Helping with the garden

We helped look after our garden today. Our sunflowers, corriander and wild lettuce are growing well. Our beans are big and nearly ready to be picked and boiled up. 

We planted five peas into our brightly painted pots.
How long will it take for them to grow?

Taking turns

We have been learning to take turns.

 Micky and Umi lined up to wait for their turn with the moon hoppers.

 Ezekiel, Dylan and Tim took turns with the puppets in the puppet theatre.

 Gabby and Ben took turns looking at the treasures at the talking table.

 The gardeners took turns with the watering can to water our newly planted seeds.

 Amelia and Cindy took turns with the musical instruments.

 Umi and Micky took turns when they were playing the spotty dog maths game.

Ka pai tamariki ma! Taking turns is a safe and friendly way to learn and play!

Explore Galore - Keep Trying!

We've been learning to keep trying.

We get better at things when we practise so we tried hard not to give up and stay at an activity and keep trying.

Soolefai kept trying with his bowling and Amelia and Kapre kept trying with their puzzle.

The hula-hoopers kept trying.

 Ody didn't give up at pack up time.
 He kept trying to find the mystery item.

Well done everyone.

You kept trying and got better at your activities!

More new ideas

Adam blew air up into the parachute to try
to keep it floating for longer.

"I cellotaped two fans together to make
one big fan to make more wind".    -   Dylan

Lots of new ideas were had today at

Explore Galore

"I made the Earth orbit around the sun
and then had a new idea to draw a space
monster".    -  Hugh

Soolefai used the balloon pump
to make the sail boats move.

  

                                          Thank you to all whanau who came and joined us at Explore Galore today.

At Explore Galore today we were learning to make predictions.

We were learning this because thinking and having a guess helps us to learn to think like Scientists.

We knew people were making predictions when we heard them saying:
"I think..."           "I guess..."          "I predict..."       "I reckon..."        

 "I think when I shake the bowl the colours will mix together", said Christina. 

 

Lots of children were predicting  the best way to stick things together when they were making their space shuttles and space robots.

Explore Galore

Taking turns Explore Galore

We had fun exploring space

We explored moon rocks.

We lined up patiently for a turn on the moon hopper

.

We used our words, "Can I please have a turn?"

We created milky way planet surfaces
 which moved and mixed like gaseous winds.

Watch our planet surface moving and mixing here.

Ezekiel did 'paper scissors rock' with Aditya to see who would get the next turn with the binoculars.

Sam lined up to wait for his turn on the moon hopper.

Adam said, "Can I please have a turn".

Parachutes and Boats

  

Who can make the fastest boat?

"I think blowing bubbles in the water will help my boat go fast", said Ezekiel.

How can we make our parachutes float
 slowly to the ground?

Why do some things go faster down the
ramp than others?