Matariki

Before Mr M and Miss Smith left our learning space, they taught us all about Matariki. We learnt about how there are seven stars and how they brought back the sun. We also learnt about how sometimes people fly kites to celebrate Matariki. Look at the amazing kites we have made! We had so much fun flying them last week.

Practice for what?

Guess what we are practicing for?

Reuse, Reduce and Recycle

Check out this fantastic song around the 3 R's.

The children are really enjoying learning about this. What can you tell us about recycling.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

In Pohuhtukawa we have been learning about what is recycling. We had a look at our rubbish bin and decided that we really didn't know where everything went. Lucky Miss Thomason had gloves for us to go through the rubbish with. 

Popcorn Explorers!

Today we looked at different ways to make popcorn. We discussed the word heat and brainstormed different things that let off heat. We worked out that candels and the sun produce heat.

First we used a candel and a test tube to see if we could make the kernel change into popcorn. Check it out. 

 We noticed that the small kernel has changed shape and turned into popcorn. Mr Gibsons test tube wasn't big enough for the whole change to happen. 

Next we decided on three different places to put some kernels to see if they would pop because of the sun. One lot is in pohuhtukawa, one is in Moss Walters reading room and one is in Mrs Walkinshaws office. We have predicted which ones will pop first. 

We are all looking forward to the results!

On Thursday we will make popcorn in a popcorn maker.