Old ruins

These ruins of a Greek temple are over 2500 years old! Amazing to think people lived here all that time ago. 

How did they put the huge blocks of stone on top of the pillars? Remember these people had no cranes! 

We Get Crazy!

This week we got crazy experimenting with crazy putty. We found that when we added a solution of Borax and water to PVA glue a chemical reaction occurred, forming a solid that we could mould into a ball and bounce.

Our conclusion was:

When two or more molecules are joined together a new compound is formed. This can also cause a change in state.

Our Science Learning

Exploring Change with States of Matter 

This week we were learning with Miss Winter about Oobleck. We really enjoyed making Oobleck and testing how various items sank and then raised to the surface of the Oobleck. We found that when we poured the Oobleck it acted like a liquid, when we grabbed it in our hands it oozed through our fingers and when we put pressure on the Oobleck it behaved like a solid.

Oobleck on PhotoPeach

If you were trapped in a bath full of Oobleck, how would you escape?

This website might be able to help you find a solution to your problem.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oobleck-bring-science-home/

A Great Start to the New Term

We Just Love Learning!

To begin our new term, we have been reflecting on our learning so far. We did this by "free-styling" for writing. For something new, we decided to publish our writing as a writer's theatre using the Explain Everything app and iMovie to be able to share it with you. Please go to our Author's Arcade page.

Being Responsible Digital Citizens

We are happy to share our learning with you.

Luke's Way of Looking, Authors: Nadia Wheatley and Matt Ottley

We have been reading Luke's Way of Looking for our shared book, a book about a boy who has a passion for art and discovers there are actually people just like him in the World. 

Our views:

Jennifer: I thought the artwork was creative, I especially liked the way some of the pictures were based on famous artists.

Shelley: At the beginning the pictures had no colour, as the story went on, the pictures got brighter and brighter as Luke got happier.

Somi: I liked how I learnt about famous artist's different styles. It told us not to give up on our dreams and to follow them.

Kuini-Marnie: I found the book to be inspiring because Luke used his imagination and that taught me to follow in his footprints. It also showed us, that we should never give up.

Adam: The book was creative because it showed me everyone has different passions for different things and that's ok.

Bailey: I found the book interesting because I found there were many different artists in the world.

  The art work in the story is inspired by famous artists like Picaso and J Pollock. We decided to have a go ourselves.

               

Digital Citizens 2

As we continue to learn about being a responsible digital citizen we brainstormed our ideas together before we started writing our explanations. Check out our explanation writing page to share our learning in writing too.

 

Check out the amazing statistics on this Youtube clip.




Explain why it is so important to be a responsible digital citizen. Write at least 3 detailed sentences to show your understanding.