Can it ice-cream?

We had so much fun opening our box from SchoolKit and guessing what we would be making with it. See our excitement as Hine pulled things from the box.

During the week we learned about heat transfer. We acted it out, watched videos and wrote it in our own words. W experimented with ice to see how it would work.

On Friday we finally got to make and eat it. We loved thinking and creating interesting combinations to try. Our favourite was strawberry and honey. It was very sweet. We were surprised at the taste of having oats and cornflakes in our mixtures.

Thank you Schoolkit for providing our class with some awesome hands-on learning! We loved it.

Nano Girl- the scientist

We spent this afternoon watching Nano girl!

She is a scientist. She taught us lots of things to do with science. We watched some experiments. Some we could try at home, and some we can't!

 This balloon trick she showed how she could push s skewer through the balloon and not pop it. She pushed it through the part of the balloon that had the least amount of tension. We were all pretty amazed!

She showed us a chicken in a cup experiment where when you wet the string and tug on it, the sound with the cup and wet string make it like a chicken. 

We watched Ms Jones get lifted off the ground on a chair and move across the hall.

What did you like the best? Did you try anything at home?

Sharing our Nature trail knowledge

We invited other classes to come an hear about what we know about our school's nature trail and to find out what suggestions others might have for the trail.

We have been working very hard to rejuvenate the trail so we can use it. We would like to see a path the has better access, a hut or meeting place where we can sit and learn, a viewing platform at the top of the trail and perhaps some information signs on the trail too. We know about weeds and some of the other plants that are on the trail. We have been working with Sonja for our projects.

Here are some photos of us when we invited classes to walk through and listen to our talks.

Did you come with your class? What did you learn? What do you know about the nature trail?

Baby Chicks

The baby chicks were so cute and fluffy. Arabella organised to bring her chicks to school let us hold them.
The chicks came from the AMP show. There were lots of chicks. They were starting to grow their adult feathers and beginning to look less like fluffy baby chicks. They were yellow and so soft to touch. They were nice to cuddle. When we held them close to our chests they would snuggle down and go peep, peep to cheep.

Take a look at our photos and sketches of their visit. Please leave a comment if you have any questions about the chicks.