Magnetic Force

Room 8 have been learning about Magnets.  Today we learnt that magnets have an invisible magnetic force that attracts things to them.  We wondered if the force was strong enough to work through things like paper, glass, leaves, wood and plastic.  We did some experimenting to find out.  Miss B could make a metal tie stick to her ear by putting a magnet behind it, the magnetic force went through her ear lobe! Some of the things, like the table, were too thick for the force to remain very strong so the attraction was not great.  Here are some of the other experiments we did.

Plays

We have been working on reading aloud with clear and expressive voices. Here are some of the children doing plays at reading time.

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Gravity

 

Have a look at the amazing things we discovered about gravity for our homework!

Welcome to school Loek

This week we welcomed Loek to the Room 8 team.  Loek and his family have come all the way from Botswana to New Zealand.  We learnt that Botswana is in Africa, that means that Loek has travelled from the other side of the world!  We are so happy  to have Loek as part of our class.

Working with Airini

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Swimming

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Swimming

Room 8 have been working so hard at their swimming, it is fantastic to see how much progress everyone is making. I have taken some pictures of swimming and am just working on getting them ready to post on our blog.