ANZAC Ceremony 2012

Last week we had our ANZAC ceremony. I was very proud of the way the children sat and listened and joined in the singing of the National Anthem and Te Aroha. They also were able to join in with the saying of the Ode:
They shall not grow old
As we that are left grow old. 
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, 
we will remember them. 
We will remember them. 

Room 1 Assembly

I am sorry it has taken so long to publish this

but the movie was too big to go on the Blog.

I have edited lots but hope you still enjoy it.

At the Pool

We have had a great time at the pool and at the stadium. Here are some photos of us doing swimming and water safety.

The Plasticene Experiment

Here is a new poem about what happened when we did our plasticene experiment. Watch out for it in the poem book, which comes home for reading each Friday.

Floating and Sinking

I flattened out my plasticine

And set it in the tank

And do you know the cheeky thing

Turned round and slowly sank.

But when I took it out again

And shaped it like a boat

It wasn’t cheeky any more

For it began to float.

(Why did this happen?)

Albert Crawford

Floating and Sinking

We have been experimenting with things that float and sink. Today we made a ball of plasticene and predicted correctly that it would sink. Then we used the same piece of plasticene and shaped it into a boat. Would you believe it floated? We wonder why?

Water, Water, Everywhere

We are beginning to learn about water. To start with we did a brainstorm. Here are some of our comments:

Some things float and some things sink.

Puddles dry up in the sun.

Water is good for you.

Water is up in the clouds.

I think we have lots of interesting learning ahead of us!

Room 1 Treaty

We have made a class treaty setting out our classroom rules. We all signed it at a special ceremony this week. We signed with a feather pen and sang the National Anthem.