Suter Trip at Nelson Library

These are some of our stories about the trip.

At the Nelson Library we mixed the colours. We read a book called, My Many Coloured Days.
Different colours can make different feelings, happy, sad and excited. Purple makes me excited, grey makes me bored and blue makes me happy. It was at the Nelson Suter Library. My favourite was the painting of the man. I painted it dark pink.                       by Hazel

We went to the Nelson Library  and we did some art at the Suter Room. We were doing stuff all about colours. Pink makes you happy and black makes you sad. I will tell you some of them. Purple makes me relaxed, brown is a very sad colour. Different colours make you have different feelings like sad, happy, excited and there is a lot of other ones too.                               by Casey

We went to the Nelson Library and we painted a person. We picked up pastels and wrote our feelings down on a piece of paper. I will tell you some of the feelings, happy, sad, scared and frightened. Purple makes me feel happy and grey makes me feel sad.
The lady read us a Dr Seuss story called, 'My Many Coloured Days.'               by Sophia

I went to the Suter. It was a room in the Nelson Library. My favourite thing that I did there was colouring my ginger-bread man, purple. We got a story read to us. It was called, My Many Coloured Days. My Many Coloured Days was by Dr Seuss. Sometimes colours can have feelings in them. On blue days I'm bored. Bored as can be you see. Colours have feelings in them too.            By Connor

Space

We have been learning about the 9 planets in the Solar System, also our moon and the sun.

These are the craters that we made.

Mr B showed us how the planets stay in orbit around the sun by turning a bucket of water in a circle really fast and no water came out because of the centrifugal force - it was really cool to watch.
Yesterday Room 1 did a really fun experiment. Craters on the moon are formed by asteroids, meteorites or comets when they collide with the surface. The craters will never erode away because there is no wind or rain on the moon.

Chemical Popgun

There is a big mess on the ceiling in Room 1.

We put vinegar and baking soda in a small plastic bottle and quickly put a cork in the top of the bottle. There was a chemical reaction and and the resulting carbon dioxide gas blew the cork and fizzy, bubbly mixture up very high onto our ceiling. It dripped down and made a mess on the white ceiling.
The mixture exploded! It was lots of fun.

Making Sherbet

It was real yummy and fizzy in our mouths!
We made sherbet using icing sugar, raro crystals, baking soda, citric acid and tartaric acid. When all the ingredients were mixed together we looked at and tasted each of them and some were yummy and others were yucky. The fluid in our mouths mixed with the sherbet and made the carbon dioxide bubbles.

Kiwisports

At Kiwisports today my favourite bit was the high steps but I keep falling off then I just got back on and I tried again and again. 

We had an egg and spoon race and there were lots of adults and children from different schools at the Brightwater Domain.
It was lots of fun and it started to rain when we were finished the games so that was lucky.

Electronics Class Treat

This afternoon we had a great time playing with our electronic gadgets such as i-pads, remote control cars and tablets because we had earned another class treat. It was a really cool time at school.

Marshmellows

Yesterday Room 1 cooked marsh-mellows in the microwave for  one minute and it puffed up. When we took it out, it went hard and  it looked like a flat pancake. We all got a turn to stand on a chair and look at the  marsh-mellows in  the  microwave.     Brooke Leah

On Tuesday we did marsh-mellow dissolving in my group.  In the four cups there was vinegar, water, fizz and juice. We put it in the four cups and then we put a marsh-mellow in each one. The next day the marsh-mellow in the vinegar was gone because it has acid in it.       Sophia

The Variety Bash

Today the Variety Bash came to school.  The Variety Bash raises money to help children.  
There were lots of different vehicles there.  There were fire engines, mini's and different sorts of trucks.
The whole school came to the front field to watch the Variety Bash.
We got lots of different sorts of lollies and goodie bags.  There were rings, a flag and tooth brushes.  I got a special badge that they only give one out at a school because I used my manners to say thank you.
Last Friday we had hot dog fundraiser, we raised $548.15 which we gave to the Variety Bash.
The Variety Bash has raised over $15,000,000 to help children in New Zealand.
My favourite part of the Variety Bash is when I got given my special badge.                        By Pippa

Vampire Slime

We made vampire slime. We got to play with it and it felt like jelly. We made it using a frying pan. We boiled the water and it was really hot. Then we added the red dye and the cornflour. The cornflour dissolved. It felt squishy and slimy and smooth. Mrs Roberts helped us a little bit with the slime. It stayed on our hands for a couple of days.

Throwing

How you throw is you need to do muscle man and you need to stand side on. 
If you throw you need to start by your belly button. You need to do a follow through too!  by Oliver  

Wind Instruments

On Monday three people played wind instruments in the hall. My favourite instrument is the flute because I liked the sound.  by Ella

On Monday Room 1 went to the hall to listen to some music. My favourite wind instrument was the recorder because I have one at home.  by Casey

Class Pool Party

What a day for a class pool party! The pool was very full of water, there was heavy driving rain and a strong northerly but despite all that most children had a lot of fun and will remember it in time to come.

First Week Activities

Room 1 has quickly settled into their new class and the photos show some of the activities during the first week. Nathan showed the children how to throw correctly and the children are having fun on the playground and in the pool.

Final Event for the Year.

The tide was very high and we were trying to build sandcastles on the small area of sand with the waves racing up the beach towards us.  Brightwater School children and parents had a wonderful day at Rabbit Island on Monday. After lunch the children played lots of different games and the teams were  a mixture of children from throughout the school. During the afternoon it became really hot so everyone was very excited when they received a yummy "Juicy" to eat as it was a great way to cool off.
Most children were very tired at the end of the day but they had a fantastic time away from school!

Mix and Make Day

On Thursday afternoon Brightwater School children started Mix and Make. The first  thing I did was a lollipop reindeer.  I also did clay and I made lots of things. I also made a christmas cards. One card was for my mum and one was for Flo. Then I made a cute reindeer out of paper and dyed it.
We all did the fun stuff again on Friday morning and in the afternoon we walked around the class to see what cool stuff other people had made.
By Amy W

Amazing Christmas Cards

Room 1 made really cool Christmas Cards with Torin's Mum, Mel. You need two pieces of square wrapping paper and 2 pieces of square card. Then you need string and a glue stick. You also need a ruler as well to draw the lines for writing on. Next you need to fold the 3 pieces of card and you need the 2 pieces of wrapping paper and get the 2 pieces of card so you can stick them all together. We also put Christmas stamps on the cards and we can write a special message inside our cards. They look real cool.
by Alexia

Last Thursday Mel came into Room 1. She taught us how to make these Christmas Cards. You got a snap lock bag full of card and paper. We glued the coloured paper to the two pieces of card and cut the edges off. After we glued the edges we did heaps more but I can't remember all of it. We folded two pieces of card into quarters and then another one the other way. Before that we put lots of Christmas stamps on the pieces of card and drew lines in two places. 
Finally the cards were glued and tied together.      
by Niko