Sherbet Experiment.

Today we made sherbet. The ingredients we used to make the sherbet were baking soda, icing sugar, citric acid and tartaric acid. We also used wooden  Popsicle sticks to eat the sherbet. I was in a group of four. We had measured the amount of ingredients we needed to use. Our recipe was two scoops of icing sugar, 1 scoop of tartaric acid, one scoop of citric acid and one scoop of baking soda. Our sherbet was a success and was not to sweet and not to bitter. It was a really fun experiment and was awesome learning how to make sherbet.

Weetbix tryathlon

On Wednesday I went to the Weetbix Tryathlon. It is held in south Auckland. My event was first. Ready set GO! I swam as fast as I could. During the swim everyone pushed and shoved. After I ran to my bike and put my gear on and I was of. After the bike was the run. The run felt short and easy. Before I new it I could see the finish. Gina and Frankie were waiting at the end for me. I crossed the line and my medal got awarded to me. I got given an apple and a cup of water. Then I got my photo taken and headed back to the tent. I supported the other racers until prizegiving. I didn't win anything. What a fun day. I can't wait for next year.

Potato Gun

Today we did an experiment using potatoes. It was called a potato gun. The materials we used was plastic straws, potato's and skewers. The key was to make it air tight. To work the potato gun you had to press the straw in the potato. You had to fill the straw with potato on both ends. Then you had to get the skewer and press the potato from one end to the other. The air pressure would push the potato from the other side and it would go flying out. Unfortunately mine didn't work along with a lot of others.😕

3D Maths

Today in maths we created 3D shapes. I created a cone and made it into a Santa hat. The cone was difficult to stick together so I had to use sellotape. It was fun crafting the Santa hat and decorating it. This is a photo of my Santa hat,

All St day

In class we have been learning about saints. We had to choose a saint to study. I choose St Barbara because I don't know much about her. I learnt lots of new facts on St Barbara like her dad killed her because she loved God, she was known for being beautiful and that she was born in Turkey. It was lots of fun learning about St Barbara.

Topic

In topic we got to create things to do with New Zealand bands and artist. I made a list of New Zealand band and artist names from A to Z. This is my list of bands and artists from New Zealand. Enjoy!

Beaks

Today we did a experiment on how birds get their food using their beaks.  We all split in to groups of six and were given six different types of tweezers to act as the beaks. We used skittles, gummy worms, and paper as the things we need to pick up with the beaks. We made our predictions and recorded them. Our predictions weren't very accurate but it is just prediction. After the experiment we got to eat the lollies. We are so lucky to be able to do this in our leaning.