Dissolving Science

On Monday, Mr. Macintyre came over and taught us about dissolving. Every table go 4 test tubes, a beaker, a test tube rack, 2 paintbrushes, a spoon and a substance (gravy, flour, washing powder, quinoa, yeast or raw sugar). We then got a recording sheet:

On the sheet we wrote things knew noticed, how long the substance took to dissolve, and other things we saw. The test tubes were one of each:

- Cold, no stirring

- Cold, with stirring

- Hot, no stirring

- Hot, with stirring

We used the paintbrush to stir the test tubes that needed to be stirred. We also had an iPad to time how long it took.

Persuasive Writing

In Room 9 we have been working on persuasive writing. To persuade our readers we had to plan it out on a visual scaffold. We had to put it into a main idea, reasons and details to support our reasons. Then we did a second draft in our writing books with paragraphs and a conclusion. Some of us used imperatives and we are learning to state our ideas clearly. Here is some of our work:

Conor Eager - Programming:

Annie Whaley - Longer Weekends:

Charlize Parker - Music:

Lillian Syrus - Netball Courts:

Kids for Kids

The Kids For Kids concert is on the 6th of August. All performing children need to be in the upstairs foyer by 6:45pm. No jackets are allowed, as the lighting is very hot. At the end of the concert, schools will go to an allocated area to be picked up. St John Bosco kids will be in the upstairs foyer, where their parents can collect them.

On the 6th August, we had a rehearsal. Isabella got a part as a soloist in Language, and Imogen got a part in Love In A Fowl House: 

and Taane got in as a ukulele player in the Ukelele Medley:

SCIENCE in Room 9

Investigating Change

This term we are going to carry out science investigations, gathering and interpreting data.  We will record our observations, and create questions for further investigation.

Playing with gloop (gelatine, glycerine & water)

Class Investigations:

1:  Bean seed growth (long term investigation)

2:  Making bread

3:  Making gloop

4:  Making oobleck

Home Investigations:

1:  Dissolving sugar

2:  Water molecules on the move


Please keep an eye on this post for updates.  Check out the homework tasks for the week on the Home Learning page.

The students have made some keen observations and written thoughtful questions.

Oobleck

On Thursday 30th July, Room 9 made OOBLECK. OOBLECK, according to Google, is a non-Newtonian fluid - which means it hoes hard when a force is applied to it, and goes gloopy when the force is removed.

Making Bread

As our new topic for Term 3 is 'Change', we baked bread and recorded the change from a sticky beige gloop to a hard, yummy loaf. Our first batch was very exciting as it was on our first day back at school.
There were 3 helpers who read out the recipient, poured in ingredients and a few more people came up to knead the dough.
Here were the ingredients:
Then we made the bread:
The kneading was interesting, as you could see how it was sticky:
Unfortunately, we forgot to activate the yeast, so it didn't rise.
We tried again the next day and made little buns, and also the next day we made more.
It was very interesting to see the bread rise. On the first day we tried baking the bread in the boiler cupboard, but it wasn't hot enough.

PICTURES COMING SOON

St Ignatius of Loyola Prayer Examen