Tic Tac Toe Basketball

For Monday Mashup, Urmi's group learned a new game called Tic Tac Toe basketball. You had to play against another team to do was score a basket. Then you could add a bib into the Tic Tac Toe grid. The first team to get three bibs in a row won. It is lots of fun and you practice your dribbling skills and shooting skills.

Have you ever played this game before?

How To Make Fake Snot

For part of our Growing Inquiry, Urmi's group is looking at "Why bacteria helps us." We made fake snot. It was pretty disgusting but you should have a try!

How To Make Fake Snot

Instructions

Materials:

• 2 teaspoons of gelatin
• Hot water
• 1/4 cup glucose syrup
• A few drops of green food colouring
• 2 Bowls
• Spoon

Method:

1. Put some hot water into a bowl.
2. Add two teaspoons of gelatin and stir it until the gelatin has dissolved.
3. In the other bowl, pour 1/4 cup of glucose syrup.
4. Add a few drops of green food colouring.
5. Slowly add small amounts of the gelatin mixture into the second bowl.
6. Stir well
7. Keep adding the gelatin until the mixture gets thick and gloopy.
8. You now have fake snot!

All About Measurement

This week we started looking at measurement in maths. We have been using different tools to measure with as well as estimating how long things are in mm, cm, m and km's.

Tawhirimatea and Tangaroa's Cooking Sessions

Over the last two weeks the Garden to Table groups in Tawhirimatea and Tangaroa have been getting together and cooking some delightful treats. Last week we made Cheesy Spinach Macaroni balls using spinach from the garden. Everyone thought they were fantastic.

This week we made Peach Crumble using the rest of the stewed peaches we had frozen from earlier in the year from our peach trees in the garden. We also decided to bake some bananas with sultanas and brown sugar, we used the bananas we had left over from fruit in schools. A BIG thank you to one of our wonderful teacher aides, Ali, for helping out and keeping our cooks focused.

Chrome Musiclab

Noah S's version of Bad Guy by Billie Eilish




Anika's own creation


Today for Monday Mashup we explore Chrome Music lab. We practised making rhythms, chords and beats. We then used the Songmaker to create our own song.

Have you ever tried Chrome Musiclab? We can highly recommend it!

Badminton for Monday Mashup

Today we returned to the hall to start up badminton for Monday Mashup. After an hour or so everyones skills were lots better with some excellent rallies. Next week we are going to start the Tawhirimatea Badminton Challenge. Students pick their partner and then we will play a tournament to see who will be crowned Tawhirimatea Champions.

Monday Mashup Music

Today for Monday mashup, the children experimented with percussion instruments. They worked in groups of four to make short pieces of music. They investigated how instruments sounded together working with groupings of 4 beats.