Playing rugby

On the 16th of March our class went to Bull Island. We went to the Bull Island visitor centre.

We saw the bones of a whale and a mummified bat. The short eared owl and the long eared owl migrate to Bull Island. We were shown a slide show about all the animals that live on Bull Island.

After that we played rugby and ran over sand dunes.

We picked teams and played. My team lost and the other team won. We all got smashed up, especially by Leon. Check out our photographs above! It was cold and windy but it was great! One of the best trips!

By Alex and Leon

Trip to Bull Island

Last Tuesday we visited Bull Island. It was a long walk to the island from the bus stop. When we reached the Bull Island Visitor's Centre went into the little house to learn about birds and science. We learned about other animals too. We saw edible crabs, velvet crabs, the common seal, long eared owl, bats, kestrels, glowfish and the bones of a dolphin.

We also did about energy and solar panels. We put a long strip of glass at a light to see if the fan worked. It did work and we know that light can be a source of energy now.

After that we had lunch and walked on the beach and in the dunes. We played some rugby on the way home too. It was class!!

By Karl

Working with clay

By Darrell

By Josh

When we were using clay we decided to make clay people and clay monsters. It was great fun. I made a clay footballer. Jordan made a clay monster .Nathan made a football boot. Darrell made a footballer. Josh made a Larriers crest.
Everyone had fun making clay things out of clay but there was clay everywhere. It was on the floor and on the doors! You could make anything out of it. After we had made it and it dries, Breda paints it with you. We brought them home after a couple of days when they had dried.

By Taylor M.

The Dagger of Truth

The Dagger of Truth

The Amazon. A jungle that contains many secrets. The Mayans once inhabited this jungle. They built amazing temples. Inside these temples were amazing treasures. Treasures that today would be worth millions. One man is seeking out these treasures.
He has tracked down an item known as the ‘Dagger of Truths’. He is now closing in on the whereabouts of this ancient artefact. This search has lead him to a temple in the heart of the Amazon jungle. The sound of the animals in the jungle echoed. Startled. Not by a tiger or a puma, but a man. This man was about to make history.
The sun overshadowed the temple as the man stepped through the undergrowth of the jungle. He continued to the temple. The doors were bashed in. Inside the temple there was no light. He walked on. On the ground there was a torch. Luckily he had brought his lighter. He lit it. Now he could see.
Engravings on the walls told the story of a chief. It describes how this chief brought the dagger here. As he walked on the temple started to widen. Soon he was standing in room that had giant pillars equally spaced all around. In the very centre there were steps. Atop these steps was what he had been looking for. The ‘Dagger of Truths’.
He walked towards the steps not noticing what was about to happen. He had stepped on a stone tile. It began to go down. It was a trap! He ran for the dagger. Arrows firing form both sides of the walls. Missing him, but only just. He managed to grab the dagger by the handle. The arrows stopped. The daggers blade was glass and green. The handle was silver. A secret door opened at the other end of the room. He went through. Inside was a small room.
In this room there was a giant circular stone calendar at the end. He walked over, cautious of his actions. The calendar was set in years, months and days. He noticed something in the middle. A slit small enough for the daggers blade to fit in. This could be another trap. He was about to gamble his life. He shoved the blade of the dagger in.
At first there was nothing, then the calendar began to turn. First the closest to the blade. The day. Then the month and after that the year. It came to a halt. The entire calendar pushed into the wall. All except for the top three symbols. It was now clear.
The symbols revealed a date. Probably the most important date in our history since the birth of Jesus Christ. The end of the world!
“He’s here, I know it”. He was astounded how quickly they had found him. He took the dagger and began to look for a door. He started by looking at the walls. It didn’t take long. He pressed a tile on the wall and soon a door appeared. He went in as the door closed behind him. A man walked into the room with the calendar. Followed by men with guns.
“We’re too late”. He walked towards the calendar. “ Get me Professor Decovek”.

Part Two - coming soon to a blog near you . . . .

By Alex Fay

Dancing Raisins

Equipment

A jar glass of water, a fizzy drink e.g. 7up or fizzy water and the main thing, a hand full of raisins.

Information

The raisins are heavier than the drink so they sink to the bottom of the drink. In the fizzy drink though, they collect bubbles at the bottom of the jar, and these bubbles help the raisins dance up the jar to the surface. With the bubbles of carbon dioxide, the raisins are ligther than the drink so they rise to the top.

Experiment

Drop a handful of raisins into glass.

Drop a handful of raisins into 7up.

After a while the raisins will rise to the surface.

What I noticed

I noticed that the raisins went to the surface of the fizzy drink but when they got there the bubbles burst and the raisins went back down. Also, after a while the fizz went flat and the raisins did not go as fast as they did at the start.

By Luke.