Swimming Session With Erin

Alliteration Dress Up Day Fundraiser

Kick It

Term 4 - Having Fun In The Water

A1 Receive's The Class Of The Week Trophy!

Kitchen Chemistry - Making Hokey Pokey

Making Hokey Pokey on PhotoPeach

The science behind Hokey Pokey
When the golden syrup and sugar are heated it causes a reaction with the baking soda which creates carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is trapped in the heavier syrupy mixture which causes it to fluff up into the thick golden mixture. As it cools it sets into a firm solid.

Kitchen Chemistry - Making Popcorn from Kernels

Kitchen Chemistry - Making Popcorn! on PhotoPeach                                                                          
The Science behind amazing pocorn: Popcorn pops because a tiny bit of moisture, or water, is inside every tiny kernel. When it gets really hot, BAM!

Matariki Cosmodome visits Glenholme School

Today was an 'Awesome Astronomy' day!  At Glenholme School we were really fortunate to have the Matariki Cosmodome visit us.  

The Cosmodome was set up in our school and it looks like this:

Our whole class went inside the Cosmodome and a visiting scientist showed as all through our galaxy!  We learnt about various stars, constellations, planets and the solar system.  We were also really interested to learn a bit about black holes!

Keep reading to find out some of the cool things we learnt along with some photos we took from inside the Cosmodome:

• When you’re in space you have to exercise for 2 hours everyday
• Blue stars are hotter than red stars
• Water looks like bubbles in space
• There are three stars pointing to Matariki – Tau Toru
• You can get stuck in a black hole
• Galileo was the first astronomer to use a telescope

We were lucky enough to have a real life Astronomer pointing out the stars to us!

• If you go into a black hole you might never come out
• There are over a billion galaxies
• Matariki is more than 7 stars – there are 500 stars around it
• If you put your arms into a black hole they will stretch and that is known as spagettification

This is Jupiter and its rings

• The person who first saw Jupiters rings described them as ears
• The sun is 4 ½ billion years old
• When the sun comes up Matariki goes away (we can’t see it)
• You can fly through Saturns rings
• Saturns rings are a whole bunch of little rocks

Welcome to our Milky Way

• There is a hunter in the sky running away from the scorpion
• Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune are gas giants
• Jupiter and Saturn have over 60 moons
• There are over 80 constellations
• The milky way has a black hole in it

These are the Matariki Stars

• No-one knows what will happen if you get sucked into a black hole
• Matariki are young stars
• There are a lot of rocks around Saturn
• Black holes are formed when big stars die
• If you tried touching Jupiters rings you’d fall through
• You can’t land on Saturn or Jupiter
• When stars are young they stay together and when they get older they move away from each other

This is Orion the Hunter

• The universe is constantly expanding
• You can see Maui’s hook in the sky
• There is an infinite number of stars
• Venus has clouds that rain acid

This is what Earth looks like from space

If you get the opportunity to visit the Cosmodome we really recommend it! 

Swimming with A1

In A1 we love going swimming and we've enjoyed some great lessons. We have been learning how to:

• use quiet feet when we are kicking 
• use the correct breathing technique 
• use stroke techniques with our arms 

 Check out our great swimming videos!