Learning Spanish

Today, one of the kids that goes to Enrich, his Mum came in to teach up Spanish. I learnt how to say "Hello. My name is Bede." Hola. Mi nombre es Bede! We looked at Spanish words that seemed similar to the English spelling.

We also did taster sessions for talent development. We did:

Maths - Canstruction sculptures.

Science - Making a tornado in a bottle.

Art - Working with water colours.

I spent some of my spare time today working on my Top 10 Cricketers Keynote.

Reflection 2011

	Name: Date:
Look back What did you do? What could you improve?	This year I have organised a clothing drive for the people of Christchurch after the earthquake. I did narrative writing for the MADE awards, and I completed chemistry this term. I’m still not sure what an Interaction is. I need to try and do more typing on the computer without as much teacher help.
Questions What questions have you answered? What questions do you still have?	I know how to organise a clothing drive. I know how to write a narrative story. I know how to use our cool science trolley. I know how to debate. I think outside of the square now with the help of P4C. I want to know how to make my own cricket bat, and how to brand it under my name.
Pull it apart What factors contributed to your learning? What challenged you?	The computers. Internet. IWB Science trolley The chess sets What an Interaction was. The Must Dos and Picks in Term 3
Make connections What did you learn to do better? What sort of thinking helped you?	My time management is a lot better. I can plan my day to include all the tasks I need to do. P4C has helped me to think on the spot. SCAMPER - helped me to think creatively.
Make judgements My progress was...	I ask a lot more questions than I use to. I can work by myself, or with others happily. I am a lot more organised. I am more focussed on completing tasks.

YUMMY FOOD !!!

Today at Enrich I did science and we made FOOD! First we made bread. We had to make the dough first, and leave it so that the yeast would work with the warm water and start the reaction. While that was happening, we made sherbet. We had to taste-test each ingredient: Icing Sugar, Raro, Baking Soda, Citric Acid and Tartaric Acid. We had to comment on what each one tasted like:

Icing Sugar: Sweet

Raro: Orange, Sweet and Sour

Baking Soda: Sour

Citric Acid: Sour

Tartaric Acid: Yuck!

The last thing we made was hokey pokey. We melted golden syrup and sugar until it boiled. We added baking soda, which made the mixture bubble. We put it in the freezer to set.

I have been impressed with your enthusiasm during our science talent development. You are becoming more confident to join in our discussions, as you always listen with interest to others. You clarify anything that you are unsure of by asking questions - it is so important that you continue to do this when learning new concepts. You worked well with Jordan last Thursday to make your own lava lamp. This reaction was instant and you were able to make connections from the previous week with our floating currents activity. You have worked well throughout the term on your Must Do and Picks sheet - you have made great progress with your time management. Well done Bede.

Katie.

Science - Lava Lamps

This morning for science talent development, we made lava lamps. We needed the following:

An empty bottle

Water

Cooking Oil

Food Colouring

2 x Vitamin Tablets

You fill the bottle with 1/4 water. You then add the oil until almost the top of the bottle. You wait for the water and the oil to separate. You add 12 drops of food colouring. (Dark colours were not my favourite). You add in the two vitamin tablets and wait for the bubbles to start!

The vitamin tablets have baking soda and citric acid in them - they react with the water to start the bubbling. The oil and water will not mix, so the bubbles take the food colouring up into the oil and then they sink back down to the water. This happens until all the CO2 gas is gone.

Balloon Blow!

Today we did science. We looked at experiments with baking soda and vinegar. My favourite experiment was the balloons. We poured vinegar into a empty bottle, and then using a funnel we put 3 tsp of baking soda into a balloon. We attached the balloon to the top of the bottle, then tipped the balloon upside down, so the baking soda mixed with the vinegar. The gas produced then blew up the balloon. Jordan and I took our balloon outside and we popped it with a pen! It was a really fun session today.

Science Talent Development.

Today we did two experiments they both involved ice. One was to see which one would melt the quickest we had three ice cubes each. One was raro and another one was a sugary cube and a plain water one. Raro was first Sugary was second and plain water was third. And then we did another experiment was similar but one ice cube with salt another was an ice cube with sugar and one was with nothing. Sugar was first salt was second and plain water was third, and both of my hypothesis's were wrong.