Erosion Challenge- Alex Jack Callum

Last Monday we had an erosion challenge where we had to build a block house to put on a sand hill. Then we had to defend the house from weathering, buckets of water, with bark, sticks and other materials. Here are some photos of our groups creation-

Our final creation had a rock buried in the hill and bark buried around the hill.

Our house after the first downpour.



Our house after a bucket of water.

After a second bucket of water, our house was demolished.

Overall, our group came second. Something we could improve on is making the house sit on the flat bit of the rock. Some things we did well were making supports under the house and putting bits of bark around our hill, making the water run straight off the hill, keeping the sand from eroding. In the end we were proud of our defences from the weather and the design of our house. By Callum and Rowan

Gymnastics with Ms Bell

Gymnastics with Ms Bell

Yesterday, after maths, room two went down to the hall to do some gymnastics. Seth M came down with us because he was too good for the room one gymnastics. When we got down there I saw a very cool set-up. It looked like a very challenging course. When it came to my turn I sprinted as fast as I could, jumped as hard as I could onto the spring board and did an awesome forward flip onto the big blue crash pad. After completing a flip I felt amazing and wanted to do it again.      

        By Alexander    28.8.13

Gymnastics

In Room 2 we have been doing gymnastics with Ms Bell. We did cartwheels, dives, flips and forward rolls. Here are some photos and short movies of us doing those things.

By Callum



 

E.E Seed Identification

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

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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Cows

Cows

Last night, just before teatime, my family and I had to go and shift our two cows to the paddock down the road, where there was fresh grass.  We got one of the cows down the road easily but the other one wasn’t cooperating with us so we had to bring out the big guns, aka my Dad. After an hour of trying we went back inside, except for my Dad who tried for another hour. Eventually he got the stubborn cow in.  When he came inside we congratulated him then finally sat down for tea together.      
 



Alex    3.7.13

Room 2 Blog experts work with junior children

Aaron, Stevie & Alex received some individual training from Anne K then worked with junior class children to help them post their own work to the BLOG. It is great to see our senior students developing their own levels of expertise and then working as peer tutors to others.  Check out the new R1 posts for today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mum's birthday

Last night, on Tuesday the 7^th of May, we celebrated my mum’s birthday at our house, with a family get-together. The party started as soon as we got home from school. Grandma had made delicious red velvet cupcakes and there was a big bowl of our “family favourite” lollies, chewy pineapple lumps, sitting on the table. Gradually as more people arrived the table was filled with all sorts of sweets and savouries. Grandad Henk taught me Dutch words and I wrote them in my book. I am learning to put them into sentences. I love getting together with my family.  It makes me feel good.      

By Alexander       8.5.13

Air Pressure Experiment

1) First we filled up our cup of water to the very top.

 2) Then we placed a piece of cardboard on the top and pushed out any air bubbles.

 3) Now we took our hand away from the card and the water stayed in the cup.

4) It is a good thing the water stayed in the cup or I would be soaked!!!! hahaha


Why did this happen??  The water stayed in the cup because the air pressure has force or strength to overcome gravity. The air pressure pushes against the cardboard and stops the water flowing out.

By Alex, Harvey and Stevie

Charged!

I am walking through the paddock to go frogging when our bull, All Black, stamps his foot, lowers his head and looks at me funny. As I run away from our bull I trip and get a giant face full of poo. I think that the Bull might have been laughing at me but I feel a mix of fear, anger & embarrassment.

Alex.S  16.4.13