E.E Seed Identification

We had to identify seeds in E.E. Some of the seeds were corn, radishes, peas and beans. By Callum

Golf Tournament

Golf Tournament

Yesterday there was a golf tournament at the Toko golf field. Our team was Aaron, Alex and I. We scored 101 points over all 9 holes. I won a golf ball because I was using the coaching to get better. I think my biggest hit off the tee was when we were on the last hole because it went about one quarter of the way to the hole.                 By Callum         27.8.13

 

 

 

 

Blue coming to my house

Blue coming to my house

On Sunday, Blue came to my house. We made a big grass wall and smashed it with my little dump truck. When we did that the dump truck flipped and rolled over. Then we went to the school to play with our bikes for 30 minutes. Half an hour later we went home and dropped a plastic man called Steve out the window up the stairs. Then Blue went home. It  was fun.             

By Nathan 8.8.13                                    

Jacks Birthday Party

In ten days time I am going to Jacks birthday party.

We are going to Moana Pool.

I cannot wait until Jacks birthday.

If we are not going to Moana Pool, I will take my BMX to his house.

I will get him a bla bla bla.....for his present. 

It is now nine more days until his birthday.

It will be fun.

Ethan

Ethan is having a good time down in the hall with his senior class buddies, Alex, Aaron and Holly. He is exploring the iPads and taking photos.

Which bulb is best? -Science Experiment

Thursday 22nd of August

During our studies on renewable energy sources we decided we wanted to find out if energy saving light bulbs were worth using. Some of the class had seen an advertisement on television that showed a chocolate teddy bear melting over a light bulb. We had also read during one of our web searches that a lot of the energy that is used to power light bulbs is lost as heat. We decided to test out if energy saving light bulbs or regular bulbs gave off the most heat and light based on the watts needed to run them. We brainstormed how we could test this, the equipment we would need and how we could design a fair test.

We set up the experiment in the classroom and watched to see the results. Our hypothesis was that the more energy needed to power the bulb the faster the chocolate would melt (we used chocolate frogs, not bears for our experiment).

 The class designing the experiment with the equipment.

 Brainstorming what we had to do to make it a fair test.

 We had to make all of the lights the same height from the chocolate frogs,

 Almost ready to melt some froggies!

The energy saving bulb was much brighter, but with less heat.

In the end the frog over the regular bulb was really melted and the one on the torch and flashlight were hardly melted at all. So our hypothesis was correct! Then it was time to eat the chocolate - YUM!

Written by Ms McKergow, Claudia and Jack

Tirohanga Camp Cross Country

Well done Waihola students  Everyone put in such a big effort and should feel very proud of themselves.  We all enjoyed the competition, the mud and the sunshine. Thanks parents for being involved. Congratulations to the following people who performed in the top 10 at our Taieri Schools cluster.    Yr 4 boys: Ryan Smolders 8^th  Yr 5 boys:  Nathan  10^th Yr 5 girls: Stevie 10^th Yr 6 boys: Rowan  4^th, Callum 10^th Yr 7 girls: Holly 10^th Yr 7 boys Alex 5^th

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WDS Cross Country

The big run was exhausting for some, but some found it easy. I felt exhausted but proud.  By Harry 

The whole school smiles together at the end of the event.  Well done everyone! The support you all gave each other was lovely to see.

Room 2 Measurement Challange - Area

In room 2 Ms McKergow set us the challenge of working out what the total area of our class was. We needed to find out how much floor space we had so we could place an order for new carpet (just a pretend order). We brainstormed ways to do this. Alex wanted to draw out meter squares all over the room, Wiremu decided that using paper squares to place on the floor might work and Callum suggested that we measure the length and width of the class to work it out. We decided that measuring the length and width would be the easiest way. We all estimated the area and found that our guesses were not 100% accurate. The floor space ended up being approximately 95 meters squared.

A Visit From The Experts

Last week we had a visit from Bob Lloyd and Esther Haines who are professors at the University Of Otago. They talked to us about wind and solar energy. We learnt that the biggest wind turbines in the world generate 5 megawatts or 5,000,000 watts while the biggest ones in New Zealand only generate 3 megawatts. The most shocking thing we learnt was that France has the most nuclear power plants in the world.  The biggest wind farm in the world generates 100,000,000 watts of electricity. We really enjoyed having Bob and Esther and hope they come back soon. By Rowan and Callum.  15.8.13

Maths homework

Don't forget to check the maths page of our blog to see your homework for the week.

Road Safety J Walking

We learnt about road safety at school and made these videos with the I pads. This video is about using footpaths. 

Wood Pigeons

These are some native wood pigeons that were sitting happily in a tree in the WDS playground. The photos were taken by Ryan

"Hey Bob, you want to find some berries?"

 

 

 


"Nah Dave, lets relax here for a while"



"Ahh! look out, it's a tennis ball"

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Tom and Shakira

Road Safety rules:

• Don't cross the road when a car is coming;
• Be sensible on the footpath;
• Look and listen before you cross the road.

Road safety

At school we have been learning about Road safety and we made these videos. 

Room 2 Maths

                           This is a table of fractions made by Poppy

This is room 2 working with fraction cards. They are trying to match up the words with the pictures

This group is trying to work out fractions of whole numbers

Solar power verses wind

 Esther and Bob brought this solar panel to school today and Bob explained about  renewable energy.  We learned heaps!

Ukulele practise by Blue

Room 2 is doing ukulele with Ms Bell.This friday there is going to be a ukulele jam.  All of room 2 is going to the ukulele jam.

Wow who did this?

Good luck on Friday with the Ukulele jam!  Can someone please tell me all about what this coloured Ukulele is for, and who made it?

Ukelele Jam

Jack the super achiever practising his picking skills on the ukulele.

Road safety.

Thanks Nathan for getting some photos of possible hazards around our school gate.  We are being road safety detectives as part of our road safety unit.  Please post any great ideas for making our school drop off area even safer.