MUSEUM TRIP - Lotions & Potions

Today we went on a fantastic trip to the Otago Museum.  We went to a 'Lotions & Potions' workshop and completed lots of fun experiments including making elephant toothpaste!  Check out the movie below to see what we did:

BOOK FAIR

Next Wednesday and Thursday night there will be a Book Fair held in Te Puna Ako.  Parents are welcome to visit the Book Fair and purchase books when they attend the School Interviews.

SCHOOL INTERVIEWS

Next week, Parent-Teacher Interviews will be held on Wednesday and Thursday nights.  Please see the notice below (or the one that has come home) to find out how to make a booking.

SOPHIE'S FAREWELL MORNING TEA

Today we had a delicious shared morning tea to farewell Sophie.  Sophie and her family are moving to Australia at the end of this term.  We are going to miss Sophie as she is such a lovely friend to everyone in Room 11.

SCIENCE - Mixing Milk & Vinegar

This week during our science time we did an experiment with milk and vinegar.  We predicted what would happen when we combined the two substances.  Most people thought that they would fizz but we actually ended up making plastic milk!  We found out that this was because the protein in the milk and acid in the vinegar reacted.

CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING

The Cross Country will be in the second week of Term 3.  To make sure that we are fit and ready, we have started training.  Each day we run laps of the school in an effort to improve our fitness and make it into the '100 Lap Club'.

MUSIC CULTURAL SWAP

Every Wednesday afternoon, for the next five weeks, Room 11 will be learning music as part of our Middle Team Cultural Swap.  Today Mrs King (Room 10's teacher) taught Room 11 how to play the glockenspiel.

HOCKEY SESSION #2

Today we had our second 'Small Sticks' hockey session.  We played Seaweed in the hall using hockey sticks and balls.  It was a lot of fun!

MAKING SNOWFLAKES

On Friday we watched a video and tried to make snowflakes.  It was a wee bit tricky!  Watch out for the homework optional extra next week - you may need to practise some more!  Here is the video to help you...

GOODBYE MARLEY

On Friday morning we had a delicious morning tea to farewell Marley.  We wish Marley all the best for an exciting new adventure in Riverton.  We will miss you!

MIDDLE TEAM 'SELL A STORY' FINALS

Congratulations to Milly, Luca, Marley and Leo who made us extremely proud by presenting their books to the Middle Team on Wednesday.  An extra congratulations to Milly and Marley who have been chosen for the school finals next week.

FAREWELL MORNING TEA FOR MARLEY

Friday will be Marley’s last day at George Street Normal School.  He is moving to Riverton with his family and we will miss him very much.  To wish him well, we will be having a shared morning tea on Friday.  Please bring along a small plate of food to share.  Thank you!

HOCKEY SESSIONS

Today we had our first session of 'Small Sticks Hockey'.  We played 'Rob the Nest' with hockey sticks and balls.  We will have three more Monday afternoon sessions this term.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVIA

Happy birthday to Olivia who turned 9 today!  Olivia kindly bought a delicious chocolate cake for us to share.

TRIP TO THE OTAGO MUSEUM

On Friday a notice was sent home about our upcoming trip to the Otago Museum.  It said...

On Thursday 30^th June, Room 11 will be walking to the Otago Museum to take part in a ‘Lotions and Potions’ workshop.  The workshop is 1½ hours long and will support our current science topic ‘Kitchen Chemistry’.  We will be leaving school at 9.30am and returning at 11.30am.  To help us with this trip, we would like some parent helpers to accompany us.  

If you are able to join us, please fill in the form on the bottom of the notice and send it back to school.  Thanks!

'SELL A STORY'

This week we had our class finals for the 'Sell A Story' competition.  Two Year 3 and two Year 4 children were chosen to go into the Middle Team Finals next week.  Congratulations to Milly, Luca, Marley and Leo!

LEARNING WITH MISS NORTON

For the last eight days, Miss Norton, our College Teacher has been teaching us.  She is teaching us for two more days as part of her full-control period.  Miss Norton has been doing lots of fun things with us including science experiments and descriptive writing.

LEO'S LEARNING COMMITMENT

This afternoon Leo shared his 'Learning Commitment' with us.  He showed us a really cool science experiment with a milk container filled with water.  Leo had holes on the side of the container and demonstrated what happened with and without the lid.  Awesome work, Leo!