Money For Malawi

Did you know that in Malawi many people, including children, are lucky if they have one meal a day. The meal is often only maize flour and water. They drink water from a well that may be dirty. Many people suffer or die from malnutrition and disease. World Vision is hoping to help them with the 40 Hour Famine Appeal.
To raise money for World Vision we had a rice day at school. Each child brought $3 or more to go to World Vision. We used our Maths, especially our knowledge fractions and volume, and had to work out our quantities. Each child was given 1/4 of a cup of uncooked rice. We needed 6 1/2 cups of rice in total. We added 13 cups of water to it and boiled it for 14 minutes.
Although it tasted yummy imagine eating it every day, once a day! We watched Seven Sharp and they interviewed people from Malawi.

We raised $92 and some children have raised money on their own.
World Vision are going to teach villages new ways of living sustainably. The money raised is providing them with seeds, cows, goats and chickens. They will be taught to use the foods and hopefully breed the animals so they can have more to help their people.

The Young Inventors Go Wild! Room 1 Let Loose at the Otago Museum

Bubble blowing on a scale, Rachel experiments with bubble mixture but luckily escapes!

Kim was astonished and amazed to hear our brilliant new ideas and possible inventions!

Rosa is inventing music on a large scale.

Rachael and Georgia are thinking about the possibilities of this very large hairdrier.

Are Erika and Ben asleep or mind control masters? An intense game of mind ball resulted in Ben emerging triumphant. Are there possibilities for the rematch?

Making Hot Cross Buns

Making Hot Cross Buns was a great way to finish the term. We split into two groups and followed the recipe. It was important we read it correctly and measured accurately. We put the ingredients in a bread maker and then left the dough to rise once it was finished. We baked them in the oven and then ate them. they were yummy!

Waiting to taste them! Are they as good as they smell?

Measuring accurately is important!

Geologist Visits Macandrew Bay School

Richard Garlick our geology expert, also Rosa's father, spoke to us. He told us that some changes to  landforms happen quickly like landslides, earthquakes and tsunamis. Some changes happen over days like volcanoes erupting, some can happen very slowly like the ice age and erosion. He talked about plate tectonics and explained that plates move very slowly, about the speed our finger nails grow. Dunedin Harbour and the Penisula were formed from a shield volcano. It last erupted about 10 million years ago. The centre of the volcano is thought to be between Portobello and Port Chalmers and may have been as high as 1000 m. It probably happened due to a hot spot. These areas have changed over time due to erosion.
Richard told us that the present is key to the past. We need to look at what is happening to our earth today, to find out about what happened millions of years ago.
We were fascinated by the changes that are happening to our Earth and need to remember we are the guardians of our Earth,  and must look after it.

Visiting Expert!

Today Paul Le Comte came to talk to Room 1 today. He spent ten years teaching geography in secondary schools. Paul became fascinated by geography and the world we live in when he was a little boy at school.
He talked about how the land changes slowly over time. This can be caused by things like earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion and  tsumanis.
We went outside and linked arms. Then we went back to back and pushed against each other until eventually a pair fell. This was like an earthquake because the build up of pressure gets so great that the crust breaks. We also made landforms in the sandpit and Paul used a watering can to show us the effect erosion has on our landforms. Everyone learnt heaps.