Kea Scientists

On Monday in the afternoon Kea class did a scientific experiment to see if eggs can float in water. First we wrote our question then our prediction. Immediately after that we wrote the materials. We had salt, glasses, eggs and water. We tested the eggs with normal water. 15 people said it would float and 11 said it would sink including me. For our conclusion we wrote eggs don’t float in water. The next part was with dissolved salt. The egg floated. It was still floating on Tuesday. Even two days later it was still floating. We had a great time.
Matthew

Our class did fair testing. We were scientists for that bit of the day. Our class experimented to find out if an egg would float in water and in salty water. We predicted what we thought might happen. Logan R and James got to put the eggs in. My prediction was that the egg would sink in water and float in hot salty water and in just salty water. I got all my predictions right.
Sam S

On Monday we did fair testing. In the cold water it sunk. Some people thought it was going to float but it actually sunk. In the cup that had hot water and salt the egg floated.
Holly

We thought about if the egg will float in the water or if it will sink in the water. I thought the egg would sink. It sunk in the water. It floated with salt in the water.
Viennah

Our Book Fair

This week at Saint Paul’s School we have a Book Fair in the Junior Roost. It is on for a week. We can see it with our class or in the morning or the afternoon. There are lots of good books in the fair and there are some toys like a wand with a hand rubber on it. Today I might buy a book from it. My favourite books there are Diary of the Wimpy Kid and Stars of the All Blacks. We have a class Wish List there. Did you know anyone like our Mum, Dad, grandmas, granddads, aunties, brothers and sisters can come. It is sad because on Friday this week it ends.
     -Finn

The Book Fair has galaxies of books like an elephant having lunch. It’s got every book that you like. For example Club Penguin, Toy Story, Beast Quest and more. We’ve got Wish Lists of books we want. If you come you can be blasted to bits like a rocket launcher blowing up a car. The Book Fair is awesome. Once you buy a book you get a free bookmark. If you buy one for the library you will be helpful and also you will get a bookmark. You might even buy two or three or four. If you buy books we can get more books. Simple. There’s a lot more so come to the Book Fair and get new and awesome books. It’s in the Junior Roost.
    -Matthew

Choosing a good Council Member for 2011

 

Kea class voted for the School Council member. The most votes were for John Noble. He will need to  listen well, speak clearly, be responsible, say the class’ ideas, be patient and have good ideas himself. We decided that he would do all of these things. Good luck John.

Class weaving

Last week we did paper weaving. We used long strips of paper to go over and under. Maori used this technique to make clothes, bags and mats.

The colours used were green, blue and yellow.

I was surprised how well I did it. I felt proud of our paper weaving. It was so much fun to do. I think the whole class liked weaving. I was star struck. It was amazing.

At the end it looked like checker boards on the wall.  Visit our classroom to see what it’s like.