Sports/PE: North West Zones Swimming Sports

Zone Swimming by M Hill. 

CTK sent a strong team to the recent North West Swimming Zones competitions on Friday the 21^st of March, this event was held at Jellie Park Swimming Pool.  The CTK team are fortunate to be closely located to the pool and able to walk some of their pre-event nerves off on the way to the competition.

The overall team performed extremely well and received first place in many of the races; there were a lot successes to report but to name just a couple - second in all relay events and first place in the nine year old relay event.    

At CTK we can be proud of our  team that gave their all, performed at their best, and one of the most successful teams on the day which showed in their results…truly stepping up for success!

NZ Government by M Hill

NZ Government & Parliament

Our Parliamentary and Government learning over the last 2 weeks has been intriguing as we learnt about how the House of Representatives works, and how Bills are passed and made into Law (e.g. NZ Nuclear Free Zone).  We learnt that the “House” has 120 seats, and 2 “sides” (for and against). We also found that the House of Representatives has a Speaker (David Carter). Our class also had the chance to create our own parties and policies and had a few debates over many of our policies. Many of the students  strongly debated their opinions and we enjoyed many laughs about the comments made.

These are all the Parties names created:

Ø  The Hashtag Party

Ø  Brighter Future

Ø  Youth Party

Ø  The Meraingatangs

Ø  Pumped

Ø  The Cookie Jar

Sherbet Fizz by G DeMarco

SHERBERT FIZZ G DeMarco

 On Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Crowe we started our “Kitchen Chemistry” topic for Science.

We tasted all the ingredients using our senses etc. taste, smell, feel. Some tasted very good such as the Jelly crystals and for some people the Citric Acid (which was very sour) and some things just left a bad taste in your mouth such as the Baking Soda.
A lot of the ingredients felt like powder or crystallised and some felt like a mix of the two. After the taste testing we made our SHERBET. We chose our flavours; raspberry, lime and strawberry (jelly crystals/jelly flavours) and had a taste, smell and feel of our delicious creation.
We put our sherbet in individual cups and put it on the back table to save for after school. The bell rang and it was a frenzy to get to the back table and grab the sherbet. As I tasted it I quickly figured out it was worth the wait. Its flavour was sour with a punch of strawberry (that was the flavour my group had chosen).
When you put it on your tongue it fizzed just like our class had hoped. Over all the making of sherbet fizz was a fun and exciting experience which came with well delicious results.

ANAYLISATION: We created an acid-base reaction in our mouth by combining an acid (citric acid) and an alkaline (bicarbonate soda) with saliva. They mix together to create a gas in the form of lots of tiny bubbles

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SHERBERT: 1 Tea Spoon of Citric Acid 1 Tea Spoon of Bicarbonate 2 Table Spoons of Icing Sugar 1 Table Spoon of Flavoured Jelly Crystals Mix and Get Out All Lumps Then EAT

New Zealand Government: What about the Room 13 Government?

This the children in Room 13 have been writing various policies of what they would want to do if they were in government. Some of the children needed to learn that you can not bribe people to vote for you and also, you can not give too much away as this is tax payers money. The children were creative and delivered their policies to the class. Here is one groups policies and I will post more in the next few days.

Air Jaws: Explanation Writing

Last week the children in Room 13 learnt about why the sharks in the waters around False Bay breach the water. The children were amazed at how fast the sharks could strike the seal and the height the shark could breach. Here are a few examples of the children's writing.

Our Governor General and House of Representatives - Information Webs

Explanation Writing: Air Jaws