Week 9 Term 2

This week we explored recording our super bugs onto I Movie. Click on the short movies below and listen to some of the children read their poems. In theme time we learned about how precious water is in other parts of the world and therefore, we should not waste it. Room 14 children designed a badge on Kid Pix to share with the rest of the junior school. We would like people to save water and not waste it!

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 The highlight of the week for all the juniors was Blue Day on Thursday. We did a variety of activities like making our badges, making fish, a water cycle and taking part in a great ice experiment called ‘melting madness’. We had a competition in groups to see which group could melt an ice cube using their hands only! It was fun. The children were co operating and discussing ways to melt the ice cube faster……

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 The junior school then gathered in the hall and shared some of their learning about water from the term.

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Listen To This!!

Hear Angela, Luke, Aarushi, Gabriel and Georgia read their imaginative poems about super bugs.

Super Bug Poems

Listen to these cinquain poems written by Jerome, Jaz, Herbert and Jessica. What interesting words have they used to describe their super bugs?

Super Bug Cinquain Poems

Listen to these poems written by Jerome, Jaz, Herbert and Jessica.

Super Bug Cinquain Poems

When Sally came and talked to us about water conservation, we learned that 'super bugs' are used to clean the dirty water at the waste water treatment station. We used our imagination and drew super bugs on Kid Pix. Look at our pictures and listen to our poems.

Super bug Cinquain Poems

Listen to us read our cinquain poems about super bugs. Super bugs are used to help clean the dirty water at the waste water treatment station.

Week 8 Term 2

This week we had a surprise visitor…Mrs Cornelius came and and put up the water cycle mural. The mural showed the different stages in the water cycle: collection, evaporation, condensation and precipitation. Can you point to the different stages on the picture? Click on the picture to enlarge it.


In reading we explored the use of the mimio with a blend activity. One of the reading groups drew a picture for each blend. Can you guess what the children have drawn? Click on the image to enlarge.


We have been observing our terrariums closely this week and discussing how they show the water cycle. Click on the image below to read how they show the water cycle.


On Friday the children took the terrariums home to share with their families. But before they took them home, each child took a photo of their terrarium with the class digital camera. We also talked about how to focus the picture before we pushed the shutter right down. These are the photos the children took......Can you see the condensation?
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Week 7 Term 2

This week we were talking about the water cycle. We made terrariums with Room 15. The terrariums will show the different stages in the water cycle. We can't wait to see what happens.......
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Mrs Cornelius was very busy with some children this week....what do you think they were making? We will show you all next week!!!

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This week was also Mrs Cornelius's last week with us. We would like to thank her for all the wonderful work she did with Room 14 and we wish her well in her future teaching career.

Andrew's Cinquain Poem About Ice.

Listen to the language that Andrew has chosen to describe the ice.....

Herbert's Recount of Sally's Visit

Listen to Herbert's thoughts about Sally's visit...

Jerome and Luke's Recount about Sally from Water Care

This is Room 14's first podcast! We are so excited. Listen to Jerome and Luke's recount of Sally's visit.

The Water Cycle.

Have a look at this wonderful story explaining the water cycle to children

Term 2 week 5

This week Sally from Water Care visited us and talked to us about the importance of water conservation. We learnt that what ever goes down the storm water drains will eventually go out to sea. If we let some things like rubbish, food, oils and chemicals go down, we will pollute the water and kill plants and animals that live in the water.
She told us how we got clean water in our homes and where the dirty water all goes. She drew a diagram to show this. Click on the diagram to enlarge it.



We did an exciting experiment using rocks and plastic to make mountains and valleys. Sally showed us what happened when it rained.

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Another experiment was to see whether narrow rivers flowed faster than wide rivers. We worked in groups and shared our ideas…the narrow river was faster.

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