Check out our cool Christmas Creations

Toni came in and taught us how to make these heart decorations. Everyone's heart was different. We had fun being creative. 

 Jasper and I had a fun time at home.  We played poker, and he got in the pan but luckily I didn't cook him.  Jasper and Milkshake the lamb had fun.   Jasper tried to ride my dad's bike but he couldn't reach the pedals.


From Jasmine

Caleb and I made my name out of bits of paper. We think its a cool creation!  From Hamish

hectors world

Lamb and Calf Day

Congratulations to Jasmine, Hamish, Shannon and Courtney who did so well on our Lamb and Calf Day!

Mere-taina knows how to divide!

You are doing such a great job, Mere-Taina!

Check out Jaxon's awesome writing about New Zealand.

Why NZ is so cool!     

The AII Blacks are the best rugby  team in the world come and see them(1)* NZ has beautiful beaches come and enjoy them(2)*The Sky Tower in Auckland is amazing come and take a trip up it(3)* NZ is clean and spectacular(4)* Come and do a Bungee jump(5)* NZ is 100% good(6)* When you go it’s fun and cool(7)* 20 different countries are coming to The Rugby World Cup 2011(8)*There are going to be games in lots of cities around NZ (9)*  Come and see the wind turbines in Ashhurst they are awesome(10)*NZ is the best Country in the world (11)*This is all in NZ (12)*It’s lots of fun (13)

By Jaxon Orchard.

Roisin's Handwriting on the iPad

Miss Lambert's last day

We had a HUGE shared lunch for Miss Lambert's last day. There was so much yummy food! Thanks for bringing something along!

We will miss you Miss Lambert!

Jasmine's little lamb

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Using the iPad

An interesting creation made on the iPad during our space ignite week


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How to make space goo

1 1/2 cups of corn flour
1 cup of water
Food colouring

Mix the food colouring into the water, and then tip the water into the corn-flour.
Crumble all the corn flour in with your hands, until there are no more dry bits.

Check out a video of us using space goo with Miss Lambert

Our Science lesson with Miss Lambert

How we touched it and what happened:
We mixed the Space Goo and it looked like runny slime in the bowl. We put some in our hands and squeezed it tightly. It felt hard like a brick! When we opened our hands and stopped squeezing, the Goo went all runny and dripped through our fingers like it was melting.
It went hard as a brick when you tried to squeeze it (Taine)
It went runny and slimy in your hand when you release the pressure (Moneck and Jasmine)
It felt icky (Jasmine)
When you first touch it, it feels gooey but once you get used to it it is fun! (Roisin)
when you pick it up and then let it go it goes all slushy (Shannon)
When you squeeze it really hard it goes all solid and when you relax your hand it turns in to a liquid (Maxine)
All the particles are squeezed up together (Bethany)
It is both a liquid and a solid because it can act like both(Caleb)
How and why:
The Goo is made up of millions of tiny corn flour and water particles. When we squeezed the Goo tightly, the particles locked together and made the Goo act like a solid. Releasing the pressure of our hand lets the particles spread out so they can move around like liquid. So that’s why it looks like it’s melting!
When you are really rough and put lots of pressure on the Goo the particles lock up and then spread out when you give them room to move and relax. We tried to punch the Goo and it went rock hard! Our hand sunk in when we just rested it lightly on the top, hardly moving at all.
Imagine that you were stuck in a big pool of Space Goo and you have to move through it to get out... would it be better to move really quickly or really slowly? What do you think?
You make it out of cornflour and when you add water it can turn out really hard (jenna)
It has particles in it (marewa)
When all the particles are together it feels like a solid because you have put a lot of pressure on it. When you let it go in your hand the particles can spread out and it goes runny (roisin)
it looks like yucky goo (Kai)
It goes as hard as rock when you punch it really hard. it goes all runny and gooey when you let it relax (lizzie)
Looks like vomit (rinaldo)
it looks as green as slime (max)
it's as green as the bright green grass (lizzie)
I learnt/felt:
I learnt when you mix things together it can change (Jasmine)
I felt really excited to make space goo (moneck)
I felt excited when I touched it it felt like a slimy alien (tayla)
I learnt that mixing things together can make all kinds of things (jenna)
I felt like it would take me forever to touch the goo (Logan)
I was excited about it. I learnt that it's a solid and it's a liquid (Jaxon)
I felt ticklish when I felt it (Bethany).

Our writing brainstorm for Monday morning - narrative planning

Headstands at gymnastics on Wednesday

Te Tinana - Maori Body Parts

Check out Max's amazing writing!

In the night the heavy hail woke me up in a flash.I got up and I said Mum what is that dumpy noise on the roof?  Mum said it is the hail so I went out side to have a look. It was so cold it felt like the south pole. It made my feet go purple. I ran inside to get dried. I felt wide awake.

By Max

Getting Ready for Maths Week

Next week is New Zealand Maths Week. Look for the link on the right hand side of this blog to go to the website. 
Everyone will have a username and a password (get this from Mrs Chappell)

There are cool games and activities you can do (you can even win prizes!)


You can practice on the website this week, and then you can start earning points next week.

Outer Space Creative Creations!

There were some very busy people from Room 16 over the holidays! We had a holiday homework challenge where you could create something to do with outer space using recycled materials. We have some VERY creative people in our class. Congratulations Lizzie, Braedon, Campbell, Jenna, Jasmine, Shannon, Max, Taine, Tayla, Roisin, and Bethany for making some amazing creations!

wow! Look at these huge hail stones!

We had a massive hail storm on Wednesday. Here are a few of the hail stones we collected!

Room 16's Amazing rainforest story

The magical rainforest

As I walk through the rainforest, I can hear birds crunching little juicy bugs between their beaks. Lime green frogs leap from lily pad to lily pad. The colourful flowers smell like lavender. The mist around the trees makes them fade away. I scurry past dark and scary shadows. 

The turquoise blue whirling waterfall makes splashing sounds as I walk past. The rainforest is truly magical. 

By everyone in Room 16

Hamish made something on photo mess

I thought this was really easy to do. It doesn't take very long to do. Mrs Chappell did the writing part but next time I will do it.  From Hamish

A picture from our iPad

Tayla and Kai created this picture in the morning using 'photo-mess' on the iPad

We are just trying to work out how to post pictures from our ipad to our blog. We promise that the next picture will be a bit more exciting!

Roisin's Weekend with Jasper

Roisin wrote a great story about her weekend with Jasper.  Here is her story, and some of the pictures for you to see.

  

Jasper played trains

Jasper patted the cat
Jasper got a new friend
Jasper had a nap

Jasper read a book

Jasper read a newsletter

Jasper got hungry

Jasper played on the computer

Jamey's Weekend with Jasper

On Saturday morning I went to play soccer at Opiki.  When I got there I remembered that I forgot to bring Jasper the giraffe. So the giraffe had to stay at home with mum and Dylan my brother. 


From Jamey

My Fun Day with Jasper! By Kai

On Friday the 10th of June I took Jasper home for the weekend. I played Xbox and my sister helped Jasper with the remote control so he could play. We played Pirates Of The Caribbean and we completed the level. Afterwards we played scalextric. Jasper came first I could not believe it . Afterwards Jasper had his nap. Then he rang his parents in Africa. 

From Kai