Floating and Sinking

In Science, we have been looking at floating and sinking. We did 'hands on' experiments that were a lot of fun. Like scientists, we predicted what we thought would happen before conducting the experiments.
We found out that the size of an objects didn't decide wheter that object would float or sink. A ping pong ball and a golf ball are the same size, but one floated and one sank. It was the  weight and density of the object taht determined whether it floated or sank.

We tried floating an egg in tap water, but it sank. When we tried the same experiment with salty water the egg floated. We found that egg white sank when it was a liquid, but floated once we had beaten the egg white.

Bridges

The Fantail Reading Group read a book called The Impossible Bridge. They learnt that there are many different types of bridges, such as beam, arch and suspension bridges. They use classroom materials to make bridges and then they photographed them.
Here are some of their efforts.



The finished product.

Well done Keaus.

Graham Braddock came to Everglade School to show us how to be an artist. he showed us how to plan our picture, use the space and use shapes. We had fun and felt proud of our efforts.

An Example to show light and shade

Rena is concetrating.

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is fun. Look at us go!

Roll them!

Go Briley!

Well done, Quinn. 

Go kiki.

Inventions

Term 2 is here. This term we are studying inventions and inventors. People invent things to make life easier for us. Look around your house. What do you think are the best inventions? Why?

Andy the Magician

On Monday 21 March a magician visited Team 3 children. We went to the hall and had a fun time.

Mufti Day

On Friday 4 March Everglade School had a mufti day to collect  donations for the Canterbury relief effort. Lots of children dressed in Canterbury colours.  A generous amount was raised. Well done Everglade.
Our thoughts and Best Wishes go out to the people of Canterbury.