Beach Clean Up Day

As part of our water study, Oliver from Sustainable Coastlines gave us a presentation about where rubbish can go when in the sea. Sea creatures can eat the rubbish, mistaking it for food.
Afterwards we had a beach clean up.We didn't think there was a lot of rubbish but in total we picked up over 300 litres of rubbish in just a couple of hours!

Performing Arts

On Thursday Room 8 were working on  freeze frames from the story Jack and the Beanstalk with Mrs Hooke. Can you tell by looking carefully which part of the story we were  acting for you?

Readers Theatre

As part of our reading and writing this term we are trying a bit of Readers Theatre where we read poems as if they are plays. It's a lot of fun and a chance to use our expressive voices.

Production 2016

Here we are! Absolutely amazing Room 8.

Check out the chimney sweeps!

Our Beautiful Mandala Art

Room 8 worked hard with their little room 4 buddies colouring in their mandala pictures. They coloured their quarters and then they were glued together. The colours are amazing!

Geometry with Mrs Pitman

Last Friday room 8 students made models of 3D shapes with straws and blue tack. It looks like fun.

A sneak peek at our Production Item

Here we are in our costumes for our dress rehearsal. Don't we all look good?

Father's Day Cards

Last Friday Room 8 helped their little Room 4 buddies make a card for Father's Day. They are gorgeous!

Calendar Art

Just about everyone has finished their tree art.It is a mixed media project with watercolour, vivid and pastel.  Here is a taste of what we did.
Come to our room to see the art.We know you will love it!

Ready for Action

Lauren is ready for action at school this term!

Box Cars

When we finished The Box Car Children we made our own box cars.When they were finished we invited other classes to visit .

Last Day with Buddies

Room 8 made these lovely shell mobiles for their little buddies. They used over 400 shells.Thank you for the great idea Mrs Pitman.

Goodbye William

William is off to Paris with his family so we had a shared morning tea on Thursday. We will miss  you a lot William. Keep in touch and good luck William. Au Revoir 

Fizzing and foaming

After making our yummy bread we mixed some ingredients in a plastic bag. We were only allowed to guess what they were. Some were not nice to taste but altogether in a bag when added to our tongue they fizzed to make a nice taste.
It was even better with lollipops dipped in.

Yum. Sherbert is very nice.

Yummy Bread.

On Wednesday we made  fresh bread in room 8. It was so yummy and everyone enjoyed it. To eat it students chose from plum jam, marmite or hummus as a topping.
And what was it that made the bread yummy?Without yeast the bread would not taste well. If you look carefully you can see the small holes which are made from the bubbles of carbon dioxide.

Bread recipe 

In a warm bowl put 1tbsp of dry yeast

1 tbsp of sugar or honey

1 and 1/2 tsp salt and add 1 1/2 cups of warm water. 

Cover the bowl with a tea towel and leave for 10-20 minutes until the mixture foams 

Add 3 and 1/2 cups of high grade flour and stir. When it is almost a ball tip out on the bench and knead for about a minute until it starts to become smooth. Shape into an oval loaf. Cover and leave on a baking tray until the loaf has risen- 20 -40 minutes.Slash the top and rub with olive oil. Bake at 200c for 30 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting .

Enjoy !

Area and Perimeter Maths

Room 8  have worked with Mrs Pitman learning about  the area and perimeter of shapes. Today they were calculating the area and perimeter of 2D shapes and made this beautiful mural.
Good Job Room 8 !

There is Fungus Among Us !

This week we have been investigating dormant yeast. When yeast has favourable environmental conditions it wakes up.

 What does yeast look like ?

 When yeast has favourable environmental conditions it wakes up.
We added warm water and a sugar cube for food. We saw the mixture fizz and foam up and over the sides of the cups.
It smelled a bit like beer or bread. The bubbles were a chemical reaction making the yeast release the  carbon dioxide.

What did it look like ?

The next day the yeast had dried up a lot .The foaming had released most of the carbon dioxide by the next morning.

Our next challenge is to think of a way to change the experiment and predict what might happen.