Christmas Wishes to Everyone!

Well, the end of the school year! Thank you to everyone who has supported our class blog. We hoped you have enjoyed looking at the photos, videos, our work, the websites and the other files and information.

A wet day? Click this link to go to a Christmas Games website -    
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/chgames.htm


I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a fabulous holiday with your families. I will see you all back at school in February.

Over and out until 2012 from your blog editor -
Jennie LeSueur 

Wheels Day at School

On our last day of Outdoor Education we all brought our favourite wheels to school. Constable Harwood came and talked to us being safe on our bikes and scooters.

Scootering challenge for the girls

 Then the boys had a turn!

Some of us brought roller blades.

Oliver and David practising their driving skills

Biking on the field was tiring!

Picnic Day at Onepoto Domain

One hot, sunny day the Undergrads and the Bachelors went on 3 buses down Onewa Rd to Onepoto Domain for a day of fun!

Hold on tight to the small parachute!
 

 We were in teams and rotated around some fun activities. Even the parents joined in and had fun too!

Large parachute fun!



What an amazing adventure playground!

Team sack races

       

Group bush art

Outdoor Education Week

Monday was Tent Day. All the Undergrads and Bachelors had fun in and around their tents.

We also had Mr and Mrs Bird bring an ambulance to show us how paramedics look after us if we have an accident and have to go to hospital. Charlotte is lucky having parents who do such an important job. Thank you for coming and showing us what you do. Lots of us want to be paramedics when we grow up!

Mrs Bird bandaged legs

Mr Bird tied arms in slings

Tom had his head bandaged.

We got to see inside the ambulance.

Fancy Feet at Chelsea School

Sam & Emelia's fancy feet.

Yesterday was Fancy Feet Day because we were becoming a Travel Wise school. Lots of people had crazy feet, even the teachers. We had special guests who signed the Travel Wise certificate.
Maxx the pukeko and Mr Coleman helped judge the best Fancy Feet in each year group.
Click on this link to view more photos -  Travel Wise assembly photos - Fancy Feet winners, signing of the plan and special visitors

HALLOWEEN at Chelsea School

Welcome to Halloween at Chelsea School.On Friday we had a dress up day and did fun Halloween activities for our work.

Try out some fun Halloween activities on this link.
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/halloween/


 We started with a whole school parade and marched around Court 1 and 2.

Sp 10 trying to look scary!

Sp 9 showing off their costumes.

Sp 11 at the parade.


AT 3 o'clock we headed down to the hall where the PTA had decorated the hall and had lots of exciting activities for us to do. Look at these photos.

Iban with his hands in the goo!

Anders trying to fork an apple.

What will you buy?

Lots of Halloween goodies!

Michelle and Skye.

Lauren eating a sausage.

Jacob and his mum enjoying the fun.

Solar Power - The Power of the sun!

Can you see all the solar panels on the top of this car? Can you guess what makes this car go? It's not power from petrol that makes the motor go!

These holidays I am off to Darwin in Australia to watch the start of the World Solar Car Challenge. It’s a 4 day car race starting on 16 October from the top of Australia to the bottom. The cars are only allowed to run on batteries charged with power from the sun. Have a look at the cool cars that are racing. My son is one of the electrical engineers in the team. Check out the links below. You can follow the race. 

http://www.sunswift.com/  - click on media or live for photos and videos

http://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/ 

Here is a website to have fun making things powered by the sun. Scroll down the page till you find DIY Solar Energy Projects

http://www.going-green-challenge.com/solar-energy-for-kids.html

Watch Our Shadow Puppet Shows

Space 10 English group have been producing shadow puppet plays based on a Fairy Tale. Each group had to plan and write a script, make puppet characters and props and practise together. They did amazingly well and have been busy presenting their shadow plays to other classes in the school. This has all been done in just over a week! You are all stars this week! The other teachers were amazed at your presentations.Well done!
Watch The 3 Billy Goats Gruff above. The others are on the links below. 

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
Jack and the Beanstalk
The 3 Little Pigs
Little Red Riding Hood

How does a torch work?

George and Daniel worked well together.

Max and Brooke worked it out first.

Anders and David made a switch for theirs.

Kate and Krissy worked it out too!

Today we investigated how a torch works. We needed a battery, a light bulb, 2 bits of wire, a battery holder and a bulb holder. We had to connect all these things to make a circuit for the power to move along to make the bulb light up. Some of us discovered how to do it all by ourselves. It was a fun science activity.

Making Shadows

Our shadows had changed position.

Our shadows were long and skinny.

Now that Rumpelstiltskin is over we have started a new study. We are investigating light and shadows. Shadows need a light source and the sun is Earth’s biggest light source. We got a friend to draw around our shadows on Thursday afternoon. Then this morning we went outside to see where our shadow would be. It had changed position and was a lot longer. 

We made funny shaped shadows.

We made shadows with torches.

We also used torches to investigate the changes to shadows when you move the light source. We enjoy doing science investigations. When we do fitness it’s fun to watch our shadow running along with us.