Tora won the grass growing competition. Her grass grew to 18 cm. Reuben's came second, his grew to 17 cm. Well done everyone that entered and cared for their grass.
Our Art unit this term has been focussed on painting. We have looked at the art works of Colin McCann, in particular his works with black outlines. We learnt about hot and cold colours and different painting techniques. We have learnt to use the scrape, stipple, scratch, drag and dry brush techniques to add interest and depth to our paintings. We painted a maunga (mountain) and awa (river) that was significant to us. We added koru to represent our whanau. Check out some of the results. Keep an eye out for our next art works, based on Hundertwasser, currently under construction!
We have had a fantastic week of activities to celebrate Matariki (Maori New Year). We have read several Matariki legends, celebrated our whanau, made stars, kites and a taniwha, learnt new waiata, made Matariki star cluster biscuits and yummy vegetable soup!! Whew!
This week the children have investigated how volcanoes explode. We have researched on the net and conducted some experiments too. We tried vinegar and soda volcanoes and the Coke and Mentos experiment. The sand was frozen when we made the volcano!! Logan and Michael were committed though! Great job boys! We returned to class and had some fantastic Explanations written by the children.
Macy - Coke and Mentos Today HB13, HB14 and HB15 did an experiment with coke and mints. It went BOOM because of the porous mints. The coke bubbles react with the mints. The mints have little holes and the little bubbles stick on the mints. Zach - How Volcanoes Explode Inside the volcano is magma. The magma can be 1000 degrees. When the magma gets really hot the magma starts coming up and when it reaches the top it either goes out of the vent or the top of the volcano. Today we went out and experimented how volcanoes explode. It explodes like when you shake up a coke bottle. Keira - How Volcanoes Explode First the magma gets really, really, really hot. Then the magma goes up the pipes and explodes! But when it comes out it is called lava. It's like if you shake up a coke bottle. When you open the lid it explodes! |