News From Room 25

Room 25 has Tinted Windows

Room 25’s new windows.

Greg and Glen from LaHood

Rm 25 has got new tinted windows that

look sweet.  Now the children in Rm 25

will not get blinded by the sun in the

morning. Around 9:00 two men named

Glenn and Greg came round and tinted

Rm 25’s windows. We interviewed some

people in Rm 25 about the new windows.

Leila : ‘They are better because the sun

Is not blinding our eyes.’

Raynah : ‘They keep the sun out of our

Eyes.’

Hareem : ‘I like the new windows

Because now there is no glare and

I can see things.’

By Ingrid Lonstaff

Wild and Wet Weather

The weather has been crazy these last few weeks!

While we are stuck indoors we do all sorts of things. Here are some of the things we got up to today during the wet lunch. 

3D puzzle constructing

Twister

Pick up sticks

Kinnex construction

Chess 

Drawing

Reading

Exploring the material properties of water - surface tension

Today we started to investigate some of the material properties of water - but before we could begin we needed to learn a little bit about the scientific method, as we'd be using this to drive our investigations.

We watched this great music clip to help us understand what the scientific method is, but more importantly why we use it. Watch the clip to find out more.

Working in our collaborative groups we assigned roles to each other - this made sure we all had a part to play in our experiment. We had directors who read the experiment and made sure we were all on task. We had material managers how got all the equipment we needed and made sure that we tided up all our mess when we'd finished. We had recorders to write down what we observed and our ideas. We had participants who made sure we all involved. 

We half filled cups and pushed a cork from the side of the cup. It seemed to just move from one side to the other.

Some of us wondered if we'd see the same movement in a larger container - they tested their question in an ice cream container.

We poured in more water and observed what happened. We saw something very different this time. We saw a dome of water form above the rim of the cup and the cork traveled to the centre of the cup - it was moving to the highest point. 

What happens when we pour in more water? The dome eventually breaks and the water floods over the side of the cup, it eventually stops, leaving behind a dome holding the piece of cork.

Why does this happen?

**A special thanks to Wahid and Majya for the background music :)

The Fun Run

The learners in Room 25 have been building up their stamina and working on self growth in preparation for the Fun Run in 7weeks time.

The learners have been busy collecting sponsors - money raised from this event will be used to purchase new spots uniforms for the school.

All students who raise money get a prize for their efforts.

Many of the learners have set themselves goals based on the prize they'd like to get. Several learners have already raised over a hundred dollars! 

Keep up the awesome effort Room 25!

Learning to be financial literate

We will be using Banqer in our classroom to develop our understanding around managing money.

Learners earn money by earning PB4L tickets for their positive learning behaviours. Each ticket has a different value.

This week we sorted the tickets we earned in term 1 to see how much money needs to be deposited into our Banqer account.

The learners are sharing thier ideas about how they can earn money and what they should be charged for.

Writing like a solider

We have been learning to add detail to our writing.

As part of our Anzac Day inquiry we put ourselves in the shoes of the soldiers, medics or civilians who might have been caught up in the liberation of Le Quesnoy - a French town liberate by New Zeland in the last days of World War One.

We listened to war sounds and went into our bunkers/shelters/ trenches to write a letter or diary entry. We had to put ourselves in someone else shoes and think about the things they would see, hear, smell and feel. We were glued to our Chromebooks and wrote for a whole block!