FOOTNOTE DANCE COMPANY

In March we were lucky enough to have some dancers from Footnote Dance Company come to show us some dance skills. We made up our own dances and performed to our classes. Room 11 and     Room 12 worked together.

"Make yourself as tall as you can."

"And turn....."

"Altogether now....1 2 3 4..."

Scooter Safety

All Year 3 students have had the opportunity to learn new scooter skills and Complete some Safety training. This was a sponsored programme by iWay, Sport Hawkes Bay and Hastings District Council. We learnt about helmet Safety, carrying a scooter safely and different ways to stop. We also practised crossing the road with adults and safely scootering past driveways on the footpaths. We played games and had lots of fun. 

Room 7 Picasso Face Sculptures

Through the visual arts we have been investigating and developing visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observations and imagination. We have been exploring the artist Picasso who loved to produce sculptures out of junk materials. Room 7 spent a week collecting junk items from home to help create a facial sculpture. As you can see from the photos we spent time selecting appropriate items to build up different facial features. It was so much fun and we are very proud of our final work.

Science Term 1

Volcano in a bottle

Carbonated Chemical reactions

Mixing a liquid and a solid to make a gas.

What will happen if I add Bicarbonate of soda to vinegar

Hypothesis- What might happen? It might blow up!

Materials

• Empty plastic water bottle
• White vinegar
• Bicarbonate of soda
• Food colouring
• Dish washing liquid
• Funnel
• Measuring beaker

Method

• Put 150mls of vinegar in a bottle
• Add a few drops of food colouring
• Add a few drops of detergent (creates the foam)
• Quickly add 1.5 teaspoons of bicarbonate soda to the vinegar
• Watch the reaction of the bicarbonate of soda as it mixes with the vinegar

Experiment-The bicarbonate of soda combines with the vinegar to produce bubbles of carbon dioxide which is one of the gases that come out of real volcanoes. The detergent makes the mixture extra bubbly and by the food colouring gives the ‘Lava’ a realistic colour.

Conclusion- Bicarbonate of soda reacts with vinegar to make carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide bubbles up with the detergent and makes foam that comes out of the bottle like lava in a real volcanic eruption

Science Term 1

In Science we explored Capillary action. Capillary action is the name of the process when liquids, like water, move up through a solid, like a hollow tube or spongy material. This happens because of the forces of cohesion, adhesion, and surface tension. We also explore what happened when we mixed different colours of water. Here is a snippet of our science session.

Discovery Term 1

Here is snippet of the different activities that have been happening during our discovery time. Students drive their own learning and passions. This allows students to develop and practice areas of the New Zealand curriculum such as Maths, Science, Art, Technology, Language, Social Skills, Reading, Writing and P.E. It provides plenty of opportunities for developing resilience, problem solving and creating. Students are able to practice the key competencies which are Thinking, Relating to others, Using language, symbols, and texts Managing self and Participating and contributing.