This experiment looks at the use of the sun to heat an enclosed space - passive solar heating!
Maybe you would like to have a go at building one at home... and cook your family some dinner!
Hi Guys,
Quite a few of our blogs are being put onto the Totara blog site while we consolidate our classes.
Please check out the blogs posted on there.
Many of our students have been suggesting that we give our blended classes a new name - maybe even their own blog. I guess all we can say at the moment is watch this space!
It has been a busy start to the day as we begin the process of trying a new system in the classroom.
Students have a range of tasks which they can complete at their own pace and in their own time, with instructions and success criteria to support them.
Congratulations to the four students, who have been elected by democratic vote, to represent Matai in the student council.
In term 1 and 2 Sean and Rosalind will have the honor. Eve and Jackson will then represent us for term 3 and 4. We look forward to all the hard work they will be putting in to make 2015 a successful one.
To celebrate Chinese New Year, Totara and Matai made 300 dumplings today. There were six students helping us to get the fillings ready. They chopped lots of cabbage, spring onion, chinese mushrooms and carrots. Then Wanwan mixed them with pork and raw eggs so they were sticky.
We also made a vegetarian option.
After that we watched a video to learn about the importance of having dumplings during Chinese New Year.
We had some experts to help us and Wanwan also helped to show us the different steps to making the perfect dumpling. The classes were divided into 6 group and each of these made about 50 dumplings (in record fast time).
The best bit was when we had finished cooking the dumplings - we got to EAT them... and they were delicious (even the staff thought so).
