Ten cent book sale in the Allen Centre

Everyone went home with bags bulging with books today because the Allen Centre had it's annual ten  cent book sale. There was a huge selection to choose from and everything was only ten cents! What a great idea.

Long rope skipping

Yesterday we got a long skipping rope and started doing skipping. We did a challenge to see  who was the last person doing skipping. It looked  very hard for some people but they did very well.We had heaps of people and they were amazing. Well done you guys. I'm very proud of you.

Reporter: Liam Br

Oh no!

On Sunday I crashed  my motor bike at my grandma and granddad's farm. I drove into a hole and fractured my arm. It was very sore at first but the pain went down. Now I have a cast on my arm.

Reporter: Archie

A second try at exploding corks

The first time we tried this experiment some of the corks had cracks in them so the carbon dioxide escaped and there was no explosion. We decided to do the experiment again.Wearing safety glasses children pushed the corks into the bottles and the explosions were very pleasing!

Exploding corks!

Today we decided to do another vinegar and baking soda experiment. Again we made baking soda parcels and poured vinegar into our bottles. Then we made predictions. Outside we poked the baking soda parcels into the vinegar and quickly popped in the cork. There was a very dramatic reaction inside the bottle and the cork flew off! Cause and effect!

How do you make a straw pierce a potato?

We each tried to make a hole in the potato by holding the straw on the side and hitting the potato. It didn't really work. But when we put our thumb over the end of the straw and hit the potato it was easy to pierce the potato. What was the cause of this effect children.

Hooray for the Outram School pool

With temperatures rising, it was wonderful to be back in our pool today. We practiced freestyle and backstroke and we all cheered when Hailey showed us her swimming.