Grandparents Day

 

One More Minute

Here is Jason, Meg, Ishaan and Damian reading a story called One More Minute.
They used an ipad to create an imovie. They practised reading out loud to make sure they used expression and to sound like they are talking as they read. They assessed their own reading as well as each others and then made changes to improve their reading. It took three days to make their imovie and Room 18 think their finished imovie is excellent. Well done.

Auckland Observatory Trip

Observatory Trip

On Wednesday room 14 and 18 went to the Auckland Observatory by bus. We went there because we are learning about space for our Inquiry topic.

When we got to the Observatory we got stopped by Margaret she said, “come inside.’’ So we all went inside to watch a movie. When we got to the movie room we got to lie down. We watched a movie about Aliens and we looked at all of the planets. There are 3 types of planets. The Rocky Midget planets are Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury. There is also Gas Giants they are Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter and Uranus.

We then had to go to a place for 10 minutes. We saw space costumes, two of them.

Later we went in the space room and we talked about all of the planets. I got to be Jupiter. Soon we had to go back to the bus.

It was sad to go back to school. I really wanted to stay at the Observatory.                        

 By Will

 

The Amazing Observatory

On Wednesday amazing room18 and room14 went to the Auckland Observatory by bus. We went there because our inquiry topic is Space.

We met Margret and she led us into a dome shaped theatre and we watched a really cool movie called Perfect Little Planet which was about, a family of Aliens trying to find a perfect planet to have a vacation on.  Then Margret showed us the constellations in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

After that we explored the Observatory. When I was exploring the Observatory I found an example of a black hole, you spin a ball when the ball slows down the gravity pulls the ball in and the ball spins faster and faster until it goes to the bottom.

Then we went to the space room. In there we saw how to brush your teeth in space! We also learned that Venus’s clouds act like a sleeping bag because the heat comes in and it can’t go out again.

Then we went to the bus and went back to school It was so fun I wish I could go there again!

By Daniel

 

 

Auckland Observatory Trip

On Wednesday 4 September Room 14 and Room 18 went to the Auckland Observatory by bus, the Observatory was called: Star Dome. We were going to the Observatory because we want to learn more about Space and also because it is our Inquiry topic.

First we met a lady called Margaret. She welcomed us into the Observatory. She led us into a theatre. It was obviously shaped like a dome because the Observatory is called Star Dome. The seats looked quite strange. The bottom part of the seat’s edge was facing upwards. I settled down next to my friend, Daniel. The seats felt really comfortable. Margaret then announced the rules and warnings. Soon the movie started. The movie was called: Perfect Little Planet. The movie was strange because the movie was on the roof. But obviously we were all facing up. The movie was about Aliens that wanted to go to a planet with no neighbours for a holiday. The movie talked about: Dwarf Planets, Gas Giants and Rocky Midgets. The movie ended with the Aliens going to Earth. I learnt you can’t land on Gas Giants. Throughout the movie I felt dizzy because I felt like I was moving with the movie. Next Margret showed us the constellations. I knew all the constellations except for some asterisms. I liked the Telescopium constellation the best. My second favourite is the Aquila constellation. My third favourite was the Triangulum constellation. My least favourite was the Orion constellation. The Orion constellation is a hunter that hunts down the astrologic creatures.

Soon we had a ten minute break. In the ten minute break, we were in groups. I was in Mrs Poole’s group. I found some interesting sights. One of them was a device which was touchscreen. This is how it worked: when you touched a planet, this globe on top of the device would change into the planet you selected. All the sights were fun, but soon Mrs Poole led us to a room. It was called a Space Room. We were the first group in, but soon other groups started to arrive.

We learnt lots and lots of facts in the Space Room. Margaret told some people to come up to the front. They were the people that pretended they were planets. I learnt the Axis looks like a small stick from the top of the world to the bottom. I loved the Space Room so much!

It was soon time to go back to school. I loved the trip so much! The best trip I’ve been on so far.

By Joseph

Cross Country Day

Here are some photos of Room 18 completing the cross country last Friday.
We are all proud of ourselves because we all tried our best.
Mrs Poole is especially proud of all room 18.
Congratulations to Ishaan, Will, Simon, Kelsey and Meg for making the interschool cross country team. Well done!

 

Shadows on a Sunny Spring Day

We went outside and drew our shadows with chalk on the concrete with a buddy at 10.40 am.
We then went back outside after lunch at 1.40 pm and stood in exactly the same place and again drew our shadow.

Here is what we noticed about our shadows and what we learned together.

Our shadow at 10.40 am was in a different spot when we went back at 1.40 pm.
Light cannot go through us.
Shadows are outlines.
Shadows are black because we are blocking the sunlight.
A shadow is formed by the Sun.
Our shadows have no eyes, mouth and no other features or detail. 
Earth is rotating around the Sun so the beam of light hits us at different angles at different times.