KidsAKO reflection

Kidsedchatnz - topic for Twitter Wednesday!

SPAMMERS:
We will not be using our #kidsedchatnz hashtag anymore because of spammers.  They saw that we were trending (That is we were very popular and busy tweeting) so they added their own tweets that were quite rude.  As a result we are on the Kidswedchatnz list and can follow that way.  Only the people on the list can be seed so it will be safe.

Get ready to Tweet!
Have a think about these questions.  They are riught up our alley for this term.  Can you get a tweet ready for Wednesday?  Use the tweet sheet and think about adding a blog link or image too!


Kidsedchatnz website

Kidsedchatnz Twitter list

KidsAKO Movie!

Check out the great movie of our amazing day KidsAKO.  All the students ran exciting workshops for other students.  Thanks to Jennie for making this great movie and sharing it with us.

large from Jennie Lyall on Vimeo.

Science Fair Ideas

We brainstormed all the things we wanted to investigate about growing plants - there were quite a few!

The inquiry focus questions our groups selected were as follows:

Who do different liquids affect plant growth?

What is the best liquid for plant growth?

How do WiFi waves affect seed germination?

How do WiFi waves affect plant growth?

What plants have adapted to be best suited to the cold?

What adaptations help plants survive in the cold?

What plants attract butterflies?

How does liquid travel within a plant?

Is it a fruit?

We looked at how to decide if something was a fruit or not.  It took lots of cutting and sorting before we say that a fruit has seeds that are protected by a swollen ovary.  Using this criteria we discovered that peas are not a fruit but a cucumber and pumpkin are!

Can you see the mistake Allana made with the chart using the real examples of fruit and vegetables?Tell us in a comment what the problem is!

Springston A+ Students

Check out our next lot of Springston Students showing A+ Characteristics!

KidsAKO

KidsAKO educamp!

Interesting things I never knew

Doesn’t stop me from what I do.

Sensible decisions because of the rain,

Adaptable people that call off their workshops.

Kids scattered at all the workshops

Our classes have joined together!

KidsAko

K Kids like running KidsAko workshops

I It's fun to teach people

D Decorating biscuits was my workshop

S Sadly it was raining 

A AKO workshops like Scooter Bros couldn't happen

K Kindly everyone brought food

O On Wednesday the 4th of September it happened

KidsAKO Workshops

The leaders of teams worked well to run their KidsAKO workshops.  We had to be adaptable and work around the terrible weather.

We planted seeds, played around with wire sculpture and harvested worm pee in the Secret Garden.

Minecraft workshops were very popular and even Liz our principal did some learning in the beginners session.

You should have seen the creative cup-cake decoration going on in the staffroom.  

We are all exhausted but had an amazing day.  I can't wait to see the reflection posts and movies we make in the last session.  I wonder what Miss Lyall and Allana can come up with for us to do together in Term 4?

KidsAKO

What great team work we saw at KidsAKO Educamp today with Springston and Weedons.  They worked to build the tallest tower out of five pieces of paper and one metre of tape as a starter activity.   

Testing out our KidsAKO workshops

Wow, wow, wow. Check out the team testing their KidsAKO workshops on other kids. I love the way they included everyone, thought like a teacher and managed the learning. Watch this space for Kids AKO with Weedons School tomorrow!

Middle Team Science Field Trip

Check out our amazing stip into the worl of plant science - just down the road in Lincoln.  Gosh we are lucky to have so many experts right near us at school.  Thanks heaps to Trish Fraser who helped us get it all organised!

Plant Biology Field Trip on PhotoPeach