Zoo Sleepover Photos

Check out some of these photos from the first zoo sleepover trip...

Some fun at the ASB Sports centre trip yesterday!

Bridges

This week we've been exploring the special considerations builders need to take into account when creating structures in Wellinnton. Our inquiry task is to build a bridge that is strong enough to hold a specific weight and withstand some of Wellington's unique natural forces: Wild weather and earthquakes!

Wellington's Weather & Renewable Power

Yesterday in Kake, we explored Wellington's unique weather and how it changes throughout the year. We discovered that Wellington has a lot of wind, fast moving tides and a surprising amount of sunlight hours. We then set to work, designing inventions that harness this natural energy to generate renewable electricity. Check out some of our work...

What makes a great suburb?

What makes a great suburb? See what our class thinks...

Inquiry Questions

Today we generated some inquiry questions about what we want to learn about Wellington. They needed to be deep questions with more than one possible answer. These are all the questions Kake class came up with.

You can watch last week's Middle Pod assembly through this link...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scDG2JuWkxI&feature=youtu.be&safe=active

Enjoy :)

Technology Chalenge

Teams work hard to create a Santa and fairy costume for a last minute mid-winter Christmas party!

Japanese Rice Cake Pounding

We were lucky enough to be involved in a Japanese rice cake pounding experience yesterday. All of us got a chance to pound the rice and enjoy the finished cakes with soy sauce and brown sugar!

Our first technology challenge

We had 20 minutes to build a device that could launch a marble 3 meters along the floor to hit a target. We were only allowed 6 pieces of newspaper, 1 meter of Sellotape and a pair of scissors.

Middle Pod Assembly

Sorry that this is a bit late!  TOBY

Manon's Bottle Rocket!

Thanks very much to Manon and Rebecca who shared their bottle rocket experiment with the class today, it was incredibly exciting! You can learn how to make your own at home by following this link...

www.science-sparks.com

Then search "bottle rocket"

Mars Rovers

Morag & Jake's awesome Mars rovers!!!

Space Seeds

Our space seeds are making interesting progress. The left half are the ones from space and the right half are the ones from Earth.

Cross-Country Inter-Schools

Well done to everyone who had a go at CDPS cross-country and congratulations to those who made it to the inter-school event today! Emily Mora and Luke Flowerdew have both made it to the Wellington Regionals... Awesome effort!

Seeds from space!

Yesterday we were visited by an astronaut and a real scientist. They delivered some seeds that have been to space and exposed to the harsh UV rays. We will be planting these as well as seeds from the same batch that haven't been to space as a control so we can monitor any differences.

Our trip to Carter Observatory

Our whole pod experienced space in a fun, hands-on trip to Carter observatory this week! We explored the solar system and its patterns as well as discussing the possibility of life existing elsewhere in space. If you haven't been to Carter observatory since they refurbished it, we'd thoroughly recommend the trip!

Goodtime Music Concert

We were lucky enough to have a lunchtime performance from these guys today!

Maths in Kake this week

This week we were learning to multiply 2-digit numbers by multiplying the tens and ones separately. Here's a great example of Arya's working out...

One of our Monarch butterflies hatching...

The whole middle pod performing "Hei Runga" at Monday's Pod Pow Wow...

Gardening

Last Thursday we were lucky enough to have Morag and Jake's Mum, Jo come in to do some gardening with us. We prepared the soil, everyone got to plant something and as a bonus, we got to pick and keep a fresh carrot each!

Welcome!

Kia Ora Koutou and Welcome to Kake's Blog!

This is a place where you can catch up on what we're getting up to in Kake and will be used in addition to email to inform you of any important information.

Keep checking back here regularly to stay up to date!

Nga Mihi Nui

Ben Young