Technology Challenge

Room 16 had a class challenge to build the best plane using two pieces of paper, two straws, a paper-clip, some blue-tack and tape.

We had some novel designs with straws cut into pieces and taped along the wings, under the wings, in the centre...

... and they all flew!

Great job Room 16.

 

 

Trip to the Art Gallery

We had a fabulous trip to the Art Gallery on Tuesday.
We enjoyed three sessions.
Our first session was a guided tour of the gallery.
We looked at some art by South American artists.
We asked what story they were telling through their art.

  

Maria Nepomuceno

Grande Boca (Big Mouth)

This artwork includes an amazing number of orange beads


Ernesto Neto

Just like drops in time, nothing 2002

This aromatic work is made of spices!



We looked at a painting of Joseph and his brothers and made pipe-cleaner  people to show how the characters were sitting/standing.

 In our second session we looked at John Pule's art -  Take These Walls With You When You Leave (1998. Oil on canvas), which tells the story of John Pule immigrating to New Zealand. Diana showed us how to plan our own artwork telling a story of a journey we have made.

    

 In our third session we explored the gallery by ourselves.

Everyone loved the hands on section.
All in all, we had a great day.
It was a great start to our new topic:
What's the Story?

Grandparents day

It was great to have so many special visitors in class today.
Thanks for supporting and encouraging the students.
Here are a few photos from the day.

 
 
 

Marae Trip

Today we had a fabulous time visiting the Orakei Marae.

We did a quick practice with Matua Paul

 We waited to be welcomed onto the marae

Miss Bridgeman was our kaikaranga

Whaea Ngahuia welcomed us in to the marae.
Matua Paul spoke for our school to say thanks for having us.

We sang our song 'E rau rangatira ma'

Matua Jamie talked to us inside the marae.

Look at the amazing kowhaiwhai designs

 We learned about what the carvings meant.
The hawk is the marae's guardian.

 Whaea Ngahuia taught us a haka powhiri

The marae grows vegetables and has a nursery to replant the area in native trees.

What a great day!

Observing Crystals

Room 16 examined some well known crystals using magnifying glasses thinking about their shape, colour, smell & size.  (Sand, salt, jelly crystals!)

Making Crystals

This week in Room 16 we have been making crystals.

We twisted pipe-cleaners into interesting shapes and then hung our shape in a mixture of boiling water (1l) and Borax crystals (2/3 c).
As the water cooled, crystals began to form on the pipe-cleaners.
The next day we found sparkly crystals.
Very cool!

Crystals forming on the pipe-cleaner

 Pipe-cleaners suspended in the Borax solution