GRANDPARENT'S DAY

Thank You to every Nanna, Poppa, Grandma, Grandpa, Oma, Opa, Kui and Koro that came to visit from near or far for Grandparent's Day - it was an absolutely amazing turn-out and I do believe our school roll doubled for the afternoon session. Some of you came from across the road and some came from across the globe (true story - Grandparents from the UK!) to celebrate our learners!

After a picnic lunch (and coffee for the adults) LC18 welcomed their grandparent's into our Pukeko break-out space 'the Swamp' to cut, glue, saw, hammer, and nail together some exquisite bird habitats. As luck would have it, we had some talented carpentry granddads on hand to show us how it's done...

New Zealand's Special Places

This term we've been researching in small groups and reporting back to the learning community, as part of our inquiry into our environment.
First we researched different habitats, like rivers, forests, high country and wetlands using the Kiwi Conservation Club website. We were looking at the unique features of each habitat and what types of plants and animals survive there.
Then we researched the different parks and reserves around New Zealand using the Department of Conservation website. We each chose our own DOC place from their interactive map and are reporting back on what kind of habitat is in each place; as well as what kind of activities people can do there. DOC has so much information about our environment, how we can look after it and how we can enjoy using it as well!
We have made our own interactive map of New Zealand's Special Places - and we have made short video reports using interesting information we found. We hope you enjoy exploring our map!
We are adding more videos as we get our final edits saved - so check back for updates.

Looking at Light

Mr Kremers brought in some interesting stuff...

This piece of metal is from a television...

Our reflections look strange!

Another interesting view!

This Fresnel lens is from a video game.

We took in outside...

And it focused the sunlight to a point.

When the light came through the lens and reflected off the metal sheet...

It was powerful enough to set a stick on fire!

The power of the sun!

Mr Kremers also brought in these big lenses.

Many of them are from telescopes.

We look funny through these as well!

This is a magnifying lens beamed through the television.

We looked closely at skin...

And hair...

We all look pretty weird this close up!

Thanks Mr Kremers!

Ginger Beer!

We started making our ginger beer last week.

After the long weekend it was finally ready. We knew it was ready because the bottles were really firm, we couldn't squeeze them at all!

We all tried some. Some people thought it was delicious but others thought it was disgusting.

We all agreed that it was very fizzy!