2016 Year 6's present Can't Stop the Feeling

Calendar Art 2016

Our Calendar Art this year has been inspired by Romero Britto, a Brazillian neo-pop artist.

Here are our calendars (some finished, some nearly there)

Flextangles Video

Moon station making

We have been leaning about the moon and making moon bases in maths in case of Wall-e's predictions come true!!!!!!!We got the choice of working in learning partners to make our moon bases! Here is some of ourreally fabulous moon bases by Anouk  and cruiz 

Footsteps Dance Week 4 - The Tango!

Another successful week of dancing! This week we learnt the tango - a partner dance.

Which dance move has been a fabulous struggle for you so far?

Space Home Learning

We have done some fantastic home learning over the past few weeks. In week 1 we created a venn diagram to show the similarities and differences between living on earth and living on the moon.

In week 2, we found many interesting facts about space shuttles, rockets and more. We have them displayed in our room.

This week, we designed some space shuttles based on the learning we have done this week and last. Some of these were brought to life using materials found at home.

What has your favourite home learning activity been this term?

Vinegar and Baking Soda Rocket

In Room 14 this week, we composed an experiment on thrust. Before we started we had to fill out a form on the constants and variables of the experiment, which are important when making a fair test.

The equipment that we needed was a 2 litre bottle, a white board marker lid, some tape, vinegar, baking soda, 3 wooden skewers, water and a paper towel. 

First we taped the wooden skewers to the 2 litre bottle and rolled some baking soda in the paper towel. 

Next we put tape around the white board marker lid until it fit the the 2 litre bottle top really tight.

Then we went outside and poured 1 cup of water into the 2 litre bottle then we poured 1 cup of vinegar into the bottle as well. 

After that we put the paper towel-baking soda thing into the bottle and put in the white board marker lid into the bottle top like a cork.

Miss Butler shook the bottle and then we all ran back because she put it on the floor. The first 3 didn't work because they weren't stable enough and they fell over, but the last one did! It bubbled and flew into the sky like a rocket.

A chemical reaction happened inside the bottle and the air pressure got higher until the cork couldn't hold it in any more. The cork shot out the bottom of bottle with the vinegar and baking soda.
We learnt about Newton's Third Law of Motion - for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

How do you think we could improve the experiment?

Written by Yannick and Chelsea, with input from Room 14.

Footsteps Dance - so far!

For the last two weeks we have been doing foot steps dance. Room 14 have loved doing it even though it has been a challenge. there are many new dance moves every week. We hope we get to learn many new dance moves for the rest of the term. Thanks to our dance teachers (Kate and Laura.) We have learnt many new dance routines.
Written by Aimee and Lachlan

Wonder

This year Miss Butler has been reading a couple of chapters a day of Wonder. It's one of those books that makes you happy and quite sad. It is mostly about a boy named August. It makes you think about what he looks like because he doesn't look like normal kids but we are not really sure what he looks like. August has facial abnormality where his eyes are down lower than ours he doesn't have cheek bones and he has a cleft palate. Everyone loves Wonder but there is some mean and sad times.

By Chelsea

Fitness

In the middle block we usually do fitness for five minutes. It is fun and it makes us feel happy and healthy. We sometimes do some running, skipping and side stepping around the courts. We also play some games like Everybody Is It, Scattercones. We get fresh air and try our best.

Written by Hayley J and Finlay

Term 1, 2016

We had such a great start to the year! Below are just some of the highlights we enjoyed.

Marshmallow Challenge

At the beginning of the term we were challenged in teams to make a spaghetti tower that would hold the weight of a marshmallow. It turns out to be harder than it sounds! The 14ers all worked well in teams and problem solved together. The tallest tower went to Anouk, Hayley L and Charlie.

Swimming Sports
We had a blast on the Rimu Swimming Sports day. Everyone gave their best effort in all their races and cheered on from the sideline.

Sonshine Ranch
We were a great team at Sonshine Ranch. Many of us faced challenges on this day, whether it was riding a horse, braving the flying fox or conquering the climbing wall and tunnels. It was great to see the FERN attitude coming from our 14ers as we supported each other to overcome these challenges. Thank you to all the amazing parent support we had that day - it would not have been possible without you!