Te Anau Room 4: 2014

Monday 8 December 2014

We know all about healthy eating now!

Have a merry and healthy Xmas🌞

Thursday 23 October 2014

Room 4 Steam Energy

Thinking Thursday 23rd October 2014

We are learning about 'Body Fuel' and how it gives us energy. . OnThursday we had Christoph and Alessandra visit Rooms 2 and 4 to teach us how machines use energy.We learnt that energy is not 'made', it is changed from one form to another. A steam energy uses the heat from coal to heat water, which turns to steam and makes the pistons in the engine turn around. This makes the engine go!

This is Christoph setting up the steam engine.

When we turned the handle on this machine, the energy we used made the light glow.

Whenthe handle on this machine was turned it also made a light glow.

The steam engine got a bit smoky and had to be taken outside to cool down.

We are making our own windmills. We will use the wind's energy to make them spin.

Watch the Steam Energy video.
Click the following link http://youtu.be/zqkmkfiLi-s

Wednesday 24 September 2014

Room 4 The Clanging Clangsters

Room 4 performing at the Music Rocks performance in front of the rest of the Te Anau Primary School and a huge audience

http://youtu.be/Bs1HrVmomMQ

Open the above link to watch the performance.

Thursday 4 September 2014

Our Junior Syndicate Polyfest by Martha Hill

"Yay, today is Polyfest!" I shouted with glee, as I jumped out of bed in the count of three.

I hurried down the drive so that it felt like I was touching air.

When I got on the bus Brooklyn and I laughed so much that the College kids had to cover their ears.

When we got to school we jumped into the next bus, and off we went. I felt like it was a whole day on that bus, but eventually we got there. We walked into the Stadium.

Suddenly it was our school's turn. I felt fine when we were looking at another school performing because you could see only the people who were seated at the rope.

But when I got on stage I looked down and saw so many people that I felt I was going to faint.

When the show was finished we hopped back on the bus and went to the museum, where we had our lunch. Suddenly a man walked in with a tuatara. Mrs Dudfield started calling out birthdays so we could take turns touching it. It felt really rough and smooth at the same time.

Then it was time to go. We climbed onto the bus again and drove away. It felt another whole day of my life.

When I got home I ran straight upstairs and face-planted on my bed.