Bean Seed Germination!

We are currently undertaking a Science Experiment to observe and record the germination and early growth stages of a bean seed. Over the next couple of weeks we are each responsible for watering and nurturing a broad bean seed. Stayed tuned for our updates and photos!

Plants in Action

Our Science topic this term is Plants in Action.
We have brainstormed some jobs we do in the garden..
- watering
- weeding
- cutting
- digging
- planting
- mowing
- spraying
- trimming
We also like to participate in lots of activities in our gardens, such as;
handball, chasey, soccer, badminton, tennis, running races, cricket, basketball, netball, volleyball, football, rugby, barbeques, relaxing, reading, playing with pets and playing on the trampoline

Farewell to Ms Sansom!

Room 16 and Room 8 students joined together to present Ms Sansom with a thrilling song at her farewell assembly. The students enthusiastically sang improvised words to the tune of the Flintstones, and proved to Ms Sansom how much she will be missed! Stayed tuned for the footage of our song... we wish Ms Sansom all the best for her new endeavors!

Swimming!

In week 10 we participated in swimming lessons at the Parks Pool. We had a fantastic time swimming in the deep part of the pool with life jackets and doing the chicken dance on the last day.

Light Challenge!

Last week we were challenged to make light travel around an object. Each group was given the following resources for the challenge:
- a torch
- a mirror
- a book
- a large sheet of paper

The first step was to draw a ray diagram on the large sheet of paper. This needed to illustrate where we thought the light was going to go, and how we could reflect it off the mirror to make it go around the book.

Stay tuned for our thoughts and photos from the experiment!

What other objects are able to reflect like a mirror?

Metal, water, gold, diamonds, rings, glass, whiteboard and computer screens.
By Zaine

Monitoring Our Light Usage!!

Over the weekend we monitored our light usage at home. We combined our results:

Saturday
0-4 hours - 10 students
5-9 hours - 4 students
10-14 hours - 4 students
15-19 hours - 1 student

Sunday
0-4 hours - 10 students
5-9 hours - 2 students
10-14 hours - 5 students
15-19 hours - 1 student
20+ - 1 student

In the dark!

What do you think will happen when the boy switches off the light in this room that has no windows?

Take the survey on our blog below, to the right hand side.

(click on the image above to view a larger version)

Light is FANTASTIC!

In Science this term we are focusing on light. We individually collected our thoughts to the following 5 questions:

- What things give us light?
- How does light help us to see?
- What is a shadow?
- How far does light travel?
- How does light travel?

In groups we categorised and summarised the class responses.
We have posted our 'wonderings' on our classroom blog below.
Have a look to see what we came up with.

What things give us light?

- The sun give us light
- Electric wires which carry electricity to the item that lights up with energy
- The chemicals in glow sticks
- Light bulbs
- Fire
- A torch

By Cody, Peter, Zaine and Shannon