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!

The School Gully

In I.C.T. we have started learning how to record our voices using a programme called Voicethread. We recorded some descriptions that we had written about our school gully, as part of our topic 'A worm's eye view.'

Our Assembly

Last Friday Rooms 27 and 28 did their very first assembly of the year in front of the school. Lots of parents came along to see it. The children had lots of information to share about their topic 'A worm's eye view,' as well as poems and songs to perform! They did very well indeed!

Rainbow Song

We have been learning a song in music with Miss Smol! We hope you enjoy listening to it! Maybe you can join in with us!

Our U.K. Buddies

Room 27 will be working with a Year 2 class at Woodford Infants School in Plymouth, U.K. this year. Yesterday we went on a magic carpet ride to find out where in the world the U.K. is. We used GoogleEarth on our smartboard to locate Plymouth and get a bird's eye view of the school and surrounding area! We also learned that Plymouth is by the sea, just like Auckland. The capital city is London, and when it is summer here in New Zealand it is actually winter in the U.K.

We have also been writing letters to the children in the Robins Class, and are going to be sending a special Kiwi explorer friend over to the U.K. with our letters so that he can find out more about it for us! Hopefully he will return with lots of information!