Happy Birthday Jacqui and Caitlin Cheese!

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Jacqui

Germany - World Cup Winners

Congratulations Caitlin! She had Germany in our Room 5 World Cup sweepstake.  How best to celebrate? A whole class load of Germany themed cupcakes! What a winner she is.

Masterchef Catchup

A few left over master chefs found in the archive!
Well done ladies.

ISS Presentations - Day 2

Today saw the second day of ISS ('Inquiring about Space Stuff') presentations.
Below are the highlights from each group…another fantastic array of creative and inspiring research presentations.

Caitlin N and Olivia - The Names of the Planets


Max and Alex - Andromeda


Aaron and Jacob - Ways to die in Space


Mina and Caitlin Mac - Parallel Universes

Michael and Ngakita - The Goldilocks Zone

Easter Raffle Success!

Congrats to Emma, Caitlin Cheese and Emily who are from three lucky families from our class who won Easter Raffle prizes!

Happy Easter!

Masterchef Caitlin

Girl guide biscuit fudge! Two if the greatest things ever combined into one of the greatest things ever!

Thanks Caitlin!

Caitlin N's Jazz Dancing Exam

Last weekend I did a jazz dancing exam and it was probably the hardest exam ever! The level was SLS and that stands for Stretch Leap and Spin.

We haven't got our results back yet but the grading is out of 5 stars. I really hope I get either a 4 or 5!

I practised every day in the holidays and I think I did really well.

I got a banner and this is what it looks like...
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Masterchef Caitlin

Caitlin (Cheese) Naylor's now famous Cheese Muffins. Tasty and delicious. Erica even fed one to her dog called muffin who also agreed!

ICAS Spelling Test Awesomeness!

A huge congratulations to:
 EMILY and JACQUI 
who both received DISTINCTIONS in the ICAS spelling test.

A big congratulations also to:
CAITLIN N and ALEX R
who received CREDITS in the ICAS spelling test.

Results have just come in and were published in the newsletter today. Congratulations girls!

Faces of Room 5!

Heres a video made by Caitlin (Cheese) and Nikhil...
It's the faces of Room 5 in Term 3!

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Faces of Room 5

By Casebrook Leith

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Cultural festival

Hi, I'm Alice and last night was the cultural festival and Henry , Oliver , Ngakita and I performed in the kapahaka group it was really fun and we all sang really great. We were all expecting to do a haka but the people who ran the festival said no so we did a song called Lullaby  that we had practiced and it sounded really great. Me and Henry blew the shells so that was also a lot of fun and a great experience.

Hi I'm Michael and last night night I performed in the Pacifica group I thought there was a great passion in the performance . We performed a slap dance,a boys dance and a girls dance. Overall I thought we did really well In front of an audience that big and I had a lot of fun.

Hi, I'm Caitlin Cheese and last night I performed at the CBS Arena for the Korean Dance. It was really fun and I really enjoyed. All of us made mistakes but they were only little ones. I made a big mistake; I dropped my fan halfway through the performance and I'm pretty sure the camera was on me!! It was a great experience and I would definitely do it again. Mrs Clark was helping out the Korean Dancers and she was really helpful.

 

The Necklace by Caitlin Naylor

“Are you sure we’re going the right way?”

“Of course we are. Just follow me.”

“But I can barely see you!”

Let me set the scene for you. So, we’re walking- actually, more like creeping- down a narrow alleyway and there’s a stench like 30 different kinds of animals have farted, and my acquaintance and I are both wearing black. I can’t see a thing, and its pitch black at 10pm.

So I guess you’re wondering what we’re doing, huh. Like most spies, we are trying to find a 10-carat gold necklace with about, hmm, maybe 20-carats of diamonds on it. We lost it during a training session and we have to get it back or we’re suspended from the group for 2 months.

I’ve stepped on something that’s cracked. Whew, it’s just a leaf.

“Watch where you’re going, rookie!”

Yep, she just has to call me that, doesn’t she. I’ve only been in the group for a month and she knows that I don’t know every rule and trick in the book yet.

“Hurry up, don’t slow down! We have to find it before daylight breaks!”

“I know, blah blah blah,” I muttered under my breath.

“I heard that,” said my acquaintance sternly.

She pulls out her torch quickly and points it to something shimmering on the ground. “Aha! We found it!”

“More like you found it. Anyways, why did we have to do this at night? It wasn’t that hard to find.”

“If we did it at day time, people would see us. And actually, it was very hard to find. It’s pitch black!”

“That’s why we could’ve done it at daytime!” I argued.

“Call HQ. Tell them we found it. Then we can argue.”

I was feeling a bit happier now. “Okay! I’ll get to it.”

 

“Hello? Yes, it’s me. I was calling to say... we found it!”

Caitlin 'Cheese' Naylor's Science Badge

Last term I completed a science badge and the theme was home chemistry. It took at least 4 weeks to do and the clauses were quite hard but fun in the end. The first clause I did was making hokey pokey. I shared it with every one in the class. There is a blog about it from Term 2.

Here is a photo of Caitlin with her HOME CHEMISTRY badge!

Caitlin's Hokey Pokey

As part of a Science Badge investigation Caitlin brought in some home-made Hokey Pokey for us last week.
I used 8 T of sugar and 4 T of golden syrup. I let it simmer for about 5 minutes and then I added 1 t of baking soda. This was the exiting part because it rose and I had to stir really hard! Then I put it into a greased pan and let it harden. The next day I took it into school and every one enjoyed it!

Nice work Caitlin; science you can eat!

The Monarch

Caitlin N's brownie om nom!!

Last Wednesday, I made a chocolate brownie for my neighbours and there was lots left so I gave a piece to Mr Leith. He said it was delicious! Stay tuned for the recipe.
125g butter
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Heat the oven to 180 C. Melt the butter until liquid in a medium sized pot then take off heat. Using a fork, mix in the cocoa, sugar, eggs, salt and vanilla. Sift in the flour and baking powder add the chopped nuts if you like and stir until evenly mixed.

Pour into a 20-23cm square tin lined with baking paper. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until firm in the centre. (Don't worry if mixture is higher at the edges than the middle- it still tastes fine!)
Cut into pieces when cold. Freeze for lunches.

Caitlin N's Science Experiment

I made a naked egg. To do the experiment, you get a raw egg and put it in a jar full of vinegar. Leave it in a safe place for 24 hours, then the next day, refresh the vinegar and leave it for another 24 hours. After that, refresh the vinegar again and THIS time, you leave it for 7 days! After that, take the egg out of the jar and you will notice that the shell has gone and the egg has expanded. When I did the experiment, I put the egg in a jar too small and I couldn't get it out! As you can probably feel, the egg is VERY fragile so try not to pop it!