Today the students' learnt to keep to a rythm using drium sticks and the bongo drums. Whaea Jen shared a 'bucket drumming' video for the class to play alomg with. There are some very keen drummers in Te Manga this year!
Bucket Drumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl34HvavUpY
Last Friday our classes went to Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē to do a beach clean as part of our Seaweek learning. We split into 2 groups and walked approx 2km either side of the ramp, picking up any rubbish that we could see. We picked up a variety of plastic rubbish including clothing, lighters, cigarette butts, lots of pieces of foam along with some alkathene pipe and a car part.
We were pleasantly surprised to only gather 1 bag of rubbish over that 4km distance however when this is put into perspective, NZ has 15,000 kms of coastline. If we were to pick up a bag of rubbish every 4kms, that would be 3,750 bags of rubbish. Something to think about!
A huge thank you to our whanau who supported us on the day with supervision and transportation and to the students who were fabulous 'Sea Cleaners'. The students certainly enjoyed their time outside the classroom and as an added bonus, they saw Miss Kolland too!
Every Wednesday we have music with Whaea Jen. She introduced different instruments to the students and has been teaching the students how to keep the beat. They have been using drum sticks and the African Bongo drums.
Chase - I like the song turn the tv off right now. There were all sorts of instruments. Whaea Jen was really awesome at the flute. I liked the drums.
Isla - In our musical class we did chords and notes, we used drum sticks. Our lovely Music teacher Whaea jen was fun. She told all of us how to do it. We had to keep the beat we were like music heroes.
Joron - I like Whaea Jen because she is a good singer and good with the drum sticks.
Julia - I like to drum with the sticks. We had to say dog dog dog donkey donkey donkey caterpillar caterpillar caterpillar to keep the beat.I also liked when she sang us a song and when she used the flute. She used the recorder too.
Lloyd - I like drums they look old as and cool and I liked playing them. There was a lady who taught us how to play the notes. They were dog dog dog donkey donkey donkey then caterpillar caterpillar caterpillar.
Last week Te Manga and Te Puawai had a fantastic day out at Waiari as part of our Seaweek activities. It was a little rough but the students made the most of the beautiful surroundings and fun beach activities including kayaking, snorkelling, visiting the rock pools and swimming!
Thank you to Sir and Mrs Windleborn and our lovely whanau for supporting us on the day.
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Xavier - On Friday we went to Waiari on the bus. When we got there we had 3 grods and . My group had Maz and me.we were the only ones from our class we did snorkeling.We saw a.BIG rocks and there was lots of seaweed and then we went to the rockpools .And we raced off to the rocks we found some seaweed we went a around we jumes in the water .
Then I saw two massive coconuts and a sea urchin. There were so many shells and there were rocks. Toby had the biggest seahorse that I saw in my life then I had my luach and I had my popcorn and my chocolate . We went kayaking. I was the 2nd one to go kayaking. I went very deep and there was lots of seaweed and there were massive waves and there was water flooding .My chake and then I kept my life jacket on and I jumped into the water. Then out of nowhere a massive wave swallowed seaweed grabbed my leg and I saw a chuued wave I felt like I was knocked out.
Tia - Last friday our class and Te puawai went to waiari.my favorite activity was rock exploring because I was the first in the water the rocks were jagged and slimy.we found a coconut, a dead crab and a seahorse we went to waiari for sea week Isla me and her nan found prite white rocks.I found 3 big swole rocks. Ava Isla and Carter were in my group.At the rock pool the wave Swung us around and dumped on as like it was like a roller Coaster .The crab was up side down.And the sea horse Was spindly. lslas nan opened the kina and coconut it reeked.After I felt amazing our group couldn't go snorkeling Because the waves were too big.
We have Tuturu Tangata with Whaea Nat every Thursday. Whaea Nat is teaching us about healthy eating, food groups and being fit! Today we made smoothies and bliss balls.
Some of the students weren't sure about the spinach in the smoothies but overall they thought they were delicious. The bliss balls were a healthy treat, made with dried fruit, oats, peanut butter and rolled in coconut.
It was great to use our outdoor classroom and we appreciate being able to cook with the help of Whaea Nat and Whaea Reyna.
We had two fantastic first aid sessions with Whaea Jo this week. The students learnt how to bandage a wound, how to respond in an emergency if someone is unconscious and how to ring 111. They learnt the importance of knowing your address and phone number in an emergency. The students enjoyed working with each other and learnt so much from Whaea Jo.
Today we started our Friday Science sessions with two experiments; one with water and one with milk.
We filled up a cup of water and covered it with a piece of plastic. Then turned it upside down and GUESS what, the water did not come out. The students discussed the idea of gravity to help them to understand what was happening. If air could not get in, the water did not come out. As soon as they shook their cups, air got in and gravity does it's thing!
Our second experiment was called 'Magic Milk'. We used milk, food colouring and a stick with diswashing liquid on it. We waved our 'magic wands' and put the stick in the milk to watch an amazing chemical reaction. There were lots of oooooooooo's and ahhhhhhhhhh's while the dishing liquid made the milk swirl and move in all directions.
The students discussed what was happening. The students decided there was something in the milk that made it react with the dishwashing soap. They brainstormed words like protein, calcium and fat. I was so impressed. They were right, when the dishwashing liquid touched the milk, it reacted with the fats.
The soap molecules from the dishwashing liquid are trying to attach to the fat molecules in the milk which causes movement in the liquid as the molecules in the fat and soap bond together and expel the water and food colouring.
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