Certificates

A big congratulations to the people below who got certificates for good behaviour, fantastic reading comprehension, brilliant home learning posters, using their initiative and excellent writing. 

Maths scavenger hunt!

Today Miss Chambers decided to do something fun for maths because it is the end of term. It was fun but also challenging. We had clues placed all around the classroom and when we solved each of the difficult maths problem on each clue we got a letter. Once we had all six letters right we were given a riddle to solve. Do you think you can solve out the riddle below?

What has four fingers and a thumb but is not alive?

Letters: L,O,G,V,E and A

Clue: You use it in the garden and it is two words

If you have figured it out please put the answer in the comments.

Land yachts

Class Haiku

We have been learning how to write Haiku which are Japanese poems based on nature. 
Our poems needed to have 17 syllables in the pattern, 
line 1 - 5 
line 2 - 7 
line 3 - 5

Here are some of our poems with photos that we took in the garden

Kei Te Pehea Koe?

We have been learning how to ask each other how we are.

Kei te wera ahau - I am hot

Kei te hiamoe - I am tired

Kei te  hia kai - I am hungry

Kei te koa - I am happy

Wonderful Water Wheels

 We saw some Wonderful Water Wheels work today. This was a Home Learning project that both children and adults enjoyed.

A water wheel is a hydropower system; a machine for extracting power from the flow of water. Water wheels and hydropower was widely used in the Middle Ages, powering most industry in Europe, along with the windmill. The most common use of the water wheel was to mill flour in gristmills, but other uses included foundry work and machining, and pounding linen for use in paper.

Solar Ovens

The Solar Ovens work using reflection and absorption. 

The tin foil reflects the light on to the black piece of paper inside the pizza box. 

The black paper absorbs all the colours in the light spectrum - ROY G BIV and it turns into heat energy. 

The gladwrap traps the heat inside the box. 

The ovens reached 40 degrees.