Building Bridges

We built a bridge that could carry a load of 2 duct tapes for 1-2 minutes.  We used materials only provided by the teacher which were--10 straws. 1 meter string, 1 pipe cleaner, 2 of A4 paper,  500 cm long cardboard tube.

These were the bridges we designed and constructed--

Liezl, Losaline and Amy

Maranita, Mikayla and Ronan

Joshua J, Caitlyn and Faith

Kaydence, Joshua C and Amanda

Tino, Maira and AJ

Building a Bridge

Problem:

The problem was to construct a strong bridge that could hold 2 duct tapes for 1 minute.

Materials:

• 10 straws
• 2 A4 paper
• 1 Pipe Cleaner
• 1 cardboard roll
• 1 meter tape
• 1 meter string
• 1 Scissor
• 1 meter ruler

   Procedure:

1. We measured the cardboard roll.

2. We then cut it and placed it around 1 A4 paper (base).

3. After that, we taped the cardboard rolls onto the A4 paper which is the base of the bridge.

4. We folded the second A4 paper horizontally at the  ends of the paper to make the rails.

5. Then we connected 2 straws together for the rails. We did this two times.

6. We taped the rails on the both folded ends of the other A4 paper.

7. Then we got a straw and stuck it horizontally in the middle of the rails.

8. We attached a string that came down from the horizontal straws and the rails.

9. After we attached the string, we stuck some straws on the folds of the paper so it can support the span.

10. Then we stuck the paper onto the cardboard rolls.

11. We then tested our bridge by placing the 2 Duct tape on it. We timed it for 1 minute and it survived. It went a little over a minute.  

Conclusion:

We conclude that in order for our bridge to be strong and sturdy, it needs a lot of support on the top and on the bottom. When there is pressure on the top, it helps make the bridge stronger.

By: Liezl, Amy and Losaline

Netball Prize Giving

CTK Primary netball teams have  impressive results this season for both CTK netball Grade A and Grade C teams.

CTK netball Grade A

First Championship won second place

Second Championship won third place

CTK netball Grade C

First Championship won second place

Second Championship won first place

We are proud of you CTK netball teams!!!

Thank you  Line',  CTK netball coach for her dedication, time and positive support  in training the netball teams and encouraging them during games (may it be rain or shine). 

Thank you to all managers and parents for bringing the children on time to all Saturday games. and the refreshments they provide after the games.

Solving problems

Hexagon are learning to solve exponents and discounts. by: Maranita by: Amy

Water clock investigation

The water clock

We were learning to compare non-standard unit and standard unit of telling time in periods of 15 minutes. We investigated how much water dripped in 15 minutes and we measured them in 3 attempts.

Water clock experiment

Materials:

Beaker

Pin

Plastic cups

Bowl

Water

Bottle

Instructions:

• First you must find a beaker and a plastic cup.

• Get a pin and poke the bottom of the plastic cup.
• After poking a hole find a flat surface to put your experiment on top of the table.
• Get a camera to film and a timer to time your experiment.
• Set the timer to 15 minutes.
• Fill the cup with water.
• Put the cup with a hole on top of the beaker and start the timer and  the camera at the same time.
• As soon as the timer hits zero pull the cup up and put your finger to the hole of the cup and run to the nearest sink to  tip the remaining water out.
• Measure the water from the beaker and write down the first attempt in millilitres.
• Do the same experiment for second and third attempts.
• Write the results of all the trials.
• If  all attempts have the same measurements then you have done it right, if not them you have to take the average of all attempts or trials.

By: Losaline and Amanda

Links to results:

 http://padlet.com/kaydence1n9sh/g7io48lzec3e

 http://padlet.com/liezl2fwrj/8zsid83myo5w

Candyland

Have you ever been to Candyland? Would you like to be in a place where all the candies you like to eat are all alive.... a place with candy trees, candy floss clouds, candy showers.... a place where candy dreams come true.    

Created by: Kaydence


 

Book Review

 Book review time---these are the books children have been reading.

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

This is Harry’s fifth adventure with his two best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry, Hermione and Ron are in their fifth year now which means hard work and more mysterious things happening at Hogwarts. As they have their welcome back feast Dumbledore introduces a new teacher that is from the Ministry Of Magic named Dolores Umbridge who is allowed to make rules for all the students and can dismiss teachers she does not like.  But she can’t banish them from the grounds which means she can’t take them away from Hogwarts. As they work and learn potions and magic Harry is about to discover something that will turn Hogwarts upside down.

I recommend this book to ages 10-16 because it is a thick book and has few words suitable for mature readers, for people that are in a higher level in reading and for people who love magic and mysteries.
BY: Losa

The Pearl

BY:  Amy

‘The Pearl’ written by John Steinbeck is a novelette about a man named Kino. He has a wife, Juana and a baby son, Coyotito. The family of three has experienced many dangerous and tragic events in life and this happened after Kino found  the ‘Pearl of the World’.

The author wrote this book ‘The Pearl’ for a reason. The author wanted to tell us that wealth isn’t the solution to all problems. When Kino found the ‘Pearl of the World’, he thought that the pearl would lead him to a successful life and good fortune. But the pearl lead him to a very dangerous life because everybody envied the pearl, so they tried to steal it from them.

I recommend this book to ages 10 and over. This book is very interesting.  Kino had visions about the pearl that his son could read and he and his wife would be married in the church. I encourage you to read this book because the story used many similes, metaphors and exaggerations.  

World of wishes

Ballerina Wishes
by: Mikayla

This story is about this ballerina who is in trouble. Her theater is in danger and her dance partner has vanished. To find her dance partner they must go to the frozen north and battle magic spells. Can Maddie and Sebastian find their dance partner? Will her wish come true? I rate this book a 9.5 and I recommend this book for ages 9-12 because it had many chapters. If I had to describe this book in one word I would say it is AMAZING!  

              By Mikayla   

Number strategy on Percentage

Triangle and Square groups are learning to find the precentage of a quantity.




By:  Joshua J






By;  Joshua C

By:  Liezl