Room 4 Matariki celebrating the Maori New Year

This year for Matariki was very special because our school was given the opportunity to have Ohau Stars created by each class as well as having a shared kai for all to enjoy on Friday, June 10th.

What a wonderful experience for parents, children and staff to be able to generously bring something to school for all to enjoy over lunch.

It was because of the wet weather that our assembly was brought forward and we were able to celebrate achievements through awarding our students well-deserved certificates.

Ka pai tenei wiki mo Matariki

Room 4 Making Our Beautiful Stars for Matariki

Xavier looks on as Mikey shows him how to complete the star.

We are Aotearoa

We are Aotearoa by Hannah Milo & Ella Dale

Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble

On Thursday we investigated the properties of bubbles and whether it was a liquid, solid or gas.

We experimented on the shape and size of the bubbles we blew.

There was also an opportunity as with our helicopters to trial them indoors as well as outdoors.

Unfortunately, we were unable to complete a fair testing trial or analyse results on a graph.



Oobleck is a classic science experiment that's perfect for understanding the structure of matter. ...Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid. ... Oobleck gets its name from the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck where a gooey green substance, Oobleck, fell from the sky and wreaked havoc in ...Oobleck was made by all the Room 4 students today. Oobleck made a boring inquiry into an interesting experiment. Gooey and worthwhile.

Harrison and Xavier adding water to the cornflour.

Tyler and Jason feeling the texture.

Simon and Zyran mixing it carefully.

Room 4 Accepts the Running Man Challenge

We took on the Challenge by putting our ideas together on Monday morning. Choreographing our moves on Monday followed by filming and editing on Monday. We are hoping to show our Running Man Challenge at assembly this Friday. Unfortunately Assembly was cancelled due to heavy rain at 1.45pm so the Running Man Challenge was postponed for Team Meeting on Tuesday 24th May. Unfortunately this was cancelled because 2 of our Team 2 Teachers were away sick. Therefore our Running Man Challenge had been deferred to Friday May 27th.

For those who missed the live recorded show at Assembly today here is our video.

To view the challenge: Our video is now ready at

 https://youtu.be/0RS8luSU9UE

Room 4 Future Scientists Investigating Matter

Simon's group setting up the data on a table.

Callum's group observing ice as a solid, adding substances and then a liquid.

Jason's group observing changes taking place.

Jade's group feeling the texture and identifying the properties.

Aiden's group collaborating for further predictions.

Hypothesising

Octavia and Paige making assumptions for further investigations.

Mia capturing the evidence on I Pad

The properties on sodium.