Look what some of our students made....A wind turbine!!!

Wind Powered Cars with Room 5

For our wind topic we have decided to team up with Room 5. Yesterday we designed our balloon powered cars and today we started making them.

 Check out Ruby and Hero's design!!!

Hard at work.

WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE WIND?

Here is a great website to explore! Did you know that warm air goes up and cool air goes down? Find out more by clicking on the linkhttp://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm

Solar Energy

This is my solar model. I made it out of cardboard. First the sun’s rays travel from the sun to the solar panel. From the solar panels the electricity goes to the inverter to turn the DC electricity into AC electricity .The person can use the electricity in lots of different ways such as on her i pad and her television.

By Tui

Using Popplet on the iPad

Check out the brainstorm we made with our new app on the iPad. It is called Popplet. It was fun reflecting on what we have done so far this year. Do you like how we colour coded our brainstorm into different categories?

Scared of Spiders???

I thought this was pretty amazing and thought you might find it interesting to find out why there are so many spider webs in this photo. I wonder if you can find Hikurangi on our New Zealand map (clue: it is in the North Island).

Click on the link below to find out more:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11273210&ref=NZH_FBpage

How to use Tagxedo to make word clouds. Sorry about the quality!!!

CROSS COUNTRY

Wow...Room 3 kids sure can run!

 Cayla runs through the finish line

Take your marks...Get set...Go!

Jordan, Harry, Pipiri and Rupert relax as the rest come in

Oceans flash shoes helped him to run like the wind!

Earthquakes, Cathedral and a Swim

We woke to rain, but as the sun came up we realised it had been snowing on the foothills even with a very light dusting on the tips of the tree at White Rock. The trip on the bus into Nelson was toasty warm with the heaters blearing. Our first stop was the Nelson Museum, then to the Cathedral and swim at the ASB Aquatic Centre to top it all off. Here is a glimpse into our day.

 Have you got your survival kit ready?

Hehehehe....we liked this! 

 Wow...poor Christchurch

 Kath Bee shows us some liquefaction dust

 Samantha and Ocean try carting a bag of HEAVY sand in the wheelbarrow

 You can't keep country kids out of trees!

 Admiring the gargoyles at the Nelson Cathedral

 Lighting a candle

 The labyrinth was popular

 We got to hear the organ being played

 This photo of Sam and Jasmine makes me giggle!

 The rose window was breathtaking

Oscar and friends ring the bells

Highlights from Term 1 camp

Marahau Camp was a blast! It seems like a distance memory now as we swap our togs and jandals for fluffy socks and snuggly jackets. Here are a few pictures to remind you of how much fun camp was.

Willow conquers the abseiling wall

Our model Lauren shows us how to wear the gear!

 Rupert unclips after his turn

Samantha makes it look easy!

 So many crabs to follow at this beach!

Weaving putiputi for our Room 2 buddies 

Exhausted after a long day walking in the Abel Tasman 

 Oscar shows us how it's done

 Ruby marvels at the starfish

 Ashton finds treasures from the sea

Some early wakers enjoy the sunset with Debs  

 Gathering cockles for dinner

 Nothing like a swim in the ocean after a long days walking

Lauren found a hungry crab! 

 Jordan tries out a traditional Maori drill used for carving holes into greenstone

 We try making a traditional Maori fishing net

 A great spot to stop for lunch

The mum brigade! 

 Burgers for dinner. Jordan, Sam, James, Harry and Ashton refuel

And then roasted marshmallows for dessert. Akeisha likes hers crispy!