Check It Out

Great website to have a look at and find out what's happening around New Zealand.
http://www.geonet.org.nz/

Another website worth looking at is
http://www.getthru.govt.nz/web/GetThru.nsf/web/BOWN-7GY2MF?opendocument

Nearly to 1000!

WOW, nearly had 1000 hits already! When you visit the Blog please leave a comment, we'd love to know what you think or give some ideas about what you would like to see happening on our BLOG. Remember to try out some of the links to activities on the other pages.

Be Prepared

Yesterday we were really lucky to have an expert visit our class. Aidan's Dad who works for the Regional Council came to talk to us about being prepared in case of a disaster. We found out about the 4 R's... REDUCTION, reducing the risk. READINESS, having a plan in place. RESPONSE,  who helps us and RECOVERY, how to get over it and carry on. It was a really interesting afternoon. Paul cshowed us a slideshow of when he was in the RED ZONE in Christchurch as part of the Response Team.
Now we have some more ideas for our Inquiry.

Inquiry Experiments

The other day TEAM 2 had the opportunity to do some experiments around our Inquiry topic. It was aslo linked in with our writing focus of procedural texts. It was great to see hands on learning and students making connections! Awesome effort everyone. Add a comment on the Inquiry page and share what you did!

Snowflake Art

Check out our artwork. We sponged the background, cout out the snowflakes and added gliter for effect.

Study Ladder

Great start on Study Ladder folks! Post a comment and let us know how many points you have. Have you been shopping in the Rewards shop? What did you buy and add to your room? Don't forget that each time you log in you help your alien to grow big and strong!

Study Ladder

Team 2 is now ready to climb on STUDY LADDER.
Use the link through Matanginui's Wikispace or use the link below
TEAM 2 STUDY LADDER

Tornado in Bottle

Welcome

Yeah! First parent follower. Welcome Glenn, hope to have more join as the word spreads. Will be getting the children to add posts so hopefully will get a buzz going shortly!

Making Tornados in a bottle.

We had a great afternoon making crazy spinning tornados in a bottle.

Tornado in a Bottle

Mad Spinning Crazy Tornado

Goal:

To make a tornado in a bottle.

Equipment/Materials:

o   2 x 1.5 litre clear plastic bottles

o   Strong tape

o   Water

o   Paper towels

o   Blu-tac

o   Scissors

o   Flat surface

o   Food colouring (optional)

o   Dish washing liquid (optional)

Steps:

1.      Fill one bottle with water.

2.     Put Blu-tac around the top screw part of the bottle.

3.     Put the second bottle upside down on top of the first bottle.

4.     Tape around the two bottle tops to stick them together and make them water-tight.

5.     Turn your two upside down and shake them around in a circle.

6.     Watch your tornado go!

Summary:

You have created a tornado in a bottle!

National Anthem

Practice the New Zealand National Anthem and learn the sign language to it.

Powerful Tornado

Watch the destructive power of a tornado.

Inquiry for Term 2

This term we are looking at Natural Disasters. Our big question is "Why are there more extreme weather disasters happening on our Earth?" We are investigating and developing our knowledge around Hurricanes, Twisters, Tornados, Tidal Waves, Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions. If you have any suggestions of good links please let us know.