HAPPY HOLIDAYS

To my dear OTTERS

This year has passed so fast. We have shared great happy moments. You’re much bigger now, next year you will have to achieve new goals. Thanks for gave me laughter, fun and happiness. I’ll always remember you. Dear kids keep being responsible, caring, and over all lovely with your parents, classmates, and teachers.

Stretching and Squeezing

Springs are used in a variety of ways. They can be squashed or stretched. A squashed spring pushes up with the same amount of force that squashes it down. A stretched spring pulls back with the same amount of force that stretches it. If you stretch a spring too far it will not go back to shape.





BOING! Springs are all around us - most are made from a spiral of metal. There are big springs on trampolines and tiny springs in pens.



THAT'S THE LIMIT You can't stretch a spring forever! When you compress or squeeze a spring you push the particles it is made from closer together. When you let it go, they jump apart. An elastic band is a bit like a spring. If you extend or stretch it you can feel the force pulling back on your hands. If you let it go, it will spring back to its original shape. But if you keep on stretching, it will not go back to shape. It may snap! This is its "elastic limit". Force is measure in NEWTONS IN = 1newton

Types of Rocks & Rocks Cycle

TYPES OF ROCK

Rocks are formed in different ways. We use them in a variety of ways.

What is in a rock? Rocks don't all look the same. They contain minerals which give them different colours and textures. Minerals in rocks sometimes from crystals that cna be polished and made into jewellery. Some rocks contain metals such as iron, tin or gold. Rocks are divided into three main types: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

Igneous rock, like basalt and granite, are formed from the hot rock inside the Earth. Some of the melted rock or lava reaches the surface through volcanoes.

Metamorphic rocks, like slate and marble, have been changed by great heat or pressure inside the Earth.

Sedimetary rocks, like sandstone, are made from bits of other rocks, called sediments. They are washed away by rivers, settle into layers underwater and eventually become solid.

MAGNETISM

WHAT IS  A MAGNET?

A magnet attracts some metals and other magnets. Magnets are mostly made from iron or alloys of iron. (iron that has been mixed with other metals). Magnets can attract (pull towards them) objects that are magnetic. Magnets can repel (push away) other magnets. The area where a magnet has an a effect is called a magnetic field.

Feel the force

The two ends of a magnet are called the North and South poles because magnets were first used as a compas to help travelleres find the way.




Very attractive
We use magnets every day. Knives can stick to a magnet on a knife rack because they are made of a magnetic material.

MATERIALS PROPERTIES

INVESTIGATING PAPER

Kids did it great. They listened to the instructions carefully, then they took turns
PROCEDURE

- Hang each piece of paper in water. Time how long each takes to soak it all up.
- Hang each type of paper in water. See which soaks the liquid furthest up the water.
- Hang all the pieces of paper in water together. Measure how high the water goes up each paper in one minute.

MATERIALS

- pieces of different paper
- a cup of water
- a stopwatch
- a ruler
- food coloring
- a ruler

Discovering which paper absorbs water fastest on PhotoPeach Investigating paper on PhotoPeach

SOLIDARITY WEEK

Open publication - Free publishing - More news

Second Field Trip

Open publication - Free publishing - More sport

HEALTHY EATING

We all need to eat and drink to live and grow. We don't all eat the same things. Different people eat different diets. A vegetarian doesn't eat any meat. They eat other foods to replace the protein they are not having, like lentils and beans. This mean they are still healthy.

Why should you eat?

There are four main groups of food. You should try to eat something from each group every day.

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Fats

Vitamins and minerals

Welcome back

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!

Welcome back to school! I know you are excited for the time you spend out! I hope everyone had a fun and safe vacation! I cannot wait to see you all! Make sure you are prepared to learn new concepts .

Welcome Back
Author: Francine Pucillo

Summer's over ... it was fun
Now it's time to get things done
Catch the bus and be on time
Standing straight in all those lines

Getting homework every day
Do it quick and then go play
Early nights and days so full
Following those school time rules

Do your best and you will see
Life will go by so quickly
For one day when you are grown
Your lessons written all in stone

You will know that in the end
These the best days you will spend
Sharing knowledge doing well
Your future has a lot to tell.

FLOATING AND SINKING

Children love playing with water, so activities involving water are always enjoyable. This time they worked with different objects like a tennis balls, ping pong balls, wooden bricks, marbles, and rocks to classify floating and non floating materials.

The Sad Stone

It’s easy to float

Said the blue rowing boat

As it bobbed on the mill pond one day

There’s nothing to that

Said an old cricket bat

As it bobbed and floated away.

And see so can I

Said a duck floating by

With a swish and a splash and a quack

But here I sit stuck

In the mud Mister Duck

Said the stone oh alas and alack.

And I can float too

Said a battered old shoe

If I’m careful and sitting up straight

And of course so can I

Said a swan floating by

With four cygnets behind, and his mate.

Deary me said the stone with a sort of a groan

The whole world can float past but me

The branch and the boat

And even the goat

And the iron ship out on the sea.

Oh stop all  that groan

Said the duck to the stone

Quickly picking him up in his bill

Sit there on my back

And away with a quack

They floated down to the mill.

WHAT PLANTS NEED TO GROW HEALTHY

Plants are living things. They grow, change and reproduce. They need air, soil, water, light, and space to grow.

Plants need soil. Water and minerals are taken from the soil through roots. Soil also provides support for the plant and an anchor for the roots to grow in.

Plants need sunlight in order to grow properly. They use light energy to change the materials - carbon dioxide and water into food substances (sugars). This process of food productions is called photosynthesis. Only in light can a green plant make food.

Plants need water. Plants use water to carry nutrients from the roots to their leaves and food from the leaves back down to the roots. 

Plants must also have space in order to grow. If the space is small, the plants will be small and stunted. Big plants need big spaces for their roots and branches.

Kids coloring the picture for the journal.

Here they are drawing their pet following
 the steps showed in the video.

Some others were writing a short description.

During the first week we have done different activities that let us know each other. Kids had the chance to know more about the class pet and share some moments to make new friends.

WELCOME

Welcome back to St. George’s College dear kids!!! This year our pet is the OTTER. Otters are playful, active, and noisy. They love spending their time together as a family. I hope we can spend time together as well as otters do. Starting this new year and get to know you was such a great experience specially because you are so nice and I’m sure we will have great moments this year.