Science

We had Susan in again today to teach us about the characteristics/features of bubbles. One thing really interesting we learnt through our observations was that they have a mirror effect. Something fun and easy to try at home! You just need to mix dish washing liquid with a bit of water, the tool for blowing bubbles can easily be made by bending some soft wire.

It's a bit tricky to see our bubbles in the photo's but they are there!

Robots

Last week on Friday Nane and Baruk from Maker-y came in to teach us some robot coding! We were learning how to code the robot to change the colour of the lights. We had a great time and are looking forward to the second session this week!

Reading and Arguing

This week we read the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and then read the following articles:
https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/353236/hungry-hola-victims-in-vanuatu-resort-to-stealing-food
https://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/addiction-to-chocolate-lands-man-in-jail/
https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1933579/food-handlers-in-court-for-stealing-school-groceries/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/stealing-food-if-you-are-poor-and-hungry-is-not-a-crime-italian-court-rules-a7011631.html
Then we wrote an argument about the following question:
Should Goldilocks have entered the house, eaten the food, and broken their things?
Here are our responses (recorded on a padlet)

Matariki

The first slides include a few questions the students researched about Matariki, the following slides show the students Matariki writing

WALT: retell the Maori legend of Matariki (writing).

Maths - Symmetry

WALT: create a pattern with a reflective line of symmetry.

Below is a photo of some of the students in Room 2 and their symmetrical design.

All About Us!

Last week in Cybersmart we were creating slideshows about ourselves including information that is safe to go on the internet. We also learnt how to take a photo and insert it into google slides as well as creating word art and changing our backgrounds. Check out some of our neat mahi below!