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Thursday, April 14, 2016
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Sunflower Seeds
Our beautiful sunflowers that we planted last November have finished. What a lovely display they were!
Today we collected up all the seeds - and quickly found that we were dealing with very large numbers!
We counted approximately 250 seeds into a small plastic cup and weighed it. We then weighed all the seeds we had collected - that was 500g. We worked out that 41 little cups could weigh the same as the large bowl of seeds. We then did some multiplying and worked out that 41 times 250 (seeds) was 10250! That's a lot of seeds!!
We counted approximately 250 seeds into a small plastic cup and weighed it. We then weighed all the seeds we had collected - that was 500g. We worked out that 41 little cups could weigh the same as the large bowl of seeds. We then did some multiplying and worked out that 41 times 250 (seeds) was 10250! That's a lot of seeds!!
Monday, April 4, 2016
Salt water and Ice
We looked at how cold water sinks today. First we took a jar of water that had been sitting in the room for a while. Then we added a cube of ice. This floated on the top. Next we added some food colouring and the food colouring followed the icey water as it was melting in the jar.
We then tried the same thing again, this time with a jar of salty water. The ice sat on top again but when we added the food colouring, it just stayed on the surface - it wasnt as dense as the salt water so it didnt sink!
Ice formed in the Antarctic (and the Arctic) is fresh water. The salt in the water gets 'spat out' and sinks. The water below the ice is very salty.
We then tried the same thing again, this time with a jar of salty water. The ice sat on top again but when we added the food colouring, it just stayed on the surface - it wasnt as dense as the salt water so it didnt sink!
Ice formed in the Antarctic (and the Arctic) is fresh water. The salt in the water gets 'spat out' and sinks. The water below the ice is very salty.
Friday, April 1, 2016
Farewell Mrs O'Leary
We sadly said goodbye to our dear friend and Principal, Mrs O"Leary this afternoon.
A sad time but also an exciting one as she is going to have a baby soon.
We had a special assembly for her. Sofie, Talamahina, and Caroline were fabulous hosts! Room 5 had decorated a chair and made a special hat and lei that Mrs O'Leary wore.
Everyone had drawn or written a special message for her.
Many thanks to Peveline O'Keefe for binding them all so beautifully into a
book. Mrs O'Leary loved it!
Be prepared to be inspired by a small team from our Kapa Haka Group and their awesome haka - way to go guys!
Dusting for Fingerprints Science Experiment
'F' was the letter Rimu Day was based around today so we just had to dabble in a bit of Forensics and Fingerprinting! Fabulous Fun!
How about trying this one at home - all you need is some baby powder, hand cream and a fine brush - here's the link Fingerprint Science
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