Vortex Cannons

On Friday The 29th Of May, Room 15's homework was to make vortex cannons.

Half of the class made one of these and so we used them on Friday.   

Broadgreen had a smoke machine which we were able to use.

We also got some photos and videos witch will be down below.

The equipment and materials we used were buckets, plastic bags, rubber bands, cardboard and lots of other things.

It was a lot of fun I think everyone one enjoyed  it and I think Room 2 did to!

By Jake and Braydon

Nappy Science

Today we had an experiment with Mrs M we needed nappys (different kinds) cups and bags. We ripped the nappy open and took all the cotton out and there were little tiny specs of polymer. We tipped the polymer into a cup and added water. Then we waited for about 10 seconds and it turned into this jelly stuff.
After that we poured some salt into the polymer and stirred it until it turned back to liquid.

By Madison and Braydon :)

Homework 25th May

Hi Room 15,

Some great work going on in class; keep it up!
Well done to our class footy team, you won your first game last week well.  Good luck for your next game.

Homework:
1.  Design and make a vortex canon.   A good site to look at one is:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VL0M0jmu7k
Don't worry if you don't have any equipment or materials at home to make one from, as we have lots of boxes at school we can use.  Remember what Mr Maybe's class made theirs out of.
2.  Think about what you might like to do for your Science Fair Investigation?  A good site to start is;   http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/Science-Fair-Projects/Steps-Investigation.html     You can look at other sites also.
3.  Spelling words as you will be tested on Friday.

Enjoy the week.


Malcolm Hepburn

ISEL WINNING THE SWIMMING SPORTS

ISEL WINS!

On Tuesday the swimming sports took place at the Nayland pool there were colours everywhere!  Purple was the best of course!
The other houses were MARSDEN, WHAKATU, FIFESHIRE, MONACO and WOODSTOCK.

When the races were on Isel was so far ahead that it was impossible for the other houses to beat us.

When it was time for the relays we all had butterflies in our stomachs but Isel took a huge lead and of course we came first like we always do!

By Josh and Georgia

Potatoes for lunch

On Thursday 2 April room 15 used  the spare potatoes that were left over from camp as lunch.

While we were making them inside the smoke alarm went off and fire truck (aka Finlay) came to the rescue and saved us.

After that they moved outside to cook them. 

On the 17th March Room 15 played their semi final for the interclass cricket, it was an enjoyable game and also very exciting.

We were against Room 11 and we got the win 175-89 !!!

All of the players got into it and everyone of them had a lot of fun. The team players were Harry, Caleb, Finlay, Josh, Anika, Liam, Georgia, Ebony, Skye, Caleb A and Braydon.

RUGBY SKILLS

On Wednesday, 20th May, Room 15 went up to the top field to learn some rugby skills with Shaun.

Room 15 does rugby skills every Wednesday.

Last week we focussed on catching and passing, but this week we focussed on evasion. We played bananas, escape and evasion, and then we played rippa ball rush which was a lot of fun.

Overall, we all had great session with Shaun and learnt a lot of different rugby skills.

Next week on Wednesday we will be learning about wrestling the ball off each other!

By Sam and SkyeRUGBY SKILLS on PhotoPeach

Green Stars

This year Room 15 was the first classroom to get their green stars.

To get a green star is a big achievement because it shows that you have initiative to go and get stuff done.

Nearly our whole class has green star.

Harry, Caleb and Georgia were the first people in the school to get their green stars in assembly.

By Kane and Oliver room 15.
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RM 15 SCIENCE

THE TRICKY PENCIL, STRING & WEIGHTS EXPERIMENT

ON MONDAY THE 11TH OF MAY

RM 15 CARRIED OUT A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT THAT INVOLVED [ A NUT, A STRING, A BIG WASHER AND A PENCIL ]

1. MR HEPBURN PUT US INTO GROUPS.

2. WE GOT OUR EQUIPMENT AND THEN WE STARTED BY ATTACHING THE WASHER AND THE NUT TOGETHER WITH THE STRING.  NEXT WE PUT THE PENCIL UNDER THE STRING AND WE LET GO OF THE HEAVIER END.  AS IT WAS FALLING TOWARDS THE FLOOR WHILE THE LIGHT END STARTS TO SWING AS FAST AS IT COULD SWINGING OVER THE PENCIL.  THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE PENCIL AND THE STRING IS ENOUGH TO STOP THE HEAVER WEIGHT HITTING THE FLOOR.  IT ACTUALLY SWUNG AROUND THE PENCIL.

Homework 18th May, 2015

Hi Room 15,

You are all working well running our canteen each week.  With everyone doing there 'bit' we are able to get our orders in and out on time.  A lot of real life learning running the canteen - pressure at times!

Homework:
1.  Prepare to present your Mihi to the class on Friday.
2.  Revise and study your basic facts (which you have been given) as we will have a basic facts test on Friday.
3.  Complete lesson 6 on the typing tutor programme.
4.  Review your spelling words each night as you will be tested on Friday.
5.  Test your typing skills on the race track!

Enjoy your week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Room 15's Camp slideshow!!

http://photopeach.com/album/10vq1wo

Room 15 plays Hockey

Last Thursday we did grass Hockey with Emma. She showed us how to dribble the ball and how to pass it.  We got split into groups we were either in Bib's Or No Bibs. The games were around 5-10 minutes and then we got swapped around. It was a lot of fun and we hope we can do it again :)

By Kane & Zoe

Homework 11th May

Hi Room 15,

Well done Room 15 and the Isel Team for organising and running a successful assembly on Friday.
Don't forget we have rugby skills on Wednesday so bring a change of clothes as it may be wet!

Homework:

1.  Worksheet completed and handed in.
2.  Spelling words reviewed.
3.  Typing lesson 6.
4.  Leave a comment on Room 20's blog.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Room 15's Movie Night.

On the 6th of May Room 15 had an awesome Movie Night.

We watched the movie Eragon, and had yummy Fish and Chips from Two little fish.

We earned the Movie Night with our points system. We had to earn 500 points with our good behavior (It was hard). 

Last night we stayed after school and played on our Ipads and Phones, then at 3.30 the movie started.

Sadly most of us ate our popcorn before the movie started.

We watched the movie and ate lots of candy, then at 5.00 our dinner arrived.

The burgers were big and the meals were filling but most of us managed to get through it all.

At 6.00 most of the parents arrived and we had to stop our food wars.

At 6.15 the movie ended and we all had to clean up our VERY BIG mess!!!

Then we all went home :)

By Ebony and Samantha.

  

Homework 4th May

Hi Room 15,

Well done to you all for attending your 3-way conferences, great to catch up with your parents/caregivers and share all your hard work and successes!
Looking forward to our movie night on Wednesday.

Homework:
1.  Complete your worksheet and have it ready for marking on Friday.
2.  Review your spelling words each night.
3.  Leave a comment on Room 11's blog.
4.  Complete lesson 5 on the typing tutor.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn