Week 5

Apologies: Brianna

This week we enjoyed: Making ice cream, drafting our new procedural texts, playing Scrabble at lunch, making masks at lunch, Golden Time, Science with Mr. B in Room 5, Mr. Dent teaching, learning about eruptions and gysers with Mr. Dent and Adolphus Tips

Areas we want to improve next week is: Not talking when Mr. Ish is speaking - controlling our impulsivity!

We talked about the following things at Class Meeting: 'Es', pen sucking/slobbering, novel questions/people, pushing chairs in, tote tray labels for those people with tote trays,  

These people will be given a raffle ticket for being awesome at their spelling and times tables:

100% spellers: Josh T, Max, Oscar, Gina, George, Cole, Tina, Zion, Emily, Jay, Take, Xanthe, Madeline and Ava. 

100% tablers: Ruby, Jay, Cole, George, Max, and Josh C-P

See me for a raffle ticket please, kids. 


TABLES MASTERS...
Congratulations to Room 6's latest Tables Masters, Xanthe, Edwin, Take, Noah, Gina and Ava!

They have each been awarded a funky IMATTE Certificate  (I'm A Times Tables Expert). Please ask any of them a table at random :) 

Plastic Bag Ice Cream!

AIM: To make ice cream

REQUIREMENTS:

·      1/2 cup milk

·      1/2 teaspoon vanilla

·      1 tablespoon sugar

·      4 cups crushed ice

·      4 tablespoons salt

·      2 medium size Zip-loc bags

·      1 BIG size Zip-loc bag

·      a hand towel or gloves to keep fingers from freezing as well!

METHOD:

1.  First, mix the milk, vanilla and sugar together in one of the medium size bags.

2.  Next, seal the bag tightly, allowing as little air to remain in the bag as possible. Too much air left inside may force the bag open during shaking.

3.  Now, place this bag inside the other medium size bag, again leaving as little air inside as possible and sealing well. By ‘double-bagging’, the risk of salt and ice leaking into the ice cream is minimised.

4.  Then, put the two bags inside the BIG size bag and fill the bag with ice, then sprinkle salt on top. Again, let all the air escape and seal the bag. Wrap the bag in the towel or put your gloves on, and shake and massage the bag, making sure the ice surrounds the cream mixture.

5.  Do this for five to eight minutes. It will turn the mixture into ice cream.

6.  Finally, EAT your delicious ‘plastic bag’ ice cream!

What a busy week...

Hi all, 

What a crazy, but cool week we've had in Room 6. 

Here's a few snaps of Take's birthday celebration (in class) and our first two IMATTTEs - Maddie and Oscar! Well done to them. 

Also, it is with great please that I announce that Ava, Take, Xanthe, Gina, Noah and Edwin are our 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th placed TABLES MASTERS for 2015. They will all be awarded an 'IMATTTE' certificate next week. Tumeke, kids!

Finally, below is a funky video of Emily. She was unfortunately sick when Science Alive came out to work with us, so the fabulous Mrs. Ritchie (Emily's mum) did a bit of 'at home' learning. Enjoy...

Class Meeting - Week 3

Hi all,


Yesterday, Madeline and Xavier ran their first Class Meeting!

Apologies: Josh C-P and Jay 

This week we enjoyed: The Book Fair, The Book Fair Competitions, The Book Fair Paraade, learning how to write a procedural text, learning how to read an analogue clock in maths, making sherbet and bread for science, Mrs. Le Cren coming into Room 6 to talk and Adolphus Tips.

Areas we want to improve next week is: Not running in the classroom! 

These people will be given a raffle ticket for being awesome at their spelling and times tables.

100% spellers: Maddie, Ruby, Niamh, Take, Olivia, Tina, Abi, George, Daniel, Gina, Noah, Xavier and Brianna, 

100% tablers: Ava, Maddie, Ruby, Niamh, Take, George, Gina, Noah and Max 

See me for a raffle ticket please. 


TABLES MASTER...
Maddie is Room 6's first TABLES MASTER for 2015 and will be awarded a funky IMATTE Certificate  (I'm A Times Tables Expert) soon because she has aced her times tables! Please ask her a table at random :)


Congratulations, Maddie!

Awesome Acids and Bases

Today we got stuck into some more science and made sherbet using baking soda, citric acid, icing sugar and jelly crystals. Here's what we did...

METHOD:

1. First, add 1 level teaspoon of citric acid to the bowl.
2. Next, add 1 level teaspoon of bicarbonate soda to the bowl.
3. Now add 3 heaped dessert spoons of icing sugar.
4. Add at least 2 level dessert spoons of jelly crystals (or more to taste)
5. Place a small amount, about half a teaspoon on your tongue.
6. After tasting you may need to vary the ingredients. If it is too bitter add more sugar, if there isn't enough fizz you may need to add either bicarbonate soda or citric acid. 
7. Make sure you add only in small amounts, remember you can always add more but it is very hard to remove some.

WHAT'S HAPPENING

You have just created an acid-base reaction in your mouth. When you combine an acid (in this activity the citric acid) and an alkaline (the bicarbonate soda) with saliva they mix together to create a gas in the form of lots of tiny bubbles.

This is called an acid-based reaction and it's what gives sherbet its fizz. You are actually feeling the sensation of carbon dioxide bubbles on your tongue. These are the same bubbles that are in fizzy drinks.

The icing sugar is needed to add sweetness as the citric acid and bicarbonate soda are quite sour. Citric acid is one of the acids found in lemons, oranges and limes. That is why they are called 'citric fruit'. The other acid in lemons and other citric fruit is called ascorbic acid. This is commonly known as vitamin C. The jelly crystals simply add flavour.

Science Alive

On Thursday, we got stuck into to pretty cool Chemistry. We predicted, observed, experimented and recorded our observations to solve a mystery! A big thank you to Niamh's mum, Gilly, who helped out.

Hello everyone...

I hope you all had an enjoyable break adjusting to the cooler climate and are looking forward to an exciting term ahead.

I had a blast with my kids, Flynn and Isla, and after 61 weeks of being out of our home for 'earthquake repairs', we moved back in! We were only meant to be out for 20! Sigh...

Learning Programme

Our learning programme will continue to place emphasis on the key learning areas of Reading, Writing and Mathematics.  Major units of work will be integrated across these curriculum areas to ensure that our students gain from deeper and more meaningful learning experiences.  Other curriculum focuses include:

PE – large ball skills and sport rotations

Oral Language – Team Poetry Recital Competition 

Science – Chemistry

As part of our Science unit we have arranged a visit from Science Alive. Science Alive staff will be coming on site on Thursday 30^th of April to run a two hour ‘Chem-ystry’ session with Room 6each class. The cost of this per student is $7.50, which will be added to the cost of your Term 2 activity fees.

We've spent a bit of time this week learning about Anzac Day. Hopefully your child has relayed this? We've spent a lot of time talking about why the soldiers who died, are remembered on the 25th of April. Anzac Day is closely linked to the war that both countries were involved in at Gallipoli, but these days Anzac Day is held to remember all Australian and New Zealand soldiers that were killed in all wars. This day is so important that it has been made a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand.

Today Maddie and Xavier were elected as our Class Chairs for Term 2 Congratulations! Both gave effective speeches to the class. They will be awesome. Our first Class Meeting will be next Thursday or Friday.

  

As always, please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions or require any further information.