Merry Christmas!

Miss Bycroft and Mrs Burge would like to say a HUGE thank you for a wonderful year in Room 9. The children have done us all proud, they have worked very hard and have achieved many of their learning goals.
We have been very lucky to have had such an amazing group of students and we would like to wish you all a wonderful and very merry Christmas.
We can't wait to see their happy faces when they pop in to say Hello when we return to school in 2019.
Take care, stay safe, Merry Christmas and have a wonderful start to 2019.
Love from Miss Bycroft and Mrs Burge

Fun Day!

Fun day 2018 was awesome! 

Check out the photos below from our day.

Quick 60

This year we had three children in Room 9 who were part of the Quick 60 programme. They have worked so hard and they received a certificate. 

Well done to Moy, Mayumi and Oscar!

Koru Celebration Assembly

Yesterday the Koru whanau had their celebration assembly. 

This year we had some new special certificates. One was the 'GEMS values award' and the other was 'Learning for Life'. 

From Room 9a Leo, Kiyaan, Samantha and Jayden received a certificate and from Room 9 Mayumi, Jaylee, Brian and Tom received one. 

Well done to all these children! 

Week 8 Certificates

Last Friday at the whole school assembly, Gyana and Grace received certificates for all the hard work they've been doing lately. 

There was also a TravelWise draw and Janessa was lucky enough to win the Year 1 prize! 

Well done!

Week 7 Certificates

Last week we had four children from Room 9/9a receive certificates at the Koru assembly. 
Well done to Gavin, Andrea, Ruby and Phoenix!
Keep up the great work!

Bees and Honey

Last week Williams mum Kate came in to talk to Room 9 about bees. 

She brought in a beehive and some delicious honey! 

We learnt that about 70,000 bees could fit in this beehive. Wow!
We also learnt about the different types of bees and their jobs. 

Have a look at the photos below. 

Thank you so much to Kate for coming in to talk to us!

We all learnt so much!

Making Jelly

Last week Room 9 and 9a made jelly. 

We talked about how the jelly crystals were a solid but when we put the hot water in, the crystals dissolved and turned into a liquid. 

We went and put it in the fridge. 

When we got it out after lunch it was not a liquid anymore! 

We all got to try some jelly. 

We loved it!

 

The Big Walk

Last Monday, all of Sunnyhills School went for a big walk. 

Room 9a joined up with Room 5 and Room 9 went with Room 6. 

It was nice having some big buddies to help keep us safe on the walk. 

The Skittles Experiment

Last week Room 9 and 9a did an experiment with Skittles. 

We first put the skittles in a circle on a plate. 

Then we poured some warm water around the outside. 

The colours all started moving around the plate! 

 

We talked about how the colours were dissolving off the bottom of the skittles and into the water. 

We had a rainbow on a plate at the end!

Diwali Performers

Last week we had some amazing performers come to Sunnyhills School and perform for us. 

They danced, played cultural instruments and shared some of their traditions and culture with us. 

This was an awesome way to celebrate in preparation for Diwali this week.

Yesterday we had some children come dressed up for Diwali. They looked wonderful!

Following up from the frozen hand experiment

As a little treat to follow up from the frozen hand experiment we looked at ice-blocks.

They started off as a liquid, we put them into the freezer and they turned into a solid.

When we added the heat from our hands and tongue, the solid started to melt and turned back into a liquid.

Another fun example of reversible change. 

The Milk Experiment

We did the milk experiment as an ignition for Writing

We started off by putting milk on a plate. Then we added drops of food colouring.

Miss Bycroft put some washing up liquid onto a cotton bud and dipped it into the milk. The milk looked like it was running away from the cotton bud!

 It was very colourful.

The science behind this experiment is...

The dish soap does not mix with the milk. Instead it floats on top and spreads over the surface. As it spreads, it grabs the food colouring. Soap is a "degreaser" so the molecules in it are attacking the fat in the milk, causing motion which creates the swirling of the colours.

National Shake Out!

We had a National Shake Out Practice

We had to 

STOP!

DROP!

COVER!

HOLD!

We did some Writing about it. Come into our class and read what we wrote. It will help to tell you what to do if we ever have a real earthquake.

Koru Whanau Poetry Festival

On Friday we had our first Koru Whanau Poetry Festival. The children from Room 9 and Room 9a did such an amazing job when saying their poems in the class. We were so proud of everyone! It was so hard to only pick three!

Room 9a finalists did a great job reciting their poem from memory!

James loved performing in front of an audience

Jayden enjoyed reciting his poem

Ellen did a fantastic job.

Room 9 finalists also recited their poems from memory!

Claire did a great job

Oscar was super confident

Josh thoroughly enjoyed reciting his poem

The children earned their certificates. They did an awesome job!

Well done to our finalists Jayden, Oscar, Ellen, Josh, James and Claire who did so well reciting their poem in front of so many people!

Frozen Hand Experiment

Yesterday Room 9 did an experiment with water and a glove. 

Mrs Burge filled a glove with some water and we all passed it around and talked about how soft and squishy it was. We learnt that the water on the inside of the glove is a liquid. 

Then Mrs Burge showed us a glove that she had put in the freezer the day before. It was so different to the glove we just felt! 

This one was hard. It was also freezing! 

We found out that even though there is still water inside, it was not a liquid anymore. It had turned into a solid!

 Here is Emily holding the water hand and Eric holding the frozen hand. Look how different they are!

Once we took the glove off we all felt the frozen hand. We noticed that the frozen hand was starting to melt as we all touched it. It was turning back into a liquid!

We left the frozen hand to sit during the day, We came back to check on it at different times to see how much it had melted.