

The last egg has been preserved in vinegar for over a week. Let's see what happens...

Preparing for our Spanish Fiesta

Today we will be going to Island Bay School for a Spanish fiesta. The spanish students and two Spanish kids from our class got some wraps ready. We got ham, lettuce, tomato and chicken. We also made guacamole. We are very excited about our trip to Island Bay School today.

By Emelia

Student Led Conferences Photo Gallery

Students have been sharing their learning with their parents at their student led conferences. It has been great to see our learners being so confident about sharing their thoughts and reflections about what they have been doing at school!