Walking Water

During Science week some students in room 1 became the teacher for the day and taught science experiments to the class. Donnacha's Science experiment was called 'Walking Water'. He filled two cups with water, placed two paper towels in each cup to another with yellow and blue in the outer cups and left the middle cup with no coloring. Then we waited for the science to happen. We looked at it after lunch and the food coloring had traveled up the paper towel, and into the middle cup coloring t green.

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By Hollie

Magic Cup

This is Zaina's Vacuum cup experiment. The method was .... 

1. put a layor of water on the plate. 2. light the match and allow it to burn using a lemon slice to hold it straight. 3. Place the cup upside down over the match.

The air around the flame is pushed in all directions. Warmer air needs more space than cooler air! So, the air pushes under the small gap round the rim of the cup and lets the water in, pushing the water upwards!

By Emma and Zaina. 

Traditionally Korean Calligraphy

Today Room 1 went to the hall to learn about traditional Korean culture and Calligraphy.
Traditionally calligraphy is used to write poems, proverbs, quotations from bibles,
mottoes and much more.

We also learned the Four friends for a calligrapher. 1.Paper, 2. Brush,
3. Black ink bar (or black ink), 4.Ink stone (or white place).

The oriental brush originated in ancient China. Later, it was developed as an art in China,
Korea, and Japan.
In ancient times, Chinese carved their characters on shells or bones and then much later
they used brush and paper. Koreans applied this art to Korean characters.
The paint brushes are usually made with rabbit, goat and weasel hair.

To be a good calligrapher you need a peace of mind, ready to concentrate and to control
the brush.

We all enjoyed calligraphy and the Traditional Korean experience.

By Abby, Ruby & Saralee.

Rainbow sugar

For science week, some people taught the class a science experiment. Abby's experiment was called 'Rainbow Sugar'. The first thing Abby did was put some water in the bowls. Next, she put three skittles in a triangle and let the colours drain out. When the skittles had gone white and the colours were merging together Abby put a sugar cube in the middle. The ice cube either absorbs the colour or repels the colour after some time. When the sugar cube dissolved Abby changed some of the independent variables to see if anything would change!

By Elise     

Korean Tuho

Korean Throwing game - TUHO
Tohu is a Korean game, also called Pitch Pot. This game requires 5 sticks or more and a pot with three to five holes. We used 5. The 4 holes around the outside are each worth one point if you land the stick. The middle hole is worth 5 points! The team with the most points wins. The traditional game only has two holes around the outside and is traditionally played outdoors. This game was really popular among royal and upper-class families.
It was really fun and great for increasing your aim
Tip: Throw like a rainbow!

By Adam, Xavier, and Blake

International Student's

We were so lucky to have some new friends join us in room 1 this Term. Bella, Steven and Kobe have all gone back to China :(. We will Miss them so much. 

Lucky we have Andy with us till the end of year woohooo!

 Kobe

Bell

Big Foot Bike School!

We have been so lucky to have Big Foot come and teach us all about Bike safety. 

The training included: 

• What we should wear to protect our head, body and feet, 
• How to check our helmet for cracks 
• How to bike safely to, from and around the school, 
• Road rules, including what we do when we need to turn left or right,
• How to make sure we are in a 'bike ready' position, and 
• The four check process to ensure our bike is safe to ride,

Thank you Big Foot!

Tread Lightly Room 1

Room1 went to tread lightly and learned all about the environment and the ways that we can save energy. We also learned why we should put rubbish and recycling in the right bin and why we shouldn't mix it up!

You can see in the picture that some landfill has hardly broken down after 100 years!

By Abby 

Tread Lightly

At Tread Lightly we were using our bodies to make electricity. This then powered the hair dryer and the electric sander. It was really hard to power the hair dryer because it uses 1500 watts!

We also learned about all the different light bulbs and had a go at powering each one by turning a wheel. There are CFLs Incandescent and the most efficient of all the LED. LED bulbs use up to 80 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and produce the same amount of light. Most LEDs should last at least 15,000 hours – that’s more than 13 years if used every day for three whole hours.

We had an amazing time learning about the environment and our environmental footprint!

Principals Award!

Congratulations Abby!

Well done You bubbly delight!

You deserve this for always showing initiative, persistently putting in your best effort, and bringing energy into the classroom.

Room 1 Thank you for your enthusiasm!