Today we explored wind energy.  Each child made their own balloon spinner and then we talked about what caused the balloon to move.  After that, we researched wind turbines.  Check out one of the balloons below.

Finished Robots

  Here are some of our finished robots!

We were so happy that we could go outside and take a picture in the sunshine!

Daily 5 - By Mia

We started a new reading programme.  It is called the Daily 5.  We have only just started it.  There are five parts of it that we can choose from.  They are: read to someone, read to self, word work, listen to reading, and work on writing.  Every day we put a picture of our face on two different parts.  We do each one for half the time.  Here are some pictures of our signs and some materials.  My favourite thing is that we get the opportunity to do two different things which we enjoy related to writing and reading.

Here are some of our favourite things about Daily 5:

My favourite part about the Daily 5 is word work because it was amazing to learn about them with the lovely parents.  – Julia

My favourite part of Daily 5 is listen to reading and work on writing because I like writing and being read to. – Rose

I don’t have a favourite part.  I like listen to reading because there are stories I like. – Keira

My favourite part about Daily 5 is that you get to choose what you want to do first and second. – Jacob

My favourite thing about Daily 5 is that you aren’t only working on one thing you are working on writing and reading. – Riccardo

My favourite part is word work because you get to play lots of fun games, read to self because you get your reading log and complete it, and work on writing because you can use a writing prompt. – Aidan

My favourite part about Daily 5 is work on writing because there are settings and characters like Superman, Steve, Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and so on.  – Alice

My favourite part is read to self because it’s not just reading, it’s cool because you are filling out the form and it gets you thinking about the story.  – Frankie

My favourite part about Daily 5 is listen to reading because you can listen to lots of cool books that you’ve never heard before. – Allie

I liked everything! – Joanna

Painting Robots

This afternoon was the perfect time for us to paint our robots that we drew on Monday.  We started with three colors: white, black, and blue.  The students mixed the three colours to make a variety of colours and shades of colours to use on their robots.  Below you can see some of us hard at work.  Check back later in the week to see our finished products.

Nikau Art Mural

Check out the incredible mural that Nikau artists created.  Well done to Brooke and Mia for representing Room 7!

Area and Perimeter Robots

We have been learning about area and perimeter.  We have learnt that perimeter is the distance around the entire figure and the area is the square units inside the figure.  (Ask your child to mirror this for you.)  

Yesterday and today we practiced area and perimeter by making robots and completing the sheet below about them.  

Thank you to our photographer, Aidan, for snapping the photos below.

Introduction to Heat Energy

Today we conducted an experiment about heat energy.  We hypothesised, recorded, and drew pictures of what happened in four different situations with a M&Ms in our hands. The four situations we tested were:

• an M&M in an open hand for one minute while sitting still
• an M&M in a closed hand for one minute while sitting still
• an M&M in a closed hand for one minute while walking around
• an M&M in a closed hand for one minute while running as quickly as possible in place

We discovered that as we used more energy, our bodies created more heat and melted the M&Ms.

It was a very tasty experiment!