To begin the day we had Discovery Time (which was cancelled last time due to the snow). In Room Ten, children could choose from three activities.
1. Spinning wool! Alura's nana (Mrs Renaud) brought along her spinning wheel and some wool for children to spin. Lots of boys and girls wanted to have a turn.
2. Mini-computers! Some children practiced their math, word and problem-solving skills on some online games.
3. Mexican Hats! We decorated some polystyrene cups with felts, then popped them into our new oven. The children loved watching the cups shrink into mexican hats.
A huge thank you to Denise Renaud (Alura's Nana) and Leah van Zijl (Martina's Mum) for helping out at Discovery Time. Parent help is always valued and appreciated.
As earlier stated Otakaro have a new oven! Not only that but we actually have two new ovens and 2 new hot plates. We are very excited about them. So in the afternoon we made some biscuits as part of our Inquiry on 'Changing Matter'. We discovered the term viscosity (different thicknesses of liquids). We made a biscuit dough which is a liquid (but very thick) and turned it into a solid by cooking it.
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| Rosie and Shikana mixing the butter, sugar and egg together. |
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| The biscuits cooking in our new oven! |
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| Rosie and Shikana think the biscuits look pretty good! |
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