Learning How Rainbows Are Formed

 The refraction process of the sunlight being reflected by the angles of the prism.

Rainbows appear when raindrops (similar to a prism) reflect sunlight, thus breaking white light into colours.

Glorax

 Pip feeling what her glorax feels like.

 Jonathan and Josh are taking their glorax home for more experimentation.
Warning!!!   Parents please check school bags for science substances.

Reilly wants to see if he can throw his glorax.

Glorax is made up of glycerol, guar gum, borax and H2o.

Science

Bradley makes Oobleck out of cornflour and water and finds the substance is very hard to mix but if he moves slowly the mixture starts to flow.
Scientists think that the polymer molecule chains get tangled with pressure and cannot slide as easily.
What do you think?

Science Week

Making structures using marshmallows.
The students are finding out about angles, balance and building a strong base.

Science Week

We are learning about balance and how different angles can effect the balance of a structure.

Building Trenches

 Ella comes to school dressed as a nurse.

Piwakawaka and Kereru building their trenches.

Making Anzac poppies

The students made poppies to remember Anzac soldiers

Eva making a rat for the class trenches.

Piwakawaka and Kereru students learn about how the Anzacs made and lived in their trenches, then made some  trenches themselves in the classroom.
The children wrote postcards home from the trenches.