Check out our athletes in the news!

I am so proud of our country! How do you feel?

Want to practice your number patterns at home?

http://www.slideshare.net/khrycan/dot-cards

Quickly flash up this number (1 second). Write down the number of dots you see and draw the pattern. Too hard? Have another sneak peak. Too easy? Only look for half a second.

Cross country results

Congratulations to everyone who gave their best at cross country on Thursday!

https://goldfieldsschool.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/goldfields-cross-country-results-20161.pdf

Olympics inspired dance

Today the kids made up a dance inspired by the olympic events.

Kakahu

Today we finished our kakahu (cloak). We were inspired by the cloak worn at the opening ceremony for the olympics.

Olympic Theme Song

pH indicator

We used red cabbage water to find out if some common ingredients were acidic or alkaline.

We found that vinegar, lemon juice and tartic acid were all acidic.

We found that the dishwashing liquid green colour was very strong when we tried to test it and nothing happened. We also found that bleach turned the indicator colourless!

We will make up some more indicator solution and find some alkaline ingredients.

To do this experiment at home click here  or here (video version)

More information on acids and bases

http://www.wikihow.com/Explain-Acids-and-Bases-to-Kids

http://www.ducksters.com/science/acids_and_bases.php

Olympic Facts

Check out some of these websites for lots of information about the olympics

About the olympics - Reference

Medal Table

Olympic Fun Facts

Facts - Science Kids

Athlete Profiles

Maths Week Games!

Raining Money

Translation

Check out this awesome game. The aim is to try and make a square.

Diving Giraffe

We loved watching this video and writing about it. Check back later in the week to see our writing published on here!