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Finally!  - the first post for 2012

Term 2 has started with a burst - for the first two weeks we had Miss Hodges and Miss Burgess in our class, College Teachers on their first posting.  They loved working with Room 16 and had fun teaching Dance and Drama to the children.

In Week 2 the whole school participated in a drumming workshop called Interactive Rhythm.  Each child had their own bongo drum - check out the photos.  It was a great experience for everyone.

KITCHEN CHEMISTRY 

This term we are thinking about chemical changes that occur when we mix together different food items!  We learned that liquids always take the shape of the container that they are in.  We learned that solids can be moved around and will not change shape.  We found out that you cannot tip steam (a gas) from one container to another because it evaporates.

Jelly - adding liquid (water) to solids (jelly crystals) turned the two into a coloured liquid.  Then the liquid set and became a solid.  It tasked good too!

Question: How can you blow up a balloon without blowing air into it?  - we managed to do this by putting baking soda into a balloon, then put this balloon over a bottle half filled with vinegar ...
... the result was hilarious, we observed how two properties mixed together can form a gas!!