Science Experience

On Friday, the last day of Term 3, Andrew Carswell came to Team 20 to do some science experiments with us. They were all about energy.

Andrew had a machine that made electricity from a belt moving around. Some people put their hands on the silver ball and the electricity went through your hand, up your arms and out your head into your hair. It made your stick up. You had to stand on polystyrene so the electricity didn't go down to the floor. When you let go and stepped off the polystyrene your hair went back down again.



Team 20 was filled with clouds, it was like we were standing on clouds. He had dried ice which he told us was twice as cold as Antartica, Jasmine poured very hot water from a kettle into the dried ice and the room filled with clouds.

Outside Andrew put purple potassium permangenate crystals in a special bowl. He added oil on. It caught fire and sucked all the energy out of the oil. It might of heated to 2000 degrees.

Andrew had some chemicals and by adding different chemicals together he made amazing colours. There was yellow, red, blue, purple, organge and green. He made a potion that looked like blood. He told us they make blood like that for the movies.

We thought it was so awesome and exciting. Thanks Andrew, we can't wait until you come bakc in Term 4 to teach us about rockets.

Science Rocks!

My friend Charlotte by Isabella

Charlotte is very cute. She is very tall. Charlotte has dark brown eyes. She has a big smile and she has lots of teeth. She has light blond hair. Charlotte is very special to me as a best friend. Charlotte and me love to talk together. She is very happy and friendly and helpful.

Charlotte loves to play on the bars with me. Me and her love to write. She loves to run because she came first in the Cross Country. Charlotte smells so sweet like a rose. What a great friend.

Will doing karate by Finn

Will is nice. He looks like an All Black. He has dark brown hair. Will looks like Daniel Carter and he races.

Slime Rickey by Yusuf

Slime Ricky is green. He came in a magazine. He is really squishy. He likes to wobble.

Bad Jelly by Georgia

Bad Jelly is a witch. She has black hair, she has silver eyes. she has a pet giant.

"Stinky poo, stinky poo, knickers, knickers, knickers," is what she says.

She turns people into sausages. God kills Bad Jelly and her broom stick. She is so mean!

Flynn by Samuel

Flynn is a good boy because he is my friend and he helps me with maths. He plays with me. Flynn is my best friend for ever. He likes me so I like him.

Josh by Nicholas

Josh goes to school. He does running and soccer. He is friendly and nice. Josh sounds like normal. He has blond hair and blue eyes and he is my friend.

My mum by Clara

My Mum is special. She has beautiful golden, silky hair. She has big, greeny blue eyes. She runs up the street three and a half times before bed. I really sometimes like her delicious yummy dinners and breakfast. She sounds like a tweety little bird. Also she sounds friendly when she talks. I llove her precious little smell of roses.

Zach by Josh

Zach is my friend. Zach goes to school. He plays really lovely - he doesn't exclude. He is helpful. he smells like pine trees. He has a curvy head. He is nice. I love him.

Isabella by Jasmine

Isabella smells like flowers. She smells like roses and lavender. She probably puts on blueberry perfume. She likes to draw and write and play on the monkey bars and read. She's got blonde hair. Isabella has blue eyes. She's got light pink skin, it's smooth as well. Isabella has got long eyelashes.

She sounds like she is laughing. When I look at her she looks happy. Isabella is my friend.

Robin by Flynn

My Dad lives in Christchurch. He has brown hair. He is furry on the legs like a tiger. He tickles me one thousand times a day. He's a good Dad he really is. He smells like aftershave. He coaches river rugby team as well as you would dream.

Megan by Austin

My mum has long hair. She has brown hair. She laughs. She is tall. Her meals are really good.

I love my Mum.

Chloe my little sister by Eden

Chloe is pretty. She is careful and she has her own feelings. She is learning to help people. She sings beautifully. She points her foot. She thinks she's a mum. She walks everywhere. She smells like roses. She sounds like fairies wings in the wind.

Sister.

Georgia by Abby and Holly

Georgia has black eyes. She has green and blue eyes. She loves to play on the playground and read and write. She smells like flowers in her house. I love Georgia.

George by Nick

My brother looks like he is taller than me. He has dark brown hair, he has green eyes like the light-green grass. My brother smells soapy after he has a shower. He sounds like a roaring giant. He plays tackle rugby and he sings a lot.

My friend Nick by Will

Nick is very fun and he plays sport. He plays cricket and athletics and rugby. He smells like a man. He looks like Dan Carter.

Dad by Payton

My Dad has brown hair. My Dad has blue eyes. My Dad sounds like a lion. My Dad smells like aftershave.

Claire by Charlotte

Her name is Claire. Claire has curly black hair. She has a big smile. Claire has brown eyes. Claire smells like perfume. Also she smells like flowers and blueberrys and strawberrys. Claire does lots of teaching. Sometimes Claire looks after her children. Some Wednesdays Claire has meetings. Claire sounds like birds chirping in the trees.

Elephant by Zach

Goldfish

Georgia and Nicholas have moved to the goldfish reading group. We are so excited because we can read loads and loads more books!

From Team 20 Mugshots

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Week 10 Term 4 News

Hi there all

There is lots of items to catch up on this week.

Topsy Turvy Tuesday
Children are able to come dressed in theme for this mufti day, it is a gold coin donation. Ideas might include; pj's, back to front, inside out, costumes, dress ups

Swimming notice
This will be coming home tomorrow. Swimming is for 9 sessions over two weeks. Our time is 1:30 - 2, this will mean leaving school at 1:00 and returning by 2:30. Hope you can help out as parent help for transport is vital. This year, as a way of supporting those that can provide transport, you will recieve $1 for each child you transport.

Farewell Assembly for Rob
This will be on in the hall from 10- 10:30 on Friday, we would love you to come along if you can.

Shared Lunch for Rob
Please join us on Friday for lunch with Rob in Team 20, 12:30 on. Can you please provide a small plate to share for lunch even if you are not able to make it?

Science
Andrew Carswell, Jasmine's Dad is coming in to work with the class on Friday from 11 - 12:30. This will follow on from themes that we have been exploring this year. Thanks Andrew.

Photos and Calendars
These orders are due in this week, please drop the money off to the office in an envelope with your child's name and room number on it. Cards and calendars are $12.

Visiting Burnham to Deliver Rob
We are still pressing ahead with plans for this visit to Burnham School to 'hand over' Rob to his new school. A small complication has arisen in that the powhiri will need to start at 9:15. We will need to meet at school and be ready to leave at 8:30am on the first day of term 4. Please email if you are able to help out. I am not sure that I wrote down all the names of people that have spoken with me about it. We will spend some time after the powhiri getting to know the Year 2 class ar Burnham. We will leave to return to school at 11:30am.

Thanks to you all for your support over the term, it is very sad that Rob is leaving us and I am sure you will miss him, but none more than me! I am so lucky to have been able to teach with Rob over the last 3 years. We work so well as a team and I have learned s a great deal from working with him. Thankfully our friendship extends our collegial relationship and his family and mine will remain closely linked. I will be able to provide the updates!

See you in Team 20.

Maths is FUN by Hamish and Will

Today Nicholas and I went to maths with Suzie. We were trying to make ten using cards. Will B filmed us playing this game.

It was really fun!

My sister Hannah by Finn

My little sister is Hannah. She has blue eyes. She has black hair. She looks like a fairy. She likes painting for Dad, Mum, me and Connor.

The Tuatara

Tuatara are not lizards but reptiles. They have lived in new Zealand since the time of the dinosaur. Tuatara are cold blooded to touch. they have scaly skins and very soft spines down
thier backs. in fact tuatara means spiny back in maori.

tuatara

tuatara eat only meat they eat wetas spiders worms birds and eggs lizards,and even other tuatara . Tuatara mosstly hunt at night, When it is cool.They have good eyesight, and their brown and green colours help to hide them. the tuatara has a light pink tongue and very sharp white teeth and it bites!

Nick's Ski Race

In September Nick when to Mt Cheeseman for a ski race. Rosa was in the same race as me. I came first and Rosa came second. You could choose out of a beanie or a pair of goggles. After i did the race i built a ski jump with my friend he is called Nico. I had allot of FUN!!!

Sparkle - Flynn the Racing Machine

I am very fast, I came 18th in the dualathon. I have to run fast in ripper rugby and we have wone eight games. I have scored 8 tries this season. I feel proud when I run really fast.

From Sparkle Cycle 2 2009

NZ Army Band

Today we went on a bus to the Town Hall to see the NZ Army Band. While we were waiting Dave asked us to yell out when he called the name of our school. They had heaps of acts of music from around the world. Flynn's favourite was from Mexico, the music was the Lone RA\anger and there was a man chasing a horse on stage. Each song was supported by actors and images on a big screen. Holly's favourite was when the Police danced instead of catching the robber during the song "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson. Nick's favourite from Sweden was Abba singing 'Mama Mia'. Jack's favourite part was when Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader came onto the stage. William loved the Kung fu fighting song. Payton enjoyed singing Sponge Bob Square Pants. Josh like the men joining arms to dance like they do in Greece. Finn loved it when Jack Sparrow and Davey Jones came on to the stage during a pirate song. We all sang 'Together, from High School Musical, at the end.

This is how we are feeling...

Sparkle - Lucy is a great writer!

I am better at writing because I am using expression now. Now I am proud of me because I am saying stuff more clearly. I am proud of me.

Sparkle - Yusuf the mathematician!

I am proud of my maths I can work stuff out in my head. I like doing it and it is fun. I always practise at home.

Quick Catch Up

What an exciting week!

School Photos
Please have your child spruced up and ready to go in the morning for our class and individual photos. Ours is just before morning tea so hopefully they will stay looking good!

NZ Army Band
Thanks to Kirsten, Ange and Lynne who will be joining us on our trip to the Town Hall on Tuesday to see the Army Band. We leave school at 9:45am and will be back by lunchtime.

Student Led Conferences
Apologies of your time never made it home but I will attach with this email and also put a copy on the blog. This is a time for the children to guide you through their learning. There will be 2 - 4 conferences happenign simultaneously. We will start off together and then the children will go at their own pace. Rob and I will be available throughout the 30minutes to answer any questions and offer support if necessary.

Energise Me
Our topic will continue through to the end of the term looking at the human body and keeping healthy. We will use this as the basis for an inquiry next term.

Village22 Inquiry
This class is aiming to feed hungry children by encouraging the class to log on and use the webiste www.freerice.com Check it out and we will be using it for homework next week.

Rob and Burnham School
On the very first day of Term 4 I would love us to take Rob to Burnham School and dleiver him as a treasure - taonga to them. It would be a half day trip and the opportunity for the children to be part of a Powhiri at Burnham School as they welcome Rob and Fendalton School to their place. We have been learning about Maori welcomes and Mihi and would love to use these in context. Please let me know if you would be keen to come and provide transport for this excursion.



Claire Howison
Class Teacher
Junior Team Leader
Team 20
Fendalton School
t: +64 3 351 9788 x809
e: claire.howison@fendalton.school.nz
w: www.fendalton.school.nz/20

insulating our bottles by Will and Nick

We insulated our bottles with wool,newspaper,tinfoil,fur and clothes

Sparkle - Austin can speak Maori and is more confident

I liked my mihi because I learned how to speak in Maori. I am proud of this and I feel more confident. I'm proud of my reading because at the start of the year I was on yellow and now I am on purple.

Sparkle - Samuel can speak three languages!

I am proud because of my mihi because I can talk to people in Maori.

Sparkle - William is learning mihi

I am most proud of learning how to introduce myself in Maori because I am getting really good at it.

Sparkle - Zach is a great mathematician

I am proud of my maths because I can do two, fives, tens times tables. My next step is to do times tables in fours, threes and sixes.

Sparkle - Abby is a great reader!

I am better at reading. I am proud of my progress and I feel good. I am proud of my writing because I am using full stops and capital letters.

Sparkle - Finn the Light Blue Beetle!

I am proud I have made it to the Light Blue Beetles for reading!

Sparkle - Eden is good at making friends

I am proud of how I make new friends. My new friends are Holly and Clara.

Sparkle - Nicholas is awesome at drawing

I am proud of my drawing because I can draw very good.

Sparkle - Hamish is great at drawing

I am proud of my detailed small drawings. I have gotten better at this which feels good.

Sparkle - Georgia is great at writing instructions

I am good at cleaning my bedroom because I put things away in the right places. I am good at writing instructions. I am better than last term when I was terrible!

Sparkle - Clara is proud of her maths learning

I am getting better at maths because I'm better at the 5s, 10s, 2s times tables and I am proud of me.

Sparkle - Josh can count in 3s

I am proud of how I save goals in soccer. I am getting better. I am getting better at counting in threes because I know what 3 + 3 + 3 equals.

Sparkle - Charlotte the writer!

I have done well because I am doing the right things at writing time and I am writing more and I can write better instructions than I did in Room 12. I am proud because I am writing smaller letters.

Sparkle - Isabella is proud of her writing

I am proud of my writing because I am better at writing compared to last year. It makes me feel proud because I vary the way I start sentences.

Sparkle - Nick the mathematician

I am proud that I know my twos, fives and ten times tables. This photo shows me using an array for the two times tables.

Sparkle - Jasmine is improving at her reading

I am proud that I can read big words because I'm in the Goldfish reading group and I have been practicing reading.

Sparkle - Lucy is a great writer

I am better at writing because I am using expression now. Now I am proud of me because I am saying stuff more clearly. I am proud of me.

Sparkle - Will is an awesome reader

I have achieved my last goal which was to get to Blue for reading. Now I am on light blue. I know that I am close to silver ferns.

Sparkle - Jack's reading has improved

I have managed to get to the Silver Ferns reading group. I have worked hard at this because I read books at my house that I take books home from school. I also read other books from my house. I am most proud of my reading because I know that I'm improving!

Sparkle - Payton is an awesome reader

I am proud of my reading because I used to be in the Purple People Eaters group. I have been working hard on my reading and that is how I got into the Goldfish group.

Sparkle - Holly is great at mihi

I am proud of my mihi because Maori is a treasure of New Zealand and it is cool.