Super Scientists

 Room 1 are learning about practical science. We have been exploring some of the equipment that scientists need to carry out their experiments.

Here is the equipment we gathered to carry out an experiment about bubbles.

Each member of the group takes their turn at doing part of the experiment. The colours on our badges help us to work out when it is our turn.

In our groups we compared corn kernels, raisins and craisins.

Joe discovered that when you put corn kernels in water they just sink to the bottom. 

Nothing much happened!

When we put them in the lemonade they floated up to the top and then sunk back down again. They moved all over the place. We thought that the bubbles in the lemonade stuck to the raisins and craisins and made them move up and down.

In our 2nd experiment we mixed yeast and hydrogen peroxide. Here is Allie adding red food colouring. We did this experiment together because Mrs Bargh had to hold the hydrogen peroxide. Warren likes saying these words!

Charlotte said she could see bubbles and foam. It looked like a really big bubble bath.

Just as well we had a big baking dish to collect all the bubbles because they whooshed out over the side.

In Visual Art we made bubble pictures by painting on to bubble wrap. We then pressed the paint onto paper.

Come and read about our bubble experiments in our 'Inquiry scrapbook.'

Bubble Trouble

We are very pleased to have Emilie at Merrin School! On her first day at school we explored blowing bubbles.

We all had our own bubble mixture. Mrs Bargh wrote down all the ideas that we had about bubbles.

We are collecting all our wonderings in a special scrapbook. Families might like to read it before school sometime!

As part of our study on bubbles we are going to be working in 'Super Scientist' groups. All the children are in groups of four. Each person has a numbered badge so that they know when it is their turn to help with the experiment.

Room 1 made each of the classes in the 'Junior Stars' a card that explains how to say hello in Slovakian and Indonesian. We wanted to share some of our learning from our Inquiry on 'Cultures Galore.'

Yipee do do day.... Nikau received 'Player of the day' for rugby. We are very proud of him!

On Monday we had some special visitors from the China. They had come to see how a 

New Zealand school works.

They wanted to stay in our room all afternoon! Some of the 'Junior Stars' performed the Ninja dance for our visitors.

At buddy time this week our Room 15 friends showed us how to play some card games.

This is Annabelle playing with her brother Ben and buddy Sara.

Now we have plenty of new games that we can play on a wet lunchtime.

In oral language we are practising listening to a buddy and reporting back on their news.

This week we were learning about the sounds that letters v  and y make. At 'Cafe Time' we had a vegetable platter to taste. 

Room 15 have special 'Kotiritiri Challenges' that they do at home. Jackie chose to make his buddy this gorgeous teddy bear. Jordyn was very excited by Jackie's kind gift!

International Day

Today was our Merrin School International Day. 

We came to school in clothes that represented our cultural heritage. 

Hannah and her Mum Annie dressed up in national costumes from Indonesia.

Hannah was very brave and held the country sign for our school parade.

Klaudia joined Adam and Philip to represent Slovakia.

Nikau and Tamai joined their big sisters for the parade.

Hannah did a wonderful time of introducing her Mum to Room 1. It was her first time introducing someone.
Selamat pagi...good morning!

Annie spoke to us about Indonesia. She talked to us about the tigers, the 1 horned rhinos, orangutans and komodo dragons that live there. Indonesia has over 240 million people living there. The National language is Banasa Indonesian.

Annie showed us the masks that they use for story telling. Nikau was keen to have a go!

Here are her beautifully made puppets.

We loved hearing about the Indonesian geography, music, sports and arts. Thanks for all the preparation that you did Annie!

Klaudia shared some Slovakian hand crafts. The embroidery was very beautiful.

Tamai's Dad made delicious fried bread for our class shared lunch.

Thomas was a great fan of the fried rice!

Annie came back at lunch time with her own restaurant! We had vegetable fritters, chicken kebabs, fried rice and delicious beef. We wondered if she could come every day!

We finished our International Day with a concert. Many children from our school shared dances, songs and demonstrations.

Thank you Mrs Johnson for organising such a great day.

Athletics Week

On Thursday we had our Syndicate 1 Athletics Day. Thank you to all the wonderful family members who came to watch us and to cheer us on!

 We all dressed up in our sports gear.

 Here is Nikau eating his ice block. Thank you to the Merrin School P.T.A for buying them and an especially big thank you to Annabelle's Mum Carolyn who went and bought them all. She must have had a full shopping trolley!

 These fast runners made it into the Sprint Finals. Well done Jordyn, Nikau, Ethan and Tyler!

Ethan gained 3rd place in the finals. Yipee!

Our letter for the first part of the week was 'j'. We made orange and blueberry jelly at cafe time.

 We saved our jelly for Friday afternoon.

 Our favourite part was visiting the staffroom to put our teaspoons in the dishwasher!

The jelly was wibbly wobbly just like we read in our poem this week. 

We sent home invitations to Tuscany's farewell lunch. We are holding this next Tuesday. All family members are welcome to come. Please bring along a plate of food to share.

Athletics Day

On Tuesday April 9 we are having our Syndicate 1 Athletics Day. Athletics day goes from 11.30am until 3pm.

We would love for all our families to come and watch. Hopefully you have all received a programme for the day so that you can work out where to find your child! 

(If not please come and get one from Mrs Bargh.)

If it rains our postponement day is Thursday 11 April.

 On Athletics day we will be in our individual age groups for each event.

 Please rememeber that each child need to wear sports shoes, mufti shorts and a t-shirt.

 Tuscany is great at using the right technique for discus.

 We have been practising staying in our lanes when we do the sprints.

 Ethan wants to be in charge of starting the races!

We hope everyone has a wonderful day on Tuesday!