Angela's Post on Thursday, 21 May 2015

Our group had Talia , Angela and Nick in it and we did a experiment for Young Innovators. We also had to work as a team, what we did was get a box fill it up halfway with newspaper and wrapped the egg inside it and we finished up with filling it up with newspaper and the egg didn't break so we were happy. We had to do it at the playground 😅

Tallulah 's Post on Wednesday, 20 May 2015

This is Room 12s trench we made for ANZAC day. We made gunners, sleepers and lots more.

Emma's Photo on Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Nick's Post on Tuesday, 19 May 2015

I love Lisa's cake she made for Boy's Day!

The Three Little Pigs

Today the Young Leaders were away so we had a Three Little Pigs day.  We looked at different versions of the story, wrote or own and then tried to build our own houses that could withstand the air from a hairdryer. We have some pictures of us making our houses.

Below is a slideshow of some of our learning.  It includes different versions of the story, some video links to funny versions, our versions of the three little pigs that we wrote and the rules to our challenge of building our own house. 

Message to my Neighbour

Last week we had the problem below in our homework.  Today in class we tried to make them with interesting results.

Your best friend lives in the house next door to you.  Your bedroom window looks out on theirs.  You want to be able to get messages to each other without waking up your parents.

Design a system or machine to get messages to each other.

P.S. Your parents don’t let you take electronic devices to bed with you.

Our ideas were:

Cups and string

Did it work? 
A little bit but its not very reliable. What problems did we have?
The string got tangled very often.
It has to be very quiet and the string needs to be very tight. What would we change next time?
Use a hose.

Cups and hose

Did it work? 
Yes quite well. What problems did we have?
The hose was short.
Soft voices didn't travel as well. What would we change next time?
Make a bigger speaker or use bigger cups.

Pulleys and string

Did it work? 
Yes What problems did we have?
String gets tangled. What would we change next time?
Make the string tighter.
Strong anchor points.
Work on the stability.

Paper planes

Did it work? 
No (but one out of three got close) What problems did we have?
They are hard to throw accurately.
They would have trouble in the wind and rain.
What would we change next time?
Try and make more accurate planes.
Make them bigger so they can glide better.

Glue stick sliding on string

Did it work? 
Yes but only over a short distance.
What problems did we have?
It gets stuck in the middle.
What would we change next time?
Work out a way to get it higher.

White board pens on windows

Did it work? 
Yes it worked.
What problems did we have?
You have to write backwards.
You could not see the black whiteboard marker from a distance because it was not very clear. So I had to put a piece of paper behind the words so you could see it more clearly.
What would we change next time?
Use proper window markers to see if it make a difference.

As a class we think the pens on the windows is a good solution to the problem and it is pretty cheap and easy to set up.  
We think the hose and cups is also a good idea but a little harder to set up.  If you had the hose buried so it was permanently set up it would be an easy solution to use.

Boys festival

Boys festival is celebrated on May 5th in Japan it is called "tango no sekku". It's been celebrated for over a milennium. Originally it was celebrated in the house of warriors. It celebrated boys cousage and determination. Many of the symbols of this day are about having a character of a warrior. Eventually this day became important for all of the households with boys.

After WWII, boys festival became toned down. This holiday officially became known as children's day Japanese call it Kodomo no hi. It's supposed to be a day to celebrate the health and happiness of all children but many people still see it as boys festival 

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Large carp wind socks called koinobori, are displayed outside houses of families with boys. There's one windsock for each boy in the house.

The carp is a symbol of tango no sekku, because carp are considered strong and determined. They're able to swim upstream against the flow of the water. This is a day for families to celebrate their sons strength and and character.

Warrior dolls and helmets,armor and swords are also displayed in houses with boys.

 

The symbolic flower of tango no sekku is a type of iris called shobu. The shobu has long leaves that resemble swords. Boys traditionally take shobu baths on this day. The shobu is so important for this day that sometimes the festival is called shobu no sekku or iris festival.

One of the traditional food eaten is kashiwa mochi. It's a rice cake steamed with sweet beans and wrapped in an oak leaf. Another traditional food eaten is chimaki, which is rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.