Hockey at Saxton Field

Macey, James, Riley and Eva from Room 7 went to a hockey tournament in Nelson last week. They competed against schools from all around the district. There were 45teams altogether (thats over 500 kids!!). Even though they didn't win many games, they enjoyed their trip and had lots of fun.

The new admin block

Last week our new administration and office block was completed and all the new furniture was moved in. Doesn't it look great!! We went for a tour around on Monday morning, it has a lovely deck for teachers to relax on and really cool lime green chairs! It even has plasma screens on the walls (but these are NOT for teachers to watch Sky on though!)

Cooking Noodles

Riley, Bailey and Dean cooked noodles with Lisa last week and wrote a procedure of the steps they did.
They had chicken and beef flavours. They cooked them in a pot on the stove and then they ate them with chopsticks! They were hard to use and they kept spilling the noodles down the front of their clothes!But it was lots of fun...

Claudia's blue oil

Claudia and Laiana showed the class a blue oil experiment. First we put 2 tablespoons of oil into an empty bottle. Then we put 2 tablespoons of coloured water in the bottle. Next she shook it up and all the oil rose to the top. r

Eva's teabag rocket

For our homework last week we had to find an experiment that we could show the class and I found a experiment called the Teabag Rocket. All you need was a teabag that could roll out into a long shape you also needed a lighter and bowl. First I had to undo the stapple and roll it out. Then you had to tip the tea leaves into the bowl and then move them to one side of the bowl. Then make the teabag stand up and then you had to roll the top of the teabag up. Then light it. It went flying up in air and it looked like a jelly fish floating in the water when it came down.

By Eva

Toasted Sandwiches

Today we made tosted sandwiches in room 7! We wrote procedures while we were making them! The reason why we made them was because most of the class were at Kapa Haka. Only five people from the class made them. The five people were, Sam, Sophie, Claudia, Freya, and Dean. the Materials were - Butter, Bread, sandwich maker, Fillings of your choice, knife, plates, and cheese grater! They were DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Samantha and Sophie!

Isaac's tornado

On Friday Isaac bought his tornado experiment to show the class. When he
tipped it up side down and shook it a tornado formed in the bottle and it gurgled down to the bottom of the bottle. Clever boy Isaac!

Dancing Raisins

Tanner came to our class to teach us how to do the dancing raisins experiment. We needed a bottle of soft drink and some raisins. First we tipped out half of the lemonade and then we added the raisins and we watched what happened.
The bubbles clung to the raisins and then they rose up to the surface. The carbon dioxide gas inside the bottle acted like a lifejacket. Once the raisins reached the surface, the bubbles burst and the raisin sank back down to the bottom.
It was fascinating to watch...thanks Tanner for explaining the process to us.

Macey's PJ's

Macey has been busy sewing these pyjamas at her craft class which is held after school on Fridays at the Needleworx shop. She had to choose her material then she cut out the pattern. She used a sewing machine to stitch it all together. It took her about 6 weeks to complete it. You are very clever Macey!!