Happy Birthday

Today Matthew turned 10. We sang 'happy Birthday' to Matthew and wished him all the best as a 10 year old. Thank you for the birthday cake for morning tea as well.

Blue Belt

Congratulations to Jameson who was awarded his Blue Belt at his karate grading on Saturday.

Assembly Certificates

Congratulations to Christine and Rhian who received certificates at today's school assembly.

The School Bus Robot

Nina, Ysabella, Toby, Leon, Maia P, 

William and Nia presented a play called 'The School Bus Robot'.

They had practised well and their presentation was great.
They all spoke clearly, knew when it was their turn and made good use of the space to move into and off the bus,
which was the setting for the play.

Ka pai to you all.

Weekend News

Congratulations to Emily M, Matthew, Ryan, Theresse and Toby who made their First Holy Communion yesterday. It was great to be able to celebrate this important event with you.

Maia P (netball, for reading the game), Emily S (netball, for moving into spaces and getting intercepts) and Leon (soccer for setting up and scoring goals) were all named 'Player of the Day' for their teams. Ka pai.

Portia represented the school at a Rhythmic Gymnastics competition this morning. She is awaiting the results of this competition.

A reminder that we are having the three way conferences on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 June. This is a time to share our learning. If you have not yet made a booking please go to the School Interviews website. The school code is: 9je5n.

Happy Birthday and Other News

Materoa has turned 10. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 10 year old.

Congratulations to Juriella, Ryan, Emily M, Maia F and James who earned a Mathletics Certificate last week. Keep up the hard work.

Last week we completed the Cycle Safe programme. Today we received our certificates which show what we are able to do.

Ka pai to the Year 6s for the great way you participated in this programme.

Please bring your PE gear tomorrow, Wednesday 14 June, as we will have PE in the afternoon, wet or fine.

On Tuesday 27 June and Wednesday 28 June we are holding the 3 Way Conferences. This is an opportunity for your child to share their learning with you. Please go to the School Interviews site to book your appointment. The school code is: 9je5n.

Forensic Fun

Today Rebecca from Science Alive visited our class. She told us that there had been a theft of a special candy recipe from the Candy factory. We had to use science to check the evidence so we could work out who had committed the crime.

The first thing we did was to identify the fingerprints left at the scene. We also took our own finger print and worked out what type of finger print we had.

 


We then used blotting paper and water to find out whose pen had been used to write the note left at the scene. This is called chromatography.






We compared the mud left at the crime scene with mud taken from the suspects' boots. The evidence showed that the mud was magnetic and sunk in water.

 For the next testing process we needed to wear safety glasses to stop any of the liquid splashing into our eyes. 

We tested the liquid found at the scene. We used the pH scale and discovered that the liquid was acidic.

The last test involved using a reacting agent and a catalyst to check the liquid found at the scene of the crime.

At the end the evidence pointed to Mercedes as the person who had committed the crime.

We recorded our results as we completed each test.

 

 

We all had a great time with Rebecca and learnt lots of new things. A special thanks to Pania and Sophie for helping us.

Assembly Certificates

Congratulations to Maia P and Portia who received certificates at today's school assembly.

They both gave 100% during the Cycle Safe sessions.

Congratulations, too, to Rad who received a certificate for passing the next level at STEPs. Keep up the great work.

Buried Treasure

This afternoon Matthew, Theresse, Rhian, Maia F, Materoa and Alexis presented a play called 'Buried Treasure' about some pirates who followed a map to find the buried treasure. 

Ka pai, we enjoyed your performance.

Happy Birthday and Cycle Safety

On Sunday Maia F turned 10. Today we sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 10 year old.

Today the Year 6s learnt about being safe when out biking. First Constable Megan talked to us about some important laws related to cycling. If our bikes are not road worthy or we do not wear a helmet we may be fined $55 for each offence. Next we checked our helmets to make sure they were not cracked and that they fit properly.

Then we were out on the courts riding. We learnt to signal when we turn and stop and where we should ride on the road. Some of us found it tricky to take our hand off the handlebar so that we could signal, but we kept practising and by the end of the session we were getting better. 

After lunch we spent some time in the classroom learning how to get safely through an intersection.

 

On Wednesday and Thursday most of us will ride on the road.

Monet Bridges

On Tuesday afternoons we have been learning to paint in the style of Monet. We have taken photos of each step and posted them on our Seesaw accounts. The finished masterpieces are now on display in our classroom. Come in and view them.