1/2B's Super Simile Adventure

Last week we learnt about similes. Similes are when you describe something by comparing it to something else. You use similes when you are telling your reader about stuff and they make your writing more interesting and fun. We had a great time making up similes of our own. We are going to put them into a class book!

Here are some of our stupendous similes:

As colourful as the jewels in a queen's prize crown.

As amazing as a pig in a tutu.

 As blue as the bottom of the swimming pool.

As cute as a baby mouse.

As cute as a puppy drinking water.

As scared as a person in a dungeon.

As strong as a boy's muscle.

As round as a hollow tree.

As wet as the top of an umbrella.

As tiny as a germ's sock.

As high as a 50km hill.

As spotty as a ladybird.

As golden as a king's crown.

As colourful as a rainbow.

As pretty as a princess's pyjamas.

As fat as a dancing pig.

As cool as a flying table!

As golden as a queen's silk nighty.

As hot as boiling maple syrup.

1/2B's Cover Up Game - a great way to learn your doubles!

Over the last week, we've been playing a maths game called "cover up." Here's how you play....

You will need:

*counters in two different colours (or two different coin denominations)

*a partner to play with

*a board with the numbers 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20 on it.

*a ten sided die

First, you and your partner need to figure out who is having the first turn. A good way to do this is to play "rock, paper, scissors" or to see who rolls the biggest number on the die.

The person who is having the first turn rolls the die. Then they have to double the number they roll (0 stands for the number 10) and put a counter on the square of their answer to cover up the number. Then other person has a turn, they do the same thing. If you get the same number as your opponent, you can knock their counter off and put yours on.

You keep playing until all the number squares are covered. The person with the most counters on the board is the winner!

It's a really good way to practice your doubles. And it's also double as much fun as learning any other way. If it sounds good to you, you should play yourself.

1/2B's Experimental Explosion of Colours

Here in 1/2B we like to mix science and poetry. We did a fabulous experiment this week, looking at pH, acids and bases. We created our very own pH indicator using an unlikely kitchen ingredient.... purple cabbage.

We discovered that sour things, like lemon juice and vinegar turn pink or red because they are acidic while bases like bi-carb soda turn blue. We had so much fun we decided to write a poem about it. We hope you like it!

1/2B's Experimental Explosion of Colours

On Monday we did an extravagant experiment!!

A row of little beakers stood lined up like athletes ready to start a race.

We chip chopped the cabbage, the pretty purple cabbage,

And drowned it in scalding, boiling water.

The steam rose and flooded the room with a farty smell. 

Pheeewwwwwweeeeee!!!

We poured the deep purple liquid into our expectant beakers...

BAM! It looked so magical! 

All of a sudden there were pinks, light pinks and purples like jewels. 

They reminded me of awesome crystals.

The pink reminded me of the clouds in a glorious sunset.

The maple syrup turned orange-ish red, then even redder.

There was blue in the bi-carb soda beaker.

Blue like blooming crystals, like duck's feet, like blue bells.

Blue like a baby bluebird or a shiny, blue, berry.

Sudden colours, making my eyes JUMP with excitement!

On Monday afternoon we learnt about acids, neutrals and bases... 

But who knew science could be so much glorious FUN!!

 

Step into GIANT Domino World!!

This week we played with GIANT dominoes... with new rules! 

We each had a giant domino; we had to be quick to get rid of it to be one of the winners. We had to yell out “MATCH!!!” and the first one to call out got a go. We then matched our domino to one in the middle of the circle so that the spots added up to number seven. If you got it wrong and your dots didn’t add up to seven, you would have to pick up another domino. 

We learned that there’s not just one way to make seven – we can add six and one, four and three, and five and two. AND we had a great time!

by Sunita

Happy Mothers' Day!

We love our mums, we really do. And we know how much they love hand-made presents so we all worked very very hard this week on our Mothers' Day surprise. We used lots of different types of "recycled" paper. We made tissue paper flowers (we're experts at them now) and cute brown-paper mini-cards to give our lovely mothers. We hope you liked them, Mums!!

1/2B's Fantastic Friction Experiment

This term, we are learning about Marvellous Machines and forces!  

 

Yesterday we learnt what friction was. Friction is a force that happens when two things rub together. When there is less friction, things move faster and further. We tested marbles running down whiteboards covered in different surfaces. Then we made a graph of the results. We discovered that the furry surface had the most  friction and the plain whiteboard had the least friction. It was great fun and a cool way to learn about forces and friction.