Ice Skating - Winter Fun Day

What a fantastic time we had on Friday. It had all the things that make a great day; mufti, bus rides, cold and ICE SKATING!

Thanks to all the parents and helpers on the day. We couldn't have had such a great day without you all.

Most of all thanks to all the students for being the best HEROES you can be. We loved watching you get up when you fell down, trying something new, giving it a go, improving a skill, being brave and having fun. We think you are all pretty amazing. 

Winter Fun Day - Ice Skating Fun on PhotoPeach

Does Water Walk?

At the moment in Te Pihinga our focus for writing is SCIENCE! 

We love Tuesdays, this is the day we get to put our Einstein hats on and experiment. 

Yesterday we asked the question...does water walk? 

Our equipment: paper towels, water and food colouring? 

We watched a video to help us make our hypothesis/prediction- we didn't see the ending as it was a surprise! 

Our ideas: maybe the paper towels might absorb the water, the  paper towel might break, the paper might explode, and maybe the colours will mix together and make a rainbow. 

We also learnt a new word Capillary, our results in our writing describes this action- 

Our class result sentence: " The paper towel absorbs the food colouring and water and then they travel up through the towel to mix both colours to make a new colour". 

Below are some photos of us in groups working together and being open minded explorers during writing yesterday, we cannot wait to share more of our experiments with you. 

A special project

We are very lucky in Te Pihinga to have some wonderful adults helping out. We have our wonderful Judy, Connor's Ma, who comes in 3 times a week to help us and other classes with our Steps programme. And now we have Paul, Mrs S's Dad, who is coming in to work on a special project with some boys. 

Here are some photos from the last few days. I wonder if you can work out what they are creating?

What happens when Coke & Mentos meet?

Today for writing we did something a bit different. We got to watch a science experiment. We learnt a new word called 'hypothesis'. This means that we have to think about what might happen, a prediction. Each of us wrote our prediction. Some of us thought things might explode, some of us thought the coke might catch on fire or turn to ice. Some of us wondered if the coke might change colour. 

So we went outside to see what happened. Check out our video.

A Reading Group Activity

Today the Sam-I-Am's spent some time putting what they had read about into action. With the help of a wonderful mum, Trudi, they followed the instructions on how to bake a happy cake. They did a wonderful job, including working hard to break the walnuts open (not an easy job) and it tasted delicious!

Ka pai Sam-I-Am's!

Easter Fun Day

Thursday was a fun filled day, we were busy making our brilliant hats for the Easter parade and many other creations. On our last post we shared some amazing pictures of us creating our hats. In the afternoon we got to share our hats to the whole school in the parade, we even got to see Te Kakano, Kauri and Rimu share their wonderful hats too. 

We watched in anticipation as the eggs were thrown off the roof by Mr Mathews to see whose egg was the strongest! There were some brilliant and well thought out creations to withstand the force. Next, we had Egg Jarping, this was a success! Our Te Pihinga students were professionals at Egg Jarping. 

We hope all of our families had a safe and enjoyable break. 

Below are some images of our Easter Fun Day.