OUR ASSEMBLY

On Friday Room 9 were on assembly.

We literally brought the house (hall) down with our performances.

A huge thank you to all the parents who came to our assembly. Your presence ensured that we gave it our all and we could feel your love whilst performing.

Check out our dances inspired by the songs Dynamite by Taio Cruz and That Power by Justin Bieber Ft. will.i.am.

Dynamite

That Power

Here are some photos of us performing also.

 

 

 

Don't forget to leave us a comment about what you liked.

SARAH JOHNSON

Last week, we were lucky enough to have NZ author Sarah Johnson come and visit us. 

She is the author of 'Wooden Arms' and her book 'The Bold Ship Phenomenal' was a finalist in the NZ Children's Book Awards.

      

What an inspiring author. 

Follow the link to check out her blog Sarah Johnson.

Sarah came and read to us and shared some of her own jetsam and flotsam items. 

As we are currently reading 'The Bold Ship Phenomenal', you can appreciate our excitement when Sarah pulled out her very own ship in a bottle. We were definitely awe struck.

Thank you Sarah for visiting us and telling us how hard it is to be a published author in NZ, while inspiring us to follow our dreams regardless of the obstacles.

CRICKET SESSION

In the first week back of Term 4, we were lucky enough to have the guys from Hamilton Cricket Association come in to teach us some summer sporting skills.

Our class worked with Jamie, an up and coming Hamilton cricketer.

Unfortunately the weather wasn't the best, but we stayed outside because we were having so much fun.

Here we are being taught some basic cricketing skills.

   

     

     

     

  

     

     

     

BALLOON-POWERED CARS

Part of our learning in Term 3 was based around the following activity sourced from sciencelearn.org.nz
 Activity idea

In this activity, students design and build a balloon-powered car to better understand the science ideas related to rocket propulsion. They use ideas of mass and force to work out ways to improve the distance travelled by their car.

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

·         design and build a balloon-powered car

·         describe how their car is designed to go as far as possible

·         use ideas of mass and forces (such as thrust, air resistance and wheel friction) to describe what might help their car travel further

·         explain what causes the balloon car to start moving, using ideas of action and reaction forces

·         explain that momentum keeps their balloon car moving once the balloon is no longer applying a force and that it will slow down because of the force of friction.

We trialed many times and failed, but with the attitude in Room 9 of 'don't give up!', we persevered and achieved some amazing results. 
Our cars wreaked of creativity, which just goes to show 'old fashioned fun' and a lot of human air can still be had in the 21st century classroom.
Here are some pics of our cars along the way and a short movie for you to see how it all came together on 'RACE DAY'.

          

          

          

          

          

          

     

Here is our RACE DAY movie.