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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