Light and Colour

We have started looking at Light and Colour in Room 1 as part of our Science topic. Here is a selection from the things the students want to know;

How do we see light?
How is light different colours?
Why does light shine from the sun?
How is it made?
Why does light travel so fast?
Why do shadows make a picture of you?
How does light stay being light? What happens when it stops?
Why is this crayon brown when I look at it and not blue?

I think I have my work cut out and 'because' probably won't cut it.

Here is a collage of the spectrum that we have made in class. Special thanks to the main gluers - Olivia, Liam and Maggie May as well as all the colour finders.

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Pizza Fractions

On Friday we had pizzas for lunch.
Here are some fraction photos.

Half a Pizza

Whole pizza

One quarter of
a pizza 

3 quarters of
a pizza

What fraction is this?

I was so pleased to hear the children say that these are not quarters because they are not equal sizes.

Normandale Olympics

Last week we had our Normandale Olympics with relays, mini-javelin and many other sports. Mr Haste took white water kayaking.
We used cones for gates, hurdles for rapids, and hoops for spin round zones. The kayaks were pretty tired looking after everyone had had a couple of turns in them!

Swimming

We had our own little Busby Berkeley moment at swimming today.

Our classes have a photo exhibition "Normandale - Through The Lens". The photos are on display in the hall. There are a few more to go up but they will all be there by the end of the week. Here is a sneak preview of Room 1's photographs.