Apple Pie preparation

I chose to change the colour of the ceramic pot sitting on the table, to a vivid blue.  I was trying to add blues to the original art work to add light, brightness and a summery feel.

                                              Dish of Apples, coloured by Mrs B

                                             Dish of Apples, By Paul Cezanne

Attitudes programme

Last week our year 7 and 8 students were lucky enough to have the Attitudes programme visit Matawai school, along with our friends from Waerenga-O-Kuri school.  Presenter Robbie Baker was AWESOME, delivering incredibly important health messages about making positive decisions, identity, self-esteem and the power of choices.
His stories were both hilarious and heart warming and his visit was a real highlight.  All students enjoyed a laugh and took away incredibly valuable leaning from the day.  Thanks Robbie!

Stormy Waves Music creation

Our Cybersmart focus has been around the creation of music.  We explored a site called Soundtrap, where you have the ability to create your own music.  The first step of the process was to select an image to insert as a background on a slide.  The idea was that the music we created would capture the mood and movement of our image.  I chose a stormy sea scene and with this in mind, I set about trying to find instruments and sounds to reflect the mood of the sea.  It was challenging to find the right sounds and instruments to truly enhance your image but it was fun to explore the multiple range of sounds and beats you could create.

Fabulous Flipping Fiesta

This morning the cooking room turned into a fabulous flipping fiesta!! Year six students made fluffy banana choc-chip pancakes.  Our skill focus for the morning was learning to separate egg yolks from whites and beat our egg whites to the 'stiff peak' stage.  We also worked on mastering the art of flipping our pancakes.  Tentative flipping soon turned into confident flips, with great height and even a backwards double flip.

We rounded off our great morning by testing a few old eggs in a bowl of water.  Once we had discovered they were a little old, we smashed them in our compost heap.  The perfect fun ending to a wonderful cooking session.  Well done budding chefs.

Dress Up day

We celebrated the end of term by dressing up in clothes from past decades.  This tied nicely with our learning around 'Changing Times' from earlier in the term.  It was fun to look at the changes in fashion and specific clothing items from different decades.  We had cowboys, hippies, Fred Dagg, old school uniforms and brilliant fashion items from the 70's and 80's. A neat end to another busy term in Room 4!

Making Music

Today during our Cybersmart session we explored three different sites to help create your own music.
I used Incredibox to create this short piece...click here to listen.
My next step would be to record a piece of music from an alternative site, like Turn Art into Music or Digital rhythm maker.
It was fun trying different beat combinations and hearing the music come together as you added each element.

The science of yeast

Today we created a 'gif' to demonstrate our understanding of the science behind yeast.  Our gif highlights the process involved with activating the yeast and the chemical reaction which occurs to produce carbon dioxide.  This the process which aids in making light and fluffy bread!