BLAST OFF!!!

                          BLAST OFF!!!

Last week on Wednesday the whole of Fifeshire  went outside and watched a rocket. We had a few problems along the way when the rocket would not blast off, but after a few adjustments it finally blasted off!

We also had a challenge to see who could be closest to 

 the rocket when it landed. We had to choose a spot to stand before the rocket blasted off. We were not allowed to move once it was lit.

The winner was Braydon from Room 6. He was the closest to the rocket when it landed.

Fair Testing - Sweet Dyes

We started with the petri dishes by adding a cm of Luke warm water into it, then we added two drops of white vinegar to it. Then Mrs. Binnie told us we needed to choose six Jelly Beans of the same colour. We had to get a cloth that we were trying to dye.  We had the choice of putting the cloth on top of the Jelly Beans or underneath.

My group decided to use the colour yellow. We put the jelly beans on top of the material and waited to see what would happen. We had to wait 3 minutes before putting the material on a paper towel.
The colour yellow didn't have a very good effect because it wasn't a very strong colour.
Since we got to change something in the experiment we decided to change from just one colour of jelly beans to multi-coloured and the effect was better than we thought.

The idea of this was to teach us about fair testing. We had to change one aspect of the investigation only, such as the colour of the Jelly Beans, or how much vinegar we put in, or the temperature of the water etc. We chose to change the colour of the Jelly Beans to multi-colour. Fair testing is about changing one thing and seeing the difference in what it has done. Fair Testing can also be when you're doing a time experiment that you do every thing the same.

We found out that purple and pink were very strong colours and made a very strong mark on the material I really enjoyed the whole thing!

By Georgia and Sammie

rocket science

                        ROCKET SCIENCE
In preparation for science fair, we conducted an experiment on balloon rockets.         

First we got all the supplies for the experiment.

straw

balloon

tape

string

 Method

 1. Cut the straw in half.

 2. Push one end of the string through the straw.

 3. Tie the other end of the string to something.

 4. Blow up the balloon.

 5.Tape the balloon to the straw.

 6. Let it GO!                                                    

Purpose

Some groups wanted to know how to make the balloon go faster.

Others wanted to know how to slow the rocket down.

The rest of the groups wanted to measure the speed of the rocket.

 Hypothesis                                                                                                                        

 One group thought that if the string was tilted it would slow the rocket.

 And another group thought that if you put less air in the it would slow the rocket down.

Conclusion

Some groups were wrong and some groups were right. Some were both wrong and right at the same time. 

 This is us having lots of fun as a class.                                          

                                                               


                                                                   



                                                         
                                                          

                                                     

We love rocket science.





                                                                                                                                           
    We got some interesting results but it was a lot of fun anyway ;).                                                                                                                                          file://localhost/Volumes/LocalHomes/room8imac/Desktop/IMG_0368. JPD
                

                ROOM 8 PLANTS 

                                                              Tiny Pots

By Jackson and Hayden B

We have an array of plants in our class room such as Ficus, Natasha, Coleus and Hypoestes.

People have named their plants names like Troy, Robot, BorIs and Bobby.

Everybody has one plant each. Some plants have had to go to the plant hospital. They vary in size and some are really tall,  some are short. Every end of term holiday Mrs Binnie looks after them by watering them and looking after them.

They are  all mini plants so we don't have to get them new pots. Some look like little trees, some like a little bush and some look like ferns.

Everybody has to care for their own plants by watering them every second day.

Most people love their plant and name and feed their plants -they are just like real people.We want them to last the whole year.

People have decorated their pot plant holders.Some have cut the pot plant holder to look amazing. Most of the plants are doing really really well.

                                     RULES  

1.DO NOT TOUCH OTHERS PLANTS

2.DO NOT WATER OTHERS PLANTS UNLESS ASKED

3.DO NOT OVER WATER YOUR OWN PLANT 

4.DO NOT HARM YOURS OR OTHERS PLANT

                              Fifeshire Team Building Day Out 

On Monday the 11th March 2013, Fifeshire house had a team building day out at Isel Park in Stoke. 

We had to walk to the park and along the way we said a few hellos to the kind elderly folks. 

Some of us got a little soaked as we made our way into the park by the sprinklers watering the plants and trees. We were lucky enough to have some parent helpers for the trip leading the activities that we had planned for the day. There were five activities which included three legged races, the un-tangle, spiderweb, blindfolded trust walk and last but not least cone run. 

                              Here are some photos and a little bit about each activity

                                                                   

                                                       The Three Legged Race

The three legged race consists of you getting a buddy and connecting one of your legs with theirs. Once you've done that you find an opponent to race against and you have to try to work co-operatively with your partner to hopefully win the race! If you're the first team to finish you get a gold medal, which is actually a yellow cone! But we didn't mind getting a cone. We all really enjoyed the three legged racing, here is a pic of two students racing!

This is Bailey and Leticia from room 7  

                     The Un-Tangle

For the un-tangle we got put into one of two groups of six. The aim of 

this challenge is to get yourself un-twisted and in a circle. This was great fun and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.  

                             Spiderweb

For this challenging game, you have to work together really well to beat the other teams time. You have to try get all your team mates through the web to get to the other side, but you can't go through the same hole on the web more than once.



                                                Blindfold Trust Walk


For the blindfold trust walk, you choose a partner and put a blindfold on them. There's a track that you have to lead them round, by only using directions, but you can't touch your partner. There were some partners that were a bit cheeky and got their partner a little wet by the sprinklers, but it's sort of good to get wet on hot day.
      
Cone Run        
Cone run, is a game where you get REALLY dizzy! You have to put one of your hands on the top of the cone and then put your head on your hand and spin round and round the cone. Once you've done as many as you're supposed to of them you have to run around the tree and hi five the next person in the line to repeat what you've just done... unless you've just fallen over, you don't want your other team mates to do this! 

Once we'd completed all activities for the day we had a team photo with all the students in Fifeshire. When Mrs Binnie was taking the photo we all said Fifeshire Rocks!!! Here's the awesome photo of Fifeshire.

We hope you have enjoyed Room 8's first post for 2013

Healing Species

Here in Room 8 we have started a new programme. Healing Species is all about respect for others, empathy and rescued animals helping to heal the human heart. Every Thursday Susan comes to Room 8 with a new dog that has been through a programme call The Ark.

The Ark is a programme that pairs kid up with neglected dogs so they can be trained, loved, and cared for until they are ready to be put up for adoption. The dogs that have come in so far are Beau, Mac and Lucky. These are all great dogs and amazingly good for what they have been through.    

So far we have been taught how to respect others by respecting their personal space and how to treat people the right way. Also, not to let go of our power. This programme is teaching us to stand up for ourselves and gain confidence.

We have talked about how to get help when someone you trust and/or love treats you without respect,  not to let go of our power and then how to fix a broken heart. Doing stuff you love, helping people out and doing something nice for someone are all things to fix a broken heart.

The way Healing Species started was from an American lady called Cheri Brown Thompson who was driving along one day and saw a dog who looked really mistreated. She pulled over and had a look at the dog. She felt sorry for him and looked for something to give to him. She found a pop tart in her car and gave it to him but he was in so much pain he did not want to eat it. So she went down to the shop to get some dog food. She came back and fed it to him every day for a week or two and she was starting to see some improvement. Then one day while she was feeding him the owners pulled up with big smiles on their faces. They said "That's the woman who has been feeding our dog". Cheri couldn't believe this dog actually had an owner!!! She could tell that these people saw Gravey with their eyes but not their hearts. Cheri asked if she could have their  dog and they just said "Fine".

Cheri named her new dog Gravey. She took him to the vet and fixed him up. And over time he was a healthy dog. She came up with a programme called Healing Species which was to help dogs get trained and to help troubled children socialise with mistreated dogs and help them get a lovely new homes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

This is Mac

We are learning these

Lucky

Lucky

Kiwi Flyer!!!!

On Thursday 27/9/12 our class went for a little visit to the movies. 

Firstly we walked to the bus stop, then caught the bus and we went to the State Cinema. We bought tickets and food then headed to the Theatre to watch Kiwi Flyer. The main reason that we went to the movies is because Matt French has a big part in the movie Kiwi Flyer. His name in the movie is 'Stewie'. The movie Kiwi Flyer is about a boy named Ben who wanted to follow in his father's foot steps. But sadly while Ben's father was building a trolley for Ben, that night he died. R.I.P.

 A couple of months later Ben asked his Mother if he could be in the race but she said no. He did it anyway with his mate named Tiki.

When he finally finished his first Derby trolley he named it Kiwi Flyer. He timed it and it went slowly the first time. 

Then suddenly out of nowhere here came the Aussie's shooting down the road. They knew they would have to beat them, so they bought some racing wheels and they timed it a second time and boom! Done.

Then their day came. They raced just as a practise and shooting out of nowhere the Aussie's came and knocked them over. Their trolley smashed, they were heart broken. Ben's Mother found out that the Aussie's had called Ben's dad a loser and she saw how upset Ben was.She helped him build another cart for the race with the left over pieces from Ben's Dads one. 
  Then their day came, it was hard but they got through. At the end of the day Ben won and everything was OK.

When the movie finished we headed to the arcade room for a bit. Then we headed back to school on the bus, what a fun day. 

Matt and his Mum made some great biscuits, they were delicious. The biscuits were based on a trolley out of the movie Kiwi Flyer. The biscuits had a TimTam base, then had MM's for the wheels, then had a Tiny Teddy on top. For decoration the biscuit had a number on top and the melted chocolate was holding everything together.

 The last photo is a picture of the class in the theatre getting ready to watch the movie, how fun.