What is science? Inquiry

We had an awesome science investigation afternoon on Wednesday with a circus of activities base around the Physical and material world.
We were asked several questions to investigate as part of our tuning in to this inquiry.

Can we see sound?
Can you make a rainbow?
Can we see magnetic forces?
Can we make the light bulb light up?
Can we make a stone float?

Ask us about what we found out and why we thought these things happened.....

Can you think how these science processes are used in our world?

White Hat thinking

In our inquiry this term into the Nature of science we are using De Bono's thinking hats to help us with our thinking and learning.

Think White hat - Think paper - FACTS

We will be investigating the physical and material world, researching experiments and doing a few, hopefully leading to an online Science Fair.

Watch this space.

Toi Kowhaiwhai

We have been looking at traditional Toi Maori, especially kowhaiwhai patterns. We started with the koru, then the puhore and have moved on to the mangopare pattern. I wonder who will comment first and tell me what those three words mean.

Golfing naturals

Janelle from Golfing New Zealand came to school today to share her golfing skills. Some students will get the chance to visit the golf course tomorrow .

Harriet Potter - the story

We hope that you enjoy the multimedia storybook of our play - Harriet Potter and the Magic Ball of Oomble Dumble. We storyboarded the play and decided on freeze frames to capture the main events. Then we worked in teams to write the story with our freeze frames, finally we narrated the story using our expressive voices.

In memory of a dear friend.

It was with great sadness that we learned of our good friend Katie's unexpected death later that weekend. We are all deeply saddened and our thoughts go to her family. We miss her and will never forget her.

Harriet Potter

Many congratulations to our awesome cast of characters in their drama festival. Mr and Mrs A were very proud of you all as you were in character and acted your hearts out.