Friday 27 March 2020

Writing: Pobble 365

image of the day

I wake up, as the cold breeze hits my face. It's 6:00 in the morning and I get ready for another day, hiking in the miserable snow. I walk towards my coat hanger and walk out the front door with all my gear on. I can see my classmates hauling their bags to school. We hike and hike until the slope comes… we all grab our sleds and zoom down the hill ending up right in front of the teachers...

by Neelansh


The mighty beast’s roar ferociously as the trees sway to the gentle breeze.  There are all kinds of dinosaurs from the largest to the smallest ancient treasures of the world.

The lovely crystal clear lake runs through their world we're all the dinosaurs come to take a drink and rehydrate.  You can even see that some dinosaurs are taking a small bath to wash off all the mud that they've been rolling in.

There are a couple of mountains at the back of their land that tower over all of them blocking out the sunlight that the earth needs to grow bushes, But there is enough sunlight to grow some bushes for them to eat off.

The ginormous Beasts have to fend for themselves and find food to survive. These dinosaurs range from Velociraptors to the  Brontosaurus.

by Jack

Baking Basic Brownies and Chewy Chocolate Cookies


           
Here are two recipes for baked goodies by Georgia and Charlie. Keep up the great work!

How to bake a basic brownie
by Georgia

  1. How to make a basic brownie. First, you have to clean your hands thoroughly. 
  2. Next, you are going to get all the ingredients out which are: Butter, Dutch cocoa or cocoa, 5 eggs, Caster sugar, Vanilla extract, plain flour, 70% dark chocolate and icing sugar.
  3.  Now you have to get all the appliances you need e.g: 3 bowls, a mixer ( if you have one) or a spoon, baking tin, baking paper, baking spray.
  4. Once all has been prepared you will now begin the baking. First, you have to preheat the oven to exactly 170 degrees Celcius.
  5.  Next, put 220 grams of butter in a suitable bowl and microwave it in chunks of 10-20 seconds, until completely melted.
  6.  When this has been accomplished you will convert this liquid into your standard mixer bowl or keep in the same bowl. 
  7.  You will also add to the mixer bowl 60 grams of the dutch cocoa and stir these together by hand using a spatula until they’ve just formed together. 
  8. Then start whisking on high speed in the mixer or get help by another person to stir for you while you do the next step. 
  9. Soon after, you will add 5 eggs into another bowl this will allow you to slop them into the mixer while it’s running or to put them in while someone else is mixing. 
  10.  Now add the eggs from your bowl into the mixer one by one letting them whip and blend after each inclusion.
  11.  When all eggs have been plopped in, keep whipping for a least another 5 minutes. The mixture should double in size.
  12. Stop the mixer or stop mixing and then add 400 grams of caster sugar and ½ a teaspoon of vanilla extract and once again stir for another 5 mins. 
  13. Now you’re going to add 15 grams of plain flour and 200 grams of chopped chocolate (70% cocoa) and fold them into the mixture by hand until just combined. 
  14. Next, you’re going to spray your tray with baking spray and then cover it with baking paper. After that, you’re going to pour the batter out onto the baking tray and make sure the whole tray is covered in the mixture.
  15. Put the tray into the preheated oven and let it bake for 40 mins. 
  16. After 40 minutes check the brownies and take them out if the outside is solid but the inside is still a little jiggly. By jiggly I mean when the inside of brownie feels like jelly. 
  17. As soon as you have removed it from the oven, let it cool down after cooled down for a couple of hours it the brownie should feel dense, chewy and gooey that means it’s good.
  18. Once cooled down you must extract it from the tin and cut it into 9x9 or 3x3. After this has been finished if you would like, you can polish it off with a shower of icing sugar.














Maths: Word Problems


These word problems were written by Mahika. Can you work out what the equation is for each problem and how to solve it? Can you solve one problem with more than one strategy?
  1. Caleb made 203 masks. The next day he made 375 more. How many masks did he make altogether?
  2. Joanna has 25 friends and she has 50 lollies to share evenly with her friends. How many lollies would each friend get?
  3. John has 2 packs of tennis balls. Each pack contains 20 balls. How many balls are there altogether?
  4. Elise has 153 pieces of artwork. Elise makes 231 more paintings. How many masterpieces does Elise have now?
  5. Louise has 7 containers of paint and in each container, there are 3 sets of colours in them. How many sets of colours are there altogether?
  6. Laura has 140.00 to spend on whatever she wants. She spends 73.00 how many dollars does she have left?
  7. Tom is having a birthday party and he has invited 13 guests. Tom has to make his goodie bags and he has 26 items to share with his friends. How many goodies would each guest get?   
  8. Isaac had 254 apples and he ate 138 of them. How many apples does Isaac have left?



How to make a gutter board

Elliott shared an excellent, practical idea for getting some exercise, staying entertained and practicing measurement skills - build your own gutter board!

Thursday 26 March 2020

Science in a van LIVE

Every day at 12:45pm Science In A Van is doing live experiments on Youtube! This post will be updated with new videos from the channel, so remember to come back regularly.

Our Term 2 Inquiry topic will be science-based, so try to discuss what you think is happening in these experiments with your family! You can also try some experiments at home together.









Tuesday 24 March 2020

Spelling Patterns

Have a look at these spelling patterns. What do these words sound like? What do they have in common? Can you think of new words to add to these slides?

Rhymezone and Wordhippo are two helpful websites you can look at.






Here are some more spelling patterns you can try:

Words that end in a SHN sound but are spelled with SION
Words that end in a SHN sound but are spelled with TION
Words that end in a SHUHS sound but are spelled with CIOUS
Words that end in a SHUHS sound but are spelled with TIOUS

Good luck and remember to share what you have found!

Here is an example by Yashvi:

I sat on a cushion while playing the percussion instrument this occasion was on television with my permission this was my decision because of my recent incision that gave me a concussion but I did it because it was part of the conclusion.

I had to be cautious because of the ambitious superstitions of a infectious disease so  I ate lots of scrumptious, nutritious food so I could be healthy.



Star Students Term 1, Weeks 4, 5, 6 and 7





Epic Reading Challenge


Tuesday 10 March 2020

Muriwai Beach

Last Wednesday, 67 students descended on Muriwai Beach to learn about beach safety. This is how the day went:

2D Shapes Angle Scavenger Hunt

On Friday, Room 2 went on a scavenger hunt in their classroom. The students worked in pairs and practiced identifying different types of angles - right angles, acute angles and obtuse angles. With $100, $50 and $25 Banqer rewards on the line, there was fierce competition to be the first students to get all 12 shapes right. After 30 minutes and several attempts by their classmates, Anika, Jack, Arhan, Aurel, Tanisha and Zoey managed to name all the shapes and accurately identify the different angles in each shape. A very close result!