Thank You Morning Tea

for all your help this year!!!	Because You're Special --(Author Unknown) We sometimes take for granted In the rush of all we do, And forget to say a special thanks To volunteers like you! So we send this note to tell you How much all you do means, Your gifts of time and of yourself Are special ones indeed.
To our wonderful Room 14 parent helpers You are kindly invited to a Morning Tea to acknowledge and thank you for your time this year. Tuesday 24th November 2015 at 10.30am In the School Hall Look forward to seeing you there. Regards Rachel Scanlan

Hi everyone

We have had a very busy couple of weeks and it is almost half way through the term already!

This week we have been writing instructions, including instructions in maths to include position and direction.  We are still collecting materials for our Flying Foxes - construction day is next Tuesday, so please check with your child, that they have collected materials and have brought, or will bring in on Monday, the materials they need.  There are about 6 children who have not brought in yet.

Athletics Day - This Monday!

The children have been practising hard so it is going to be a great day!  Please ensure your child comes to school with:

Hat, Sunblock and a named Drink bottle.

They should be wearing suitable clothing - no singlets please, and if possible, in their house colours.

Thanks to those of you that have offered to help !

Have a nice weekend everyone

Mrs Scanlan

To Parents

4 November 2015

Dear Parents and Caregivers

This week Room 14 has been developing their own criteria, sketching Concept drawings and planning to build models of a Flying Fox for our Technology Unit.

The children have developed a materials list so that they can begin to gather materials they may need.  They have had some amazing ideas around what they could use!  I am hoping that the children will have their materials collected and at school by next Monday.

Please support them by discussing their ideas with them and helping them to find solutions for some of their ideas.  Each child will need a box to create their model in.   Something not much bigger than a shoe box would be ideal.  Your recycle bin may be a good source of materials.  Some children have planned to use pieces of wood, they will need to bring them the right size as we don’t have access to any tools.

Available at school will be all glue, sellotape etc, and I will have a few boxes and bits and pieces.  I will also supply string for the zip line although some children have had other ideas!

Thank you for your support

Term 4 Week 2

Congratulations to Anton for receiving the learning certificate this week!

This week we have learnt about angles.  There are four angles; right angle, straight angle, acute angle and obtuse angle.  A right angle is 90 degrees, a straight angle is 180 degrees, an acute angle is less than 90 degrees and an obtuse angle is wider than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.  We have also been learning about persuasive writing.  We learnt that you need to have 5 paragraphs including a conclusion and an introductions.  You must have at least three reasons.
By Summer and Robert

Please visit the Home Learning page for more information about how spelling works if your child has brought home a list today!

Have a lovely long weekend - see you on Tuesday!

Thanks 
Mrs Scanlan

Term 4 Week 1

Congratulations to Amelia for receiving the Character Certificate this week

This term we are looking forward to Athletics and Natural Disasters.  Also we are doing ICT instead of Music and we are making our own blogs.  The Writing we are focusing on this term is Persuasive Writing.  We are going to try and persuade Mr Marwick to get the school a Flying Fox!  Mrs Scanlan is teaching us about a Growth mindset versus a Fixed Mindset.  For example, I give up (Fixed mindset) or this may take some time and effort (Growth).  In Art today we did Monoprinting.  Monoprinting means a print that only happens once.

By Stella and Anton

                           

Plays Week 10 Term 3

We have been learning how to present a play to entertain an audience this week.  We had to organise the play ourselves and make sure we all got a part.  We had to organised props and make anything that we needed.  We really had to focus on making sure we could be understood when we delivered our lines by speaking clearly and loudly enough. Check back for the videos of our plays soon.

Maidmashers - Too Many Mangos

Snozcumbers - Fearless

Frobscottles - I Want to be Zippy

Whizzpoppers - Touchdown

Term 3 Class Thoughts!

I enjoyed making the calendar art because it was a bit hard to get the perfect amount of water on the brush.
Stella
I learnt how to play Mine Craft at Lunchtime Computer Club.
Ian
I liked learning about the different types of planets in the Solar System.  I also liked learning about fractions.
Summer
I found it hard moving to a new maths group as it was getting my brain challenged.
Aidan
It was fun learning how to play the Recorder at Music.
Catherine
I liked doing the Solar System Art.
Avishai
I liked learning about Saturn and writing my report.
Greta
I liked learning how to play Checkers with Josh on wet days.
Cameron
I liked learning more about friends, and how to be one in the Life Caravan.
Stevie
I enjoyed doing the Abstract Art as I liked messing with the sticks.
Taein
I liked learning what Abstract was as I didn't know what it was at the start.
Ella
I liked participating in interschool cross country as it was really hard.
Anton
I really enjoyed doing cross country as you got nice and muddy and got wet on the slip and slide.  I really enjoyed learning how to write explanations.
Riley
I enjoyed learning more about the Ukelele.
Amelia
I really liked doing STEPS with Helen.
Cameron
I liked doing STEPS with Cameron.
Anthony
I liked doing the smiley faces, writing nice things on other peoples back.
Aroha
I liked doing the smiley faces as when I read what was on it I felt proud.
Ethan
I learnt how to play Squash.
Candice
I liked learning how to play the Ukelele with Mrs Webster.
John

Ukelele Performance, Assembly Week 9

Congratulations to our talented Ukulele players - great performance!

Term 3 Week 9

Congratulations to Aroha for receiving the Character Certificate this week!

Squash!  Awesome session today, we have some talented players in Room 14!

   

  

Dancing Raisins

When a base and an acid mix it makes a gas.
If you put the raisin in the gas (which are the bubbles) the gas will stick to the ridges on the raisins.
The raisin will float to the top and the bubbles will pop.  It goes back down and collects more gas.
It will keep happening until there is no more gas.
Robert

The vinegar fizzed because a Base and an Acid were mixed together to make gas.
The bubbles stuck to the raisins because the raisin were wrinkly.
The raisins danced in the vinegar because the bubbles stuck to the raisin and lifted them to the top. Then the bubbles escaped from the raisins and the raisins sank to the bottom to get new bubbles.
Lauren

Vinegar is an acid and bicarbonate of soda is a base.  When acids and bases mix, there is usually a reaction.  In this case there is a reaction.
The reaction is the vinegar starts overflowing and the bubbles start fizzing.  
If you put raisins in the vinegar they will sink to the bottom of the cup.  Then the bubbles lift the raisins up. But when they evaporate (the bubbles) they will sink to the bottom again. The raisins will do this a lot, it will look like they are dancing.
Aidan

The raisins dance because of the bubbles that nest in the holes of the raisin.  The raisin is heavy enough to carry the bubbles to the bottom.  But if there are to many bubbles, the bubbles will lift the raisins up and pop.  Thereby making it fall and do the circuit again. 
If there is a lid keeping the carbon dioxide in, it'll go boom and shred the cup to pieces.
Ian

Vinegar, Raisins and Bicarbonate of Soda

Overflowing!

Wait for it!

Off they go!

Term 3 Week 8

Congratulations to Summer for receiving the Learning Certificate this week!

Welcome to our Blog!  Check back regularly to see what we have been up to!

Today we made Raisins dance!  Look out next week for some explanations about why they did this!