New invention from New Zealand

Have you ever broken your arm or know of someone who has?

Read this New Zealand Herald article to see how the cast is changing.

Watch this television clip to learn more about the cast design.

See if you can find any articles about any new inventions. We would love you to share them!

Life Education

We had another exciting trip to the Life Education truck today. 

Lynn and Harold had some great things to say....

THE COMPANY WE KEEP REFLECTS-AND HELPS DETERMINE THE-THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE BECOME.

How do we choose good friends?
They should...

• Be someone we can count on
• Be motivated
• Be someone who teaches us new things
• Behave in a socially acceptable way
• Have the same values we have
• Not have destructive habits

Remember...Bullying is when someone repeatedly does or says things to have power over another person.

If you are being bullied what can you do?
Tell them to stop
Use our WITs:
* Walk away
* Ignore
* Tell an adult

Do you know someone who is being bullied?
SAVE them:
* Say - Try and stop the bully - we don't do that, we don't talk like that....
* Adult Help
* Volunteer Solutions - come and join our game.
* End it

We learnt that disagreements are okay but it is important how you deal with them. We don't scream and shout but we could use some of these strategies.

It's okay to disagree but....
* The best rule is to keep cool.
* Get it right without a fight.
* Give and take and negotiate
* Short fuses are not excuses.

Take a STAND
* Stop and calm down
* Take turns to talk about how we're feeling.
* Alternatives what are they
* Narrow down the choices of what we can do
* Decide on the best choice.

Our very own inventions!

Can you guess what simple machines are in each of our photos???


























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Team Photos on Thursday

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Congratulation Year 4 Gym Girls

We are all very proud of our Year 4 Gym team!

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Thank you Mr Riley

This afternoon, Mr Riley came in to speak to Year 4 about the 'telephone'. We were able to answer some of our wonderings.

Mr Riley's Fantastic Telephone Presentation

He has also agreed to be an expert for this inquiry so we can email him some of our other questions.

Thank you Mr Riley!

Mr Riley and Grace

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T3 Giving Focus

Please remember your gold coin for Thursday Chapel.

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!

The Key Concepts for our current inquiry into How the World Works are:

CHANGE-How is it changing?
FUNCTION-How does it work?

This afternoon we used the 'telephone' invention as a main focus for developing our questions.

CHANGE
"How has the telephone changed over time?"

"How has the weight of the telephone changed?"

"Why did the telephone change over time?"

"How has the size of the telephone changed?"

FUNCTION
"How does the telephone work?"

"What pieces are inside a telephone?"

"How does a mobile phone track another phone?"

"How does a mobile phone send messages and mail?"

To help us answer these questions we used our brain, books and the internet.
We are hoping some experts can help us too!

Some helpful websites were:

Science for kids

Alexander Graham Bell

Simple Machines

Today we learnt about the components of a simple machine. We now know about levers, wheels and axles, pulleys, inclined planes, screws and wedges.

Simple Machine Powerpoint

Make me a genuis-Simple Machine video clip

I would like you to have another look at the power point presentation and video this week.

We will begin to make connections using the invention photos you shared as part of your home learning last week and discuss what simple machine components you can find in each of the photos.

Dr Ferguson comes to visit

Dr Ferguson is an orthopaedic surgeon that uses an invention to help him straighten the spine of small children. We had a go and helping Dr Ferguson using a model he brought in.














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Come on 4LOJ!

For the Junior School Father and Daughter Breakfast - the girls are now able to donate cans of ‘wet’ pet food (especially for kittens as this is the current need) – for the SPCA. 

Collection bins have been set up in the Junior School Reception area and our classrooms, they will be there all week. 

Girls can also donate pet-food on the morning of the event too!

Our Cool Tool 'Padlet'

We have been learning how to use a new tool on our iPads to introduce our inquiry into 'How the World Works.'

Padlet is a collaborative brainstorming tool that allows the girls to put down their thoughts and ideas at the same time.

To view the whole padlet, please click here

Breaking down technology

We had a great time using tools to deconstruct laptops and hard drives today!
















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