Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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Monday, September 14, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Show Week! Yay!
14th September 2015
Dear Parents,
As you know we are in the midst of creating a show for you all on Thursday. Can you please make sure that your child is dropped off to their changing room (they will know where to go as we will have practiced it with them this week) by 5.30pm on Thursday evening.
Changing Rooms
Little Hall
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Mezzanine
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Old Folks Hall
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Room 4
Room 19
Room 18
Room 3
Room 16
Room 15
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Room 8
Room 20
Room 21
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Room 10
Room 2
Room 17
Room 5
Room 6
Room 7
Room 9
Room 14
Room 1
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If your child is unable to make it for the evening performance, can you please make sure you let their teacher know so they can adjust their performance if necessary.
As this will be a very busy and exciting time, we ask that you drop your child off and then go and find your seats.
At the end of the show the children will be taken back to their dressing room where you can pick them up. PLEASE make sure you let the class teacher know when you take them. If you are not staying to watch the show you can pick them up at around 7.30pm.
Thanks for your support
Waikanae School Teachers
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Impromptu Science Experiment
Maddi brought me some lovely flowers a few weeks ago and we thought we'd try a wee experiment that we had seen before but never done.
We trimmed the bottom of the flowers and instead of just plain water, we put red food colouring in the water. Check out how awesome the flowers looks after a few days.
With this experiment, the children have discovered how essential the functions of roots and stems are to plant growth. As the coloured water is absorbed, we can see how the water is absorbed into the plant and how the petals of the flower changes colour.
Technical information:
There are two things that combine to move water through plants - transpiration and cohesion. Water evaporating from the leaves, buds, and petals (transpiration) pulls water up the stem of the plant. This works in the same way as sucking on a straw. Water that evaporates from the leaves "pulls" other water behind it up to fill the space left by the evaporating water, but instead of your mouth providing the suction (as with a straw) the movement is due to evaporating water. This can happen because water sticks to itself (called water cohesion) and because the tubes in the plant stem are very small (in a part of the plant called the xylem). This process is called capillary action.
We trimmed the bottom of the flowers and instead of just plain water, we put red food colouring in the water. Check out how awesome the flowers looks after a few days.
With this experiment, the children have discovered how essential the functions of roots and stems are to plant growth. As the coloured water is absorbed, we can see how the water is absorbed into the plant and how the petals of the flower changes colour.
Technical information:
There are two things that combine to move water through plants - transpiration and cohesion. Water evaporating from the leaves, buds, and petals (transpiration) pulls water up the stem of the plant. This works in the same way as sucking on a straw. Water that evaporates from the leaves "pulls" other water behind it up to fill the space left by the evaporating water, but instead of your mouth providing the suction (as with a straw) the movement is due to evaporating water. This can happen because water sticks to itself (called water cohesion) and because the tubes in the plant stem are very small (in a part of the plant called the xylem). This process is called capillary action.
Monday, September 7, 2015
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