Wanted Poster by Maddy

Warning!!! The Grinch is trying to steal Christmas and we need your help to stop him he is absolutely green and has very long fingers.

The Change Of Room 5

 Room 5’s Amazing Classroom

On Wednesday 19 April, Miss Williams told us to pull all of the furniture to the front of the room. We were very confused, but we did it. She then told us that we were responsible for designing the layout of the room to help us with our learning. When we first found out that we were changing the classroom’s look, some people were so amazed.

After lunch we made a plan of where we wanted each space to be and how to set out the furniture.

Here’s a picture of what our plan looked like:

Then this is the end result. Do you like how our new classroom looks?

By Maddy

Haiku

Carbon Footprint

We are learning about our carbon footprint and how to reduce it in Topic at the moment. We made a Tagexdo to show all the words we can think of about our Carbon Footprint.

Maddy's Camp Comic Life

BY MADDY

Our Amazing Water Filter

On Monday the 18 we enjoyed creating a water filter. We forgot the bottle (the main ingredient!) so we made a deal with another  group to swap some sand for a bottle.

We had to research the best way to make a filter, before we could get started. 

1. First you get a bottle and cut it near the top and poke tiny holes in the bottom.

2.  Put a layer of cotton on the bottom.

3.  Then place dry sand on top of the cotton make sure it covers all of the cotton.

4.  Crush charcoal into dust then put it on top of the sand (do this activity outside!)

5.  Place a thin peace of material  over the charcoal.

6.   Place the top of the bottle that was cut off and put it underneath the bottle to catch the drips.

7.  Pour water in and enjoy.

We learnt that we always had to try our hardest and never give up - the first time, our filter didn't work at all, so we had to try again and again. If we had given up after the first time, we would have felt like we failed, but by figuring out the problems and fixing them, we ended up with a working filter and we felt soooooooooo proud!

We were amazed that with just a few simple ingredients that we could find around the house, we could make a simple filter that actually works - our final water was clean, germ free and delicious!!

We were surprised that charcoal helped to clean the water. It made our hands so dirty, that we were sure it would turn the water black!

We learnt afterwards that we could have added grass to our filter. A lot of other groups used grass and it helps to clean the water even faster.

We reused water and kept putting it through the filter until it was completely clean and safe to drink. 

We really enjoyed breaking the charcoal because it turns into dust and it was really interesting.

Have you ever made a filter? What did you put in to make it clean the water? Do you think you'll try making a filter now that you have heard about our success??

By Rose, Axel, Joe and Madison

                                                                     

Room 5's Conclave

In Room 5, we found it very interesting to learn about how the new Pope was chosen. It is a very detailed election called a Conclave that involves a lot of very complicated rules. We were finding it a bit hard to understand, so we decided to have a class Concave, to elect the Class Captain! It was a very exciting day and we learnt a lot about the process. We still haven't managed to elect a Class Captain, because there are so many rules to follow, but we have narrowed it down to the top two - Maddy and Jaimie!

First, we had to decide on the job description for the Class Captain. It is a year long job and there had to be responsibilities, as well as rewards. Here is what we decided:
Responsibilities -
* Choose a different Co-Captain each week to help with responsibilities
* Allocate Monitor's Jobs each week 
* Check that diaries have been signed every morning
* Call the roll each morning
* Organise Lunches and Money Bag
* Take messages
* Help organise Class Assemblies

Rewards -
* Receive any awards Room 5 wins
* Give out House Points in class
* Wear a special Class Captain badge
* Be the 'Policeman' when the teacher is out of the room
* Organise music to play during art time
* Issue books at the Library

Once our job description was written, we all had to write speeches, explaining why we would be the best for the job. 






We had 20 minutes to write our speech and 10 minutes to practise it, so we had to work fast! 







Everyone presented their speeches and then the voting began!




After many rounds of voting, we were down to our top two Maddie and Jaimie.

We couldn't get a unanimous vote, so they have written speeches that we are going to put on the blog anonymously and see if we can get a winner this weekend!! Please leave constructive comments on the speeches, to say who you think sounds like they can best fill the job description.