Making Chocolate Cake

As part of our science inquiry topic this term, we are looking at the changes in matter.  After reading "The Chocolate Cake" the Crunchies reading group followed the recipe in the book to combine ingredients and create a chocolate cake.  Importantly, we discussed how the ingredients changed and that once they had changed, they could not be changed back again!

Once we'd created our cake, we ate it with ice cream and bananas - the same way they did in the book!

Exploring Yeast

As part of our inquiry focus this term, Room 15 have been exploring the ingredients that make bread.  Today we were looking at yeast and what reactions and changes occur when added to warm water and sugar.

Here are some photos and a few of the stories created by the learners in Room 15.  Check out their blogs for more!

YOLANDA:

Yesterday we did some experiment we had   Five Different  things we had sugar and warm water   and we  put  our experiment on the  heater and the  next day there was water in it and my  teacher told Leah to go and   take the Jar and tamped it all out and she told some people to came and did some things with her.

LEAH:

Yesterday room 15 was making yeast the ingredients was warm water and sugar and yeast and we use the measuring spoon. When we finish our yeast we had to put it beside the heater after school we looked at it. When it was morning we looked at it. After that we smell the yeast and when we smell the yeast we had to put our bags and lunchbox away. This morning when the second bell was gone we had to go on the mat and line up in the front of the door. When we lined up we went to the assembly. When we went to the assembly we had to sit down. After the assembly it look like there was foam on top and then the foam sunk down again.

Immersion Assembly

Following our Immersion Assembly today, Room 15 wrote about the things they enjoyed most.  All our stories will publish on our individual blogs over the coming days, but Mrs Belt is sharing some on our Class Blog here:

At the Immersion assembly there were lots of people doing explosions with lot of different tools. When it was time for team 5 to come up there was a man called Mr Fuzzy Wuzzy Vottom and his slave. His slave  put water balloons on Mrs Tele’as  head twice and that was funny. Then after Mrs Tele'as turn it was Miss Berry's  turn and  Mr Fuzzy Wuzzy Vottom’s slave was shacking a can and opened it up and the drink went every where like an explosion but Miss Berry put on some goggles and it was so funny and cool too.  
- by Precious

At the Assembly  this morning we were watching some funny videos.

Team 1 is learning about old nicest witches.

Team 2 is learning about cooking.Team 3 is learning about science.

Team 4 is learning about pt England myth busters.

Team 5 is learning about liquid and gas or solids.

My favourite part was when I got to eat a sweet corn  pandcake.

Later on we sang Ch-ch - ch -ch-changes soing.

The assembly was good.
- by Deejay

At the assembly people ate pancakes. I love pancakes. Pancakes  are yummy and if I ate one it will be yummy. I like team threes movie. In team threes movie we were learning about cooking so they showed a movie how to make food. Team 5 had a lovely movie. Mr  Fuzzy  Wuzzy  told his slave to do stuff for him.  He told his slave  to put the water balloon  on top of Mrs Tele’as head.  Then he told her to put the two  drinks on Miss Berry's  face. At the end he told her to the ice inside Miss Clarke's shirt. Mr Fuzzy Wuzzy Vottom tricked her and put a water balloon  on her head.
- by Bradley

In the  immersion assembly the whole school of Pt England went to the assembly because there was something special. When the whole school got there Mr Burt and Mrs Nua said where is Mrs Garden and Mr J. When Mr Burt stopped talking we heard an explosion. Then Mr J was running and he fell down on the stage.  We all started laughing at him. Then Mr Fuzzy Wuzzy  Vottom said to us this is my science partner, Mrs slave. Mr Fuzzy Wuzzy and Mrs slave bought a fuzzy drink and water balloons. First up was Mrs Tele’a.  Mrs slave dropped two water balloons on Mrs Tele’as head. She got wet! Next up was Miss Berry and Mrs slave splashed two Pepsi cans in her face. When they were finished they had to wipe their faces and get off the stage. The audience were laughing and laughing.
- by Leah

Welcome to Term 4

Our Immersion Assembly went off with a bang this morning!  Room 15 was super excited to see that we would be learning about ch-ch-ch-ch-changes and we certainly were treated to some great experiments in the different team movies.

We have already begun planning for our Hyperstudio animations today and can't wait to get started tomorrow.  Check out some of the highlights from our Immersion Assembly and the planning we have already done.