Honey and Bacteria Investigation

We have been doing lots of research on honey, bees and bacteria this term and have begun an investigation into what will happen if we put a variety of different honeys, and eucalyptus oil on bacteria.

Earlier in the term we had inoculated our agar plates with bacteria by putting our fingers on the agar, now the bacteria has grown on the agar plates and is visible.

We have five groups all testing a different variety of honey and one other group testing eucalyptus oil.

We have been working hard in our science journals to draw accurate drawings with labels as well as recording what we are noticing happen and predicting what might happen next.

Ask the students about their predictions at home and stay tuned to our blog to see what happens!

Toitoi Term 4 Visit

Curtis! Are you okay!?

Today Sue from St John visited our class. We had the chance to identify hazards and come up with possible ways to prevent them, we also learnt how to treat 4 common injuries.
(Disclaimer: No Curtis' were harmed in the making of this slideshow.)

Have a go at the St John Safety Champ game:
https://safetychamp.stjohn.org.nz/

Boats

This week and last week our class had been designing and building boats.
Things we learnt were that objects with air in them float, objects with a flat bottom float, things that are light weight float, things that are made from foam float, and things that are hollow float.
We had a chance to test our boats and then go back to the build stage to see if we could improve our designs.
All our boats floated! But we were not sure how long they would last in the water...

Maker-y

More coding of the Edison Robots!

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori

Last week was Maori Language Week and our students were learning all about Powhiri. Here are photo's of us matching Marae pictures to their Kupu, preparing the hakari (feast) and challenging each other in the wero.

Maths Games!

Maths Games in Room 3. We have been playing the times tables flash cards race, Number Bonds to 10 on our Chromes, Puzzles to look at shapes, and Card Games and Snakes and Ladders to practice our adding!