On Wednesday afternoon Yvonne came in to help us do a craft activity. We made Christmas Snowmen. We had 3 polystyrene balls that we stuck together with toothpicks and glue. Then we glued on cotton wool all over the balls. Next we glued on a pompom nose and googly eyes. Finally we stuck on buttons and a hat. Thanks Yvonne!

Yesterday we made presents for our buddies in Room 2. We made them candy cane reindeer and a card. We think they really liked them!

Egg Babies!!!

Each child in Room 13 has an egg baby to take care of for 4 days, here are some photos of the class as they were making their homes for them.

Police Visit!

Today we had Constable Cole and Sam come into class as part of our Keeping Ourselves Safe unit. We learnt about abuse and did a memory game.

Check out Caitlyn's great story reading!!!

We have been learning about colours for Maori this term. Check out our video!!!

Congratulations to Alec who was one of 6 children to win the UNHCR World Refugee Day Art Competition! There were over 250 entries from New Zealand and Australia. His winning work will be put into a calendar.Well done Alex!

I Love Learning Contest Finalists!!!!!!

Congratulations to the two groups that have made it to the finals for the I Love Learning Competition!!!  The members of the first group are Poppy, Cam, Amelia and Victoria and the second group are Jed, Benji, Alec and Charlie. If you missed their video make sure you search for it in our earlier posts!!

Room 13 Molecules

We have been learning about how everything is made up of molecules, and how these molecules are different in solids, liquids and gases. In class we became molecules and acted out how we would act if we were a solid, a liquid or a gas. It was heaps of fun!!

Here we are a liquid, we are molecules that are touching each other but we can move around.

Here we are molecules in a gas, moving around the classroom.

Here we are molecules in something solid again, vibrating closely next to each other.

Molecules on the Move!

On Wednesday we did another science experiment. Each group had two test tubes, one had cold water in it, the other had hot water in it. We put a drop of food colouring in each one and observed what happened to each tube. The food colouring in the hot water spread and mixed in a lot quicker than the cold water. Ask me to explain to you why this happened!