King's College students visit Room 24

We often have students from King's College visiting our class. They read to the students or teach them a new activity. We would like to thank King's College students for sponsoring our Duffy books.

By Vondra

Tangrams

we have been creating picture puzzles using shapes. It is called a tangram. A long time ago in China there was a man named Tan. He dropped a tile and it broke into 7 pieces. While he tried to put them back together he made different kinds of shapes. Tan told his friends about it and soon everyone was making these shapes and creating their own. It became known as the tangram. By Julie

Making a circuit

On the 11th of May room 24 went for technology lessons. First we were split into two groups.Mr Didier's group and Mrs Green's group. I was in Mr Didier's group. Mr Didier showed us how to make a circuit for a lamp using a lamp holder, battery snap,switch and three crocodile clips. We watched him carefully and then we had to make one by ourselves. First I attached the battery to the battery snap. Next I put one head of the black crocodile clip on the metal part of the black wire which was connected to the battery snap. Thereafter I put the other head of the black crocodile clip on the left side of the lamp holder. Then I put the first head of the green crocodile clip on the right side of the lamp holder. A few minutes later I put the second head of the green crocodile clip on one side of the switch. After that I put one of the heads of the red crocodile clip onto the other side of the switch and put the second head on the metal part of the red wire which was connected to the battery snap. I was very excited to see my lamp working because it was my first time learning how to make a circuit. By Rajeena Making a circuit for a lamp

Tala Pasifika

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Tala Pasifika

We visited the Auckland Museum on the 9 May because we are learning about cultural celebrations. We got into 2 groups. One group sat in the fale and made an ula which is a Samoan necklace. The other group looked at the patterns on the Tongan mat which is called a tapa cloth. It is made from the bark of the mulberry tree. The Tongan mat means wealth. Designs are carved on wood called a kupesi. The children then drew their patterns by rubbing a crayon on a blank page placed over the board with carved patterns. We looked at the beautiful tivaevae hanging on the wall. The tivaevae is a Cook Island quilt and is the highest gift given at a wedding or birthday. We then got together and learnt a Samoan dance called the sasa. Learning about other cultures was a lovely experience.