This term our inquiry topic is challenge. For Room 28 children we have decided that our challenge for the next two weeks is to get our school garden up and running. As a team we tackled the weeds in the garden today. We were very fast and efficient at pulling weeds and dead plants out.

After pulling the weeds out we dug up soil and turned it over.  So next we need to add some compost in and the garden bed is ready for planting.

 

Here are the children weeding the garden.

First Aid

On Wednesday Room 28 was very lucky to have Nikoli from St John come and teach us some First Aid skills. We had a very busy hour learning about and practicing new skills.

The first thing we learnt about was the Doctors ABC or DRSABC for those in the know ;) If we see someone in trouble that may need First Aid we need to do these things;

Danger – Look for things that may hurt you or your casualty

Response – Shout and Squeeze, does the casualty move or respond?

Send for Help – Get an adult or ring an ambulance

Airway – Use the Head Tilt, Chin Lift

Breathing – Look, Listen and Feel

Circulation – Use the R.E.D treatment for bleeding

We also had lots of hand on experiences practicing what to do if someone is unconscious, if someone has cut themselves, has a nose bleed and we also learnt how to tie a sling. Everyone got their own handbook to take home with all the information they need in it.

Top work Room 28!

Science – Blowing up the Balloon

Materials :

·         Balloon

·         clean empty bottle

·         vinegar

·         Baking Powder

Balloon Experiment:

Brainstorm ways to blow up a balloon (e.g. blow air into the balloon, fill it with helium, etc.) All these ideas are ways to use a GAS to fill up a balloon.

Using an empty bottle, vinegar and baking soda think of ways to use these new materials to blow up the balloon. Predict what will happen when vinegar and baking soda are combined in the bottle.

·         Stretch the balloon to make it easy to inflate.

·         Pour 1 cup of vinegar into the bottle.

·         Pour 6 teaspoons of baking soda into the balloon.

·         Carefully fit the balloon over the mouth of the bottle without letting any baking soda fall into the bottle.

·         After the balloon is completely over the mouth of the bottle, let the baking soda fall into the bottle.

·         Observe the balloon expand!

When baking soda and vinegar  are mixed, they form a GAS (carbon dioxide) that rises up into the balloon and inflates it.

 

Here are some of the explanations.  This is a working document and not completed yet.

Dallas

Djelika

Avondale Intermediate Visit

On Wednesday 10th September the year 6’s walked over to visit Avondale Intermediate.

We meet in the hall with Avondale School, here we were greeted by the Principal Ms Hardwidge, the Deputy Principals and the school leaders.

In our 6 groups we went over to the different classes and spent an hour doing an activity. The six classes were:

Cooking, performing arts, science, technology, sports, growing leaders

In each class we created an example of the types of things made when doing that subject.  In cooking we made pancakes, we danced a line dance in performing arts.  Technology we minions out of paper.  We tried to make a circuit and get the light bulb to light. 

Well done Sophie

Sophie received her certificate from Mrs Bell in assembly today as she was one of the schools speech finalists.

                     

Today room 28 split into groups of three to do the exploding lunch bag experiment. First we put some baking soda into tissue-paper next we put some warm water followed by some white vinegar into the zip-lock bag we carefully put the baking soda and held it above the liquid and zip locked the bag shut.  

 Finally we put the baking soda into the liquid and shook the bag and dropped the bag on the ground 5 seconds later... BOOM!

The bag exploded because baking soda and vinegar are two different substances and combined they created gas called carbon dioxide which built up pressure which causes an explosion.  During this experiment we learnt that two different substances like vinegar and baking soda will cause another chemical reaction and cause an unlikely explosion.

Watch the link below to see what happens.

http://youtu.be/wtKZ3E4Kc9Q

                     

Caught Being Good father’s Day Award

We acknowledge the support and encouragement of all fathers and male caregivers in our school community. This year, the Duffy Caught being Good Father’s Day Award and book was presented to Mike. Mike is our caretaker.  We hope Mike you have a great father’s day this Sunday.