Room 27's Tour of Meadowbank School

Room 27 have had a special visitor all the way from our buddies in the U.K. Robin arrived recently from Woodford Infants School in Plymouth. To make him feel welcome we took him on a tour around Meadowbank School and introduced him to some important people on the junior site! Mr Kinane helped us to do the filming! We hope that Robin will enjoy his stay with us here in New Zealand while his friend Kiwi is off visiting the U.K. We are going to help him collect lots of information about New Zealand so that he can share some of his experiences with the children at Woodford Infants School.

Our Trip to the Pacific Arts Centre

Room 27 and the rest of Year 2 recently visited the Pacific Arts Centre to find out more about how fabrics and fibres are used in the Pacific Islands. We have used the programme Photostory to make a video clip about our trip.

Iron Brion Visit

Yesterday Iron Brion visited Meadowbank School and did a special presentation for the Year Ones and Twos. We talked about how important it was to eat a balanced diet including fruit, vegetables, cereals, dairy products and meat or meat substitutes. Iron Brion then taught us how to do a little dance! Finally we had some Iron Brion burgers which were prepared by some parent helpers!

Grasshopper Tennis

At the moment we are taking part in the Grasshopper Tennis Programme! Here are some photos of us enjoying our tennis lesson!

Testing Waterproof Fabrics

As part of our new topic 'Fabrics and Fibres,' Room 27 have been testing different materials to find out which one would be the best to use for making a raincoat for our class alien Zook. We decided that the fabric needed to be waterproof and that it also needed to be comfortable to wear.


We brainstormed ideas on how we could test the fabric to find out if it was waterproof, and decided that we would use spoons to drop water on each fabric to see whether the water came through the other side. Room 27 worked in groups of three to carry out the experiments. We tested six materials - cotton, hessian, plastic bags, tarpaulin, umbrella fabric and wool. We found that the tarpaulin, plastic bags and umbrella fabric were all waterproof. In our groups we then had to discuss which one of those would be the best for a raincoat.


Here is a black graph of our conclusion! 17 children thought that Zook would prefer the umbrella fabric as it was waterproof, light and comfortable to wear. 6 children thought the tarpaulin was better as it was waterproof and strong.

WYNZ Soccer

Today the Year 1s and 2s had some visitors from WYNZ soccer, and we had a soccer lesson on the senior field. We practised some dribbling, kicking and jumping! Here are some photos of our lesson!

The world of worms

Room 27 have been investigating about different types of worms. We found out through reading and by looking on the internet that there are in fact many, many different types of worms! Here are a few facts that we found out!