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Thursday, 18 June 2009

We love Gingerbread!


This term we've been looking at Measurement in Maths. We've been using Gingerbread Men to look at length. After doing this we decided it would be a great idea to make gingerbread men. They were really fun to make - a bit messy though! We made Gingerbread Men, Gingerbread Comets, Gingerbread Christmas Trees and Gingerbread Flowers ... they tasted AWESOME! Thanks to Claire - Hollie's Mum - who came and helped us make them. Here's the recipe we used if you want to try them (thanks to Emma McClutchie for the recipe!)

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Yummy Gingerbread Men

Ingredients:
350g plain flour
2t ground ginger
1t baking soda
115g butter
175g soft brown sugar
4T golden syrup
1 egg

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 190˚C.
2. Cover 2 trays (minimum!) with baking paper.
3. Mix flour, ginger & baking soda together in food processor.
4. Add butter & whiz until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
5. Add sugar, golden syrup & egg & process again until it forms a soft (pliable) dough.
6. Roll out dough & cut into shapes.
7. Decorate with craisins, M&Ms etc
8. Bake for about 15 mins until golden brown – DON’T OVER COOK!! (10 minutes fan bake)
9. Leave on trays until firm, then cool on a wire rack.
10. Great iced with plain icing & decorated with M&Ms, craisins etc too!
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Monday, 15 June 2009

Science Experiment - How rockets work ...

Here is a quick video of a space experiment we did today on how rockets work.


Friday, 12 June 2009

Check out Tux Paint

This is a very cool program that we have been having lots of fun with in class. Its called Tuxpaint, and is free to download. It's like Microsoft Paint ... but it has lots of cool effects - including space pictures!

So go to www.tuxpaint.org and click on download. It saves to your computer, so the kids don't have to be on the internet to use it. Here's something I created really quickly (so its not too flash!)

Have fun!

Katie

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Email Addresses Required ...

Hi Parents!

As requested in last week's school newsletter, can you please send me your email address so that if the school has to close I have a way to keep in contact with the kids of Room 4.  If you don't have an email address available at home or work - please let me know your postal address (for sending work home).

My email address: katiet@plimmerton.school.nz

Cheers,

Katie

New Teacher Read Book Chosen!


Thanks to all the people that voted for which book we'll be reading as our Teacher Read book in Room 4.  

And the winner was ... Matilda by Roald Dahl!  We started it on Monday, and it's a great book.  If anyone has suggestions for other books to read, post a comment and let us know!

Monday, 1 June 2009

Our Sun!

We have been learning to write explanations this term.  Here are some of our fantastic explanations about what the Sun is.  They are "Sun-sational"!!

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What is the Sun?

What does it do? … The Sun is a ball of gas.  In the middle it’s called a core, that’s the hot part.  Then there’s the Radiative zone.  Next comes Photosphere and then there’s Convective Zone.  Next comes Prominence and well then there’s sunspots.  That’s a big storm.  It’s the biggest and closest star to us.  What does the Sun do?  Does the Sun make air?  No it gives us light and heat.  That’s what the Sun is.

By Emma

The Sun

The Sun has sunspots.  They are as big as Earth, don’t you think they are huge?  Solar winds pull the closest star into it, that’s CRAZY!  The Sun is made out of gas.  In fact it is burning gas.  Is that familiar?  NO!

By Hollie


What is the Sun?

The Sun is a big ball of fire.  If you look directly at the sun it may cause eye damage.  If we didn’t have the Sun Earth would be a little ball of ice.  The Sun is our nearest star.  I love the Sun because it gives us light.

By Argus


The Sun

The Sun is a star, and the sun gives us warmth and light.  We need light to live and grow.  The Sun is bigger than 1,000 Earths.  The Sun is our nearest star as well as our coolest star!

By Rose 

 

The Sun

The Sun is a big ball of gas.  The Sun gives us heat and light.  When the Sun explodes we would not have light.  We wouldn’t be alive.

By Buddy

  

The Sun

Our nearest star is the Sun.  The Sun has sunspots.  Sunspots are big storms.  The Sun pulls out a star that is nearest to the Sun and pulls it back in again.  The solar flares are like spaghetti sauce.  The inside of the Sun is called a core.  The nearest planet is Mercury.

By Edie

  

The Sun

The Sun is our nearest star.  The Sun is a big ball of fire and gas.  The Sun keeps us warm on Earth.  The Sun makes us live on Earth.

By Isabella


The Sun

The Sun has solar flares.  They are like spaghetti sauce.  The Sun is made of gases.  The Sun is big.

By Quinn S.

  

The Sun

The Sun is the solar system’s star.  It gives Earth the heat and light that are essential for life on the planet.  Because the Sun is only 150 million kilometres (93 million miles) away astronomers can find out far more about it than about any other star.  The Sun is made of gas.  

By Josh

  

The Sun

The Sun is our very own star.  It is made out of gas and dust.  It is very hot.

By Charlotte

  

The Sun

Our nearest star is the Sun.  The Sun is a big ball of gas.  Did you know that the Sun has lots of holes in it.  And the Sun is made of dust!

By Zoey 

 

What is the Sun?

The Sun is big.  The Sun is a big ball of fire.  We liked the Sun.

By Bailey

  

The Sun

Did you know that the Sun is a star?  It has lots of big flames called solar flares.  The Sun has black and white spots.  

By Luc

 

The Sun

The Sun is made from hot gas and dust but it is not a planet, it is a big star.  The Sun is very hot but don’t look at it closely or you might damage your eyes.

By Andrea

  

The Sun

The Sun is our very own star.  The Sun is bigger than the Earth. 

By Josie

 

The Sun

The Sun keeps us warm.

By Ben 


The Sun

Our nearest star to Earth is the Sun.  The Sun has sunspots.  Sunspots are storms on the Sun.  The Sun grabs whatever star is closest to itself.  The Sun is made out of gas and dust.  The Sun makes solar wind.

By Isabelle

 

The Sun

The Sun is big and hot.

By Quinn M

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