Paper plane design

Today we had a paper plane design challenge.

Each team had to build 2 different types of paper airplanes. One paper airplane had to be designed to fly as far as possible. The other airplane needed to stay in the air as long possible.

For the distance category, each team threw paper planes while we recorded with chalk the furtherest distance out of 3 chances. 

For the time in air category, each team threw their paper plane while Mrs Millett timed the flights.

All teams did a great job with their designs, making modifications to improve the speed and aerodynamics of their planes. 

The winning paper plane in the distance category was Brydie's team including herself, Eddy, Eliot and Felicia.

The winning paper plane for time in the air category was Leanne's team including herself, Beau and Amy!! Well done designers!

Musical instrument artwork

Last week we printed from our musical instrument cardboard blocks. Yesterday Eddy, Jaxson, Feifei and Madison made this movie of our finshed artworks. 

Teach Me Tuesday Week 6!

It was Teach me Tuesday again today. What a great session we had! Micaela, Eddy and Jaxson were well organised and expertly taught us about there chosen subjects. The boys had us doing soccer drills including dribbling, passing and shooting. Next, Micaela lead several science experiments where we learnt about chemical change and centipetal force! Thanks teachers- you were awesome. We can't wait till next "Teach me Tuesday!"

Another blinding experience!

On Monday Mrs Millett asked us to partner up and we had to lead our parnter on a blind walk. Each of us took turns to be lead in utter darkeness. It was pretty scary! Here are some recounts about the event.  (Note the deliberate language choices we made in our writing.)

The Blind Walk- By Bella

On Monday we had a little game. Me and Micaela were in a group. I closed my eyes tightly. I felt scared. She held my hand, and we walked out of the classroom. I heard her say, "We are going to the playground." 

I felt so scared I could even hear leaves shaking. I was shuffling on the grass. I started getting worried , when I walked in the playground. It felt like I was walking in the sea. Then I walked into the playground. Micaela helped me walk into the playground, so she made it easy for me. She was very helpful and kind. Then she told me to climb up. At first I climb, but I felt scared so I touched something in front of me. I touched something and I thought, "here is something!" So I climbed up!

Blinded! by Eddy 

Crunch crunch, I stomped on the leaves, that were like tiny mice below me. I got to the taunting playground and Levi shouted, "It's my turn to guide you!"in a menacing voice. He grapped my arm a lead me onto the playground and said, "Take a small step up." 
I staggerd blindly like a bat, but I was cautious at the time too. 
Suddenly I felt rope and Levi said,"Climb up, it's the spider web." I climbed up carefully. He helped me up the creaking and unstable tower. I felt unsure and then it started to rain. "Jump!" Levi commanded. So I jumped. When I landed I held onto the slippery pole for my footing. Then he said jump forward, but I didn't . So he pushed me. I landed safley on the splintered ground. After all that nonsense I thought he was the most despicable leader and I would never trust him again.

The adventure Walk. By Amy

I started to feel worried when Mrs Millett told me to close my eyes. She told me that we were going to trust our buddys to take us on a adventure walk. 
I heard cicades clicking and birds chirping. I felt so scared my hands started to sweat. I heard a strange noise. I started to feel worried but I realised it was just my heart pounding. My mean evil partner Eric took me around. I was thinking,"Where am I ?" 
I started to walk on the hard wet ground. Evil Eric took me around the ampitheatre. It started to rain so we shuffled back to class.

Team building in the Tipa team!

Today was our first day at school. At 12:00 we got together as a team to play some fun team building games. Here are some photos from the event.