Wednesday Science Challenge

In Room 4 we have started a new unit about buoyancy (floating and sinking). As a warm up to thinking about that we had a buoyancy challenge. In small groups, room 4 had to make a boat out of 40 straws, 4 wooden bbq skewers, 2 small pieces of bubble wrap and some cellotape.

They had 25mins to design and make their boat and it was tested by placing marbles into it until it sunk or tilted over. The top score today was 31 marbles!

We are going to try again at the end of the term to see if our new learning helps us make better boats! Have a look at some of the pictures of the process below!

Tuakana Teina

Last week we spent some time with Room 7 during the school's Tuakana Teina time. These sessions, held once every month, will involve the whole school for afternoons of fun, teamwork, and community.

We buddied up with Room 7 and spent the afternoon with them. We read to them and then went to the playground. We will be buddying up with Room 7 every Thursday from next week onwards!

Check out some pictures from our afternoon:

Persuasive Writing

This week we have started looking at persuasive writing. First we brainstormed situations and reasons when we might need to persuade or convince other people.