Red sky in the morning...

... shepherd's warning. That's how the saying goes and yet today seems to be a great day. You could look up where and when this saying originated and see if it makes sense for New Zealand in 2010 or not.

This is the view from my back door at 6.30 this morning.

This view is slightly more to the East.

I found an explanation  here, but it's a bit tricky to understand. There are some other sayings to help predict the weather at this site too.

Some Space Questions to Ponder

1. How long does it take for Earth to travel around the Sun?

2. How long does it take for the moon to travel around Earth?

3. How long does it take for Earth to spin around on its axis?

4. How long have humans known this?

Planets, Suns and all that Jazz

We thought this website was worth sharing. It gives quite a good idea of how big the planets are in comparison with each other.

Jump Jam Mufti

Let's do our bit to support getting the Jump Jammers to Taupo. They do terrific job of leading our Jump Jam session each week so let's support them by putting on our glad rags tomorrow and bringing a gold coin donation.

Capacity Capers!

We know that capacity is the measure of how much something can hold. We did an experiment to find out the capacities of some containers we had lying around.
We want you to make a prediction about what order these containers go in starting from the smallest capacity to the largest capacity. That means from the container that holds the least to the container that holds the most.
Please send us a comment with your prediction. We will post the answer on Friday. You could set up a similar experiment at home - WARNING it gets a bit wet!
Good luck and good guessing.

Hmm, that's a bit tricky to see...

Ahh - that's better!

Saturday 16th October:  The answer is B, A, E, C and D and F are equal. 

The Poster Process

If you're wanting to find out about some different authors or find out more about some of your favourites, you could come and read the posters in Room Sixteen. The authors featured are: Dr Seuss, Roald Dahl, Lauren Child, Beatrix Potter, Mo Willems, Emily Rodda, J.K. Rowling, Kym Lardner, Lynley Dodd, Dav Pilkey and Korky Paul.

13 October
Room 22 and Mrs Glasson came to Room 16 today to look at our posters and give us some feedback. You'll be able to read their excellent quality comments when you come and see the posters for yourselves!
Thanks Room 22!

Measurement

Fahrenheit got the better of me!

This week we are learning about measurement.

Today we talked about measuring weight, distance, time, temperature, capacity, speed and density. Perhaps at home this week you can explain and show about measuring you do each day at home.

We had a quick look at the fun website Map My Run. You could go there to find out how far away from school and each other you live.

Heart Shaped Stone Collection

I found some new stones to add to my collection on the West Coast. We had sunny warm weather the whole time we were on the Coast - there're not many people who can say that!
I hope your holidays are going well. Have you practiced climbing a fireman's pole? I did in the first week, down at our local park.
See you soon

Ms Ashby