Coding

We have been using Spheros in maths to learn about directions and angles through coding. We used an iPad app called 'Lightning Lab.'

Thank you to Cyclone for giving us the opportunity to test out the Spheros!

Film Festival Movie: Believe in yourself

Have you ever felt under pressure or that everyone is relying on you? Do we have the movie for you! Kia maia, kia manawanui, believe in yourself!

This is Room 7's entry into the Manaiakalani Film Festival 2016. Check out other films from the film festival here!

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Music: Wake of the Martyrs (Secession Studios)

Myth Busting Day - Rotation 1 of 3

Today, we had a day where we busted myths! We had a lot of fun experimenting to learn about the scientific method and changes between solids, liquids, and gases.

We completed a 3-way rotation. In these photos, we are exploring sublimation (changing from a solid to a gas). We used dry ice to show this change in state through a number of experiments.

SAFETY

Did you know that dry ice is a solid and has a temperature of -78.5 degrees celsius? That is 78.5 degrees colder than frozen water (ice)!

It is so cold that whoever handles the dry ice has to wear gloves to protect their hands from the cold!

DETERGENT BUBBLE

Here we showed a build up of gas as the dry ice went through sublimation by created a detergent bubble over the bucket.

DRY ICE AND WARM WATER


Here, we added dry ice to water to show the release of a gas during sublimation.

BLOWING UP A BALLOON




In these photos, we compared a balloon which had been blown up by using our breath (left), and a balloon which had been blown up by the gas created using dry ice (right). The balloon on the right was much heavier so it hit the ground first when dropped. You can also see that the balloon on the left is see-through where as the one on the right is not.

EXPLORING THE RESULT OF DRY ICE, WARM WATER, AND DETERGENT 

We then explored the result of mixing detergent, warm water and dry ice. It created a foam made up of lots of bubbles which turned into a gas when popped!

STUDENT LEARNING

We finished by creating a blog post showing our learning. Check out Sheales' learning here!

Learning about Technology at the Olympics

We spent the first three weeks of term 3 learning about technology at the Olympics. We found it really interesting and enjoyed discussing and sharing our ideas!

Aerodynamics - by Mitchell and Kyron

Walt: locate and summarise ideas. Walt: ask questions after reading to clarify our thinking and discuss what we are still wondering. I have made a poster for Zephyr for her to improve. There is one problem in this drawing. Can you find it? By Mitchell

By Kyron

Ka-Pow!

A lot of creating has been happening in Team 4 as we prepare for the art exhibition. We are finishing up our plans of our comic art action scenes and moving onto our final pieces of art! Our medium is water colour pencils and fine-tipped sharpie pens. As the art exhibition is a couple of weeks off, we thought we would give you a taster of what is to come! Watch this space for our completed masterpieces!

Term 2 Inquiry: as i see it

This term we are studying ART! Team 4 are looking at the art work that is specifically used in the creation of comic art. We will be creating our own comic book art both digitally and on paper.

The teachers of Team 4 decided to make their own comic book using photos. Take a look and don't forget to leave a comment!

Volcanoes around the world - Google Maps Task - By Simon

WALT: We had to create a Google maps showing people 15 or more Volcanoes in New Zealand or around the World. We had to create this because this term team 4 are learning about Volcanoes. We created this on Google maps and we used pins to pin all the Volcanoes all around the world.

Our new Learning is volcanoes. You can learn when some volcanoes last erupted or where some volcanoes are in this world. I enjoyed pining all the volcanoes around the world and looking for volcanoes around the world as well. The end

Wheoritia te atawhai

We made this video to show how easy it is to start kindness spreading throughout school. At school this term, we are focusing on making kindness go viral - Wheoritia te atawhai!