Science Experiments - Voclanos

We had to think like scientists and predict what we thought would happen.  Then we drew what we observed (watched) and talked about our findings.  We had fun learning the difference between magma and lava, especially when the balloon popped all over Mrs Christiansen. Here are our findings.

Letter Jj

This weeks letter is Jj. These are all the words we know that start with the letter Jj.

Earth Layers

Today we learnt the earth has lots of layers like a sandwich.   On the surface is grass, then there is dirt.  Over time the dirt turns into rock.  The middle of the Earth is made from magma.  Magma is melted rock.

Rescue Helicopter

What an amazing surprise!  The Westpac Rescue Helicopter landed on our school field.  Last year we supported them by fundraising and today gave it to the helicopter team.  Thank you for always being there when we need you Westpac rescue Helicopter. 

Mud Pies

On Tuesday afternoon we went outside and made mudpies.  It was a lot of fun, but we thought it was gross getting our hands all mucky.  Then, we wrote about making mud pies.

Splash!  The water went everywhere.  We were going to put teacher’s fingers in it but …

we couldn’t find any.  We put in a worm.  Ew!  I don’t like worms.  By Milla.

Volcano Writing

The river went racing down like hot bubbling lava rivers.  The lava was exploding like a jet in the sky.  Boom!  Zoom!  Pop! By Lennox.

The lava went zooming down the hill like a snake speeding down a tree.  The lava went crackle, crackle, crackle!  By Lincoln.

The volcano went boom!  It was twirling slowly in the air.  The lava went over the sides.
By Lydia.

The lava went everywhere.  Peum!  The lava went like a shooting star.  The smoke went twirling up and down in the sky.  By Rylie.

The sky looked like flaming fire.  The lava was flooding all over the world.  The lava looked like a black seal rolling down the volcano!  By Ruby.

It went splat all over the place.  Lava leaked down the voclano.  By Matthew.

All of the rocks came tumbling down the voclano.  The lava came down the volcano. 

By Caleb K.

It went kaboom.  It was messy because it exploded.  Boom!  It was exploding on the mountains.  I saw a rock flying in the sky.  When I saw inside the voclano,

it was amazing.  I was shocked.  By Jaxson.

It went kaboom like a rocket.  The lava went racing down the volcano.  It was cool. 

By Kaleb.

It went kaboom.  It went like a rocket up in the sky.  The smoke flew in the air. 

The lava went crackety pop.  By Trisan.

Volcano

Over the next few weeks we are learning about volcanoes. 

This is what we already know:

Rob the Nest

We love playing Rob the Nest.  It is one of our favourite games. This afternoon we had time to squeeze in a few games.  Here are some photos of us playing.

Nukumball

Congratulations Rimu for winning the Interhouse Nukumball Challenge.  After the tournament the winning team had the honour of facing the teachers.  Well done Rimu, the children beat us teachers again. 

Explosive Writing

 

It exploded everywhere.  Boom!  By Chavelle.

 The lid was smoking in the bottle.  By Caleb K.

It went up in the sky like a bomb.  It went spat!  Spat!  Spat!  I did a little laugh because it exploded.  By Annabel.

 It went kaboom!  The water went pop, pop, pop, pop!  By Tristan.

Kerplonk!  It went on Mrs Christiansen.  Boom like a bomb.  It went booming like rocks going down a mountain.  By Jaxson.

Texture Walk

At writing, some groups went on a 'texture walk.'  Texture is a fancy word describing the way things feel. 

The water was so, so cold like ice.  I had to put my feet up and down.

By Caleb H.

 

The polysterene was crunchy and it stuck to my feet.  It was nearly going to go flat.

By Jaxson.

 

I like the sand.  It was squishy under my feet and it was soft.

By Emily.

Pyjama Day

Today is Pyjama Day at Halcombe School.  We all had to wear our PJ's.  It was very funny and very exciting.  At the start of the day we had a pyjama parade and danced around the courts.  Congratulations Rylie for winning today's spot prize. 

Comparing Our Life Stories

Last week we sent a survey home asking questions about 'Our Life Stories'.  We compared Annabel's and Lincoln's stories using hula hoops for a venn diagram.  We were surprised to find they had some things in their lives the same.

Small Ball Skills

Rylie brought his cricket set in for sharing.  We had P.E. today and are learning to use small ball skills.  After we practised catching our balls, Mr Carter took us outside and hit the balls.  We had to try and catch them and bring them back.  Thank you for letting us use your cricket set Ryllie.

News Day Tuesday

Every Tuesday we talk about current events.  When our book is full it gets to go home with the person who has brought in the most news sharing.  Congratulations Annabel!  You get to keep our first News Day Tueday book.

Musical Instruments

Pirate Polly is a really fun big book to read.  She sings lots of songs.  We learnt to play her song on instruments.  First, we had to think about the right sounds of the instruments.  We needed to think if they sounded like the sea.  Then we needed to make our music sound like the words singing of the song.  It was difficult, but by the end the Room 1 and were amazing musicians.

Treasure Hunt

We went on a fun treasure hunt.  We needed to follow clues to find the treasure.  They were hidden all over the school.  It was amazing!  We needed to remember to be kind friends and wait for everyone in our class.  This was difficult in all the excitement.  We found our treasure in the fridge.  The treasure was jelly boats.  Yummy!

Pirate Maths

Every Friday we have an interesting person come and teach us maths.  Pirate Christiansen can be a bit loopy.  Our math learning is still the same, we just use different equipment and count treasure.  We learnt to group treasure in different ways:  colours and types of jewels.  We ordered gold coins and bars from 0-20.  We make patterns with the treasure.  Pirate maths is lots of fun.