Science investigation

Today in science, we were split into our Lions and Elephants groups. Our task was to predict patterns in our results from graph that shows different types of balls and how high they bounced when they were dropped from 1m. The type of balls we had were the following: A bouncy ball, tennis ball, a tiny silver bauble, a glitter bauble, a large bauble made from cloth, a small bauble made from cloth and a medium sized purple bauble. We all agree that the colour of the balls wouldn't make a difference.
Both groups predicted that the heavier balls (tennis ball and bouncy ball) would bounce back the highest because they were designed to bounce. Not only that, but they would come down to the surface at a greater speed meaning that the impact would be greater.
The baubles we not only the lightest, having the least impact on the surface but they are also decorative items that were not made for the purpose of our experiment.

Here are the balls we tested:

The pattern we discovered in our results matched our prediction, the heavier balls that were designed to bounce did indeed bounce higher. However the lighter balls (all baubles) had a wider range of results, all lower than the heavier balls but some of our results shocked us because they bounced higher than we expected.

Here are our results displayed from each group in a bar graph.

Totem poles - the finished article

Over the last term, we have been creating totem poles. In the beginning we were split into groups and provided with a plain totem pole base. The groups were Lions and Elephants - our class mascots.

The Lion group thought it was suitable to make a Lion King totem pole - there were 7 of us working on this project. We split into pairs to complete each section of the totem pole. Dylan and Bradley created Simba. Kaia and Corey created Pumba. Krysta and Cally created Timon. And finally, Sienna created a Rhino. Kaia stated, "The lion was the hardest to make because Miss Williams gave us a challenge to make a really tricky mouth out of papier mache - but we achieved it!" The final product looks amazing, check it out below:

The Elephants totem pole was based on Classical Disney. The characters we decided to use were: Dumbo, Jiminy Cricket, the dragon from Sleeping Beauty and Mickey Mouse. We started by planning and drawing on the pole, then we painted. Finally we attached the 3D features which you can see below in our picture. Max and Ben created Dumbo, Chloe and Meadow created Jiminy Cricket, Hattie and Grace created the dragon and Harry and Beau created Mickey Mouse. Our end result was awesome!

Mitch Camp

Last week, we got the chance to meet the amazing Mitch Camp, a former pupil of our school. At the age of 24, Mitch has achieved three Special Olympic medals - (one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze). The Special Olympics was held this July in Los Angeles.

This is the Special Olympics motto: Let me win, if not let me be brave in the attempt.


We were all impressed by his cheerfulness and courage - what an inspiration and a great role model.