Grandparents Day

On Friday last week we celebrated our Grandparents!

What a beautiful day it was! We started with Mass, followed by a shared lunch and performances from our Sheridan Irish dancers, folk dancing, choir, ukelele group and Sheridan Kapa Haka.

We were so lucky to have the sun shining down on us, allowing us to have a wonderful celebration!

Drama

We have been doing drama this term and learning about the story of Hansel and Gretel.

This week we learnt about freeze frames and how we can show pictures using our bodies. 

Each group got given a picture from the story of Hansel and Gretel and then we had to show it with actions and FREEZE!

The House:
"Sophie and Shai were one half of the wall and roof. Felicia and Christina were the other half of the roof and wall and Amirah was the front door." -Amirah, Felicia, Sophie, Shai and Christina.

A Bird:
"John Paul was the head and the beak. William was the feet. Kalo and Remy were the nest. Kharsha was the wings." -William M, Kalo, Remy, John Paul and Kharsha.

Path and the pebbles:
"The first pebble was Jack, the second was Nigel, the third was Sanuka, the fourth was William and the fifth was Miguel." - Miguel, Sanuka, Nigel, William, Jack.

The Forest:
"We all love gymnastics so we used gymnastics to make two trees. Imogen and Siena were the leaves and Florence and Asher were the trunk of the tree. -Imogen, Siena, Florence and Asher.

The Cage:
"Lei'ataua was the right bar, Josh was the left bar, Xavier was the back bar, Leo was the front bar and Jai was Hansel inside the cage." - Josh, Jai, Xavier and Leo.

Book Week!

We have had so much fun this week participating in Book Week activities!

We have been lucky enough to hear from poet Tasmin-Flynn and author Chris Gurney!

We've loved the Lit quiz and buddy reading with the juniors!

We can't wait for the book parade on Friday.

Stay tuned to see which character we come dressed up in on Friday!

Cross Country

What a great day for Cross Country! The weather held up and the children did a marvelous job!
Tino pai to all our tamariki for giving it a go and doing their best!!

Science Week!

This week is Science Week!

For Science Week we made our very own BUTTER!!
Who would've thought it was that easy to make?!

A question we asked is "How is making butter science?!"
And here is what we found out...

"Milk is made up of fats and proteins which are suspended in a liquid. Scientifically, this is known as a colloid or an emulsion. If the milk is allowed to sit for a while the tiny fat particles float to the top, creating a layer of cream which can be scraped off.

The fat particles or globules in the cream are held together by a skin. When the cream is shaken, the fat globules start to clump together, trapping tiny air bubbles in between them. This results in a light and air-filled mixture known as whipped cream.

If the mixture is shaken even more, these air bubbles burst and the skin around the fat globules burst, causing the fat particles to spill out. Continued shaking causes the newly freed fat particles to join together forming a solid fat mix. This is the butter which has been separated from the liquid in the cream. The liquid is known as buttermilk, and is great for making pancakes and breads more fluffy."

And that's the science behind making butter!!

What we did in Room 7- 
First we poured some cream into a glass jar and put the lid on tightly!
Then we shook the jar until we could not hear the liquid.
We opened it up and it had turned into whipped cream.
Then we shook it even more until the inside contents stuck closer together.
Then it started turning into a ball of yellow butter.
We could see the buttermilk separating from the butter.
We then poured out the buttermilk and spread the butter on some bread and ate it!