Systems

This term we have starting learning about systems and how the parts in a system connect.
This week we have been looking at our star - the sun!
Here are some of the amazing information we have found out so far:

• The sun is our closest star.
• The sun provides us with energy, which supports life on our planet.
• The Earth orbits around the sun.
• The sun is way bigger than the Earth.
• The sun is VERY, VERY hot!
• The sun is made of gas.

We talked about this question.
What if we had 5 stars that were close to Earth?
We decided that if we had 5 stars as close to the Earth as the sun we would have no water because it would all dry up.  We also thought that it would be too hot for us to last long outside as it would be too hot to stay alive.

Jeffery's Impossible Bridge

I read the book called 'The Impossible Bridge' during reading.  It is about making bridges.  In the book the teacher challenged the children to make a bridge out of paper without using any sellotape or glue that could hold a toy car.  I made a bridge using just paper and this is what it looked like.  My bridge can hold a toy car.

By Jeffery Armstrong

Survival Video

Hi Room 3 and parents :).
Here is our Survival video at last.  There were some major problems getting this to upload so I have had to save it with a lower resolution and then upload the smaller file.  If anyone would like a copy of the original bring in a blank DVD and we can run a copy off for you.  What a wonderful effort from all of our little budding movie stars in this video.  Well done kids! 
Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday.
:)  Mrs Brown