On Tuesday the 8th of November at Kaikoura Primary School we had a inter-school T-ball Tournament. Our team was called Suburban Strikers.

The first match was against St Josephs Saints. My team, the Strikers, got off to a good start with Allie achieving a home run!Then later it was my turn to bat. I swung my bat and the softball went far, far away. I scored a home run! The Strikers went on to win the second and third innings 23 – 11.

The second match was a challenge it was against the Kaikoura Crackers. We thought we had it easy, but no way! The star player of the match was Kahn. One little mistake and you were in trouble! The Crackers were too hard, we lost 28-19.

Kaikoura Crunchers were next in line. This match was a very fast paced match, far throws, lots of catches, quick outs and home runs! My highlight of that match was a home run because the opposition backstop dropped the softball. We lost but only by 32-28.

The last match of the day was against the Inlanders. Wow we really set our eyes on a victory. The Strikers had a very practiced combination. Felix and I were in the diamond and Uriah at first base. We won the match 27-21.

I wish I could of got one more match at this amazing event because it was a very enjoyable event.

By James Sutherland.

Firstly, we met at the railway station.

Next we went inside and watched a movie about safety on the boat. The boat we went was called Tahoura.

Soon we went on the bus to the boat and got our life jackets on.

After we were all seated on the boat we started steaming out of the marina and Andrea (the lady who was talking to us) started showing us photos of whales and dolphins.

Then we stopped and a crew member went out to listen for a clicking sound with a sounder.  He heard a whale so we raced and saw it.
The whale’s tail was an amazing sight to see.

Then we moved on to see millions of dolphins swimming all around the boat.

On the way back it was fun because we got to watch a movie about whales but it was a very,very long trip back.

It was a great trip and I really enjoyed it.

I hope I get to go on it again.

By Holly

Sperm Whale tail

First we watched a safety movie so that we were safe.

Next we got on a bus and I sat next to my dad.

Then we got on the boat, I chose a seat to sit on. Then the boat started to move away from shore. Andrea introduced her name to the kids, parents and teachers.
Andrea taught us about whales and what they eat.

Soon we got to go outside the boat. I saw a whale, it dived and I saw its tail, it was beautiful. Then we had to go inside.

Later we saw a big pod of Dusky Dolphins. We got to go outside and see them up close.

Unfortunately lots of people and I got sea sick.

Finally we went to shore. It was fun to see the whales. I learnt that whales eat squid, whales can dive for 45 minutes
and whales make a clicking sound with their noses and an echoing sound to catch their prey.

Thankyou to Kaikoura Whale Watch for letting Kaikoura Suburban School come go on the Whale Watch trip. I think it was a great experience for my first time and I would recommend it to everyone.
by Grace

Quotes from the students sharing their new learning:
Allie reflected, “Silver plastic wrappers can’t be recycled or reused. We need to find some without.”
Felix reflected, “Kaikoura allows us to recycle most of our plastic.”
Katie reflected, “Reduce means to buy in bulk to reduce the amount of rubbish and to reduce the cost.”
Hannah H reflected, ” We need to reuse our packaging more eg. plant seedlings, water bottles, food storage..”
James reflected, “Reduce is the most part of the ‘Rubbish pyramid.”
Stacey reflected, “Kaikoura people should be strict with their recycling to prevent our landfills filling up.”

It would be exciting to see all of our rubbish that leaves our school go into the recyclable bins with no rubbish for the landfill!

Icecream in a bag,  made glue and cheese from milk, fried green eggs by adding the natural juice of a red cabbage  to the egg white.  The natural juice is an alkaline which changed the egg from white to green.
Over the weekend we have had a hardboiled egg in vinegar.  As vinegar is an acid this reacted  with the calcium carbonate of the egg and it’s shell.  We found that the acid had totally dissolved the shell of the egg and the egg was bouncy.

We have broken into groups to share our own choice of kitchen chemistry.
One of the group made  rock candy and that is setting and forming crystals, another group has made  a folding egg, another group is going to make a lemonade volcano and another group made a speedy reaction with coke and mintos.

Kitchen chemistry is a cool way of learning about procedural text.

by Taylor and Hannah H

Katie preparing for the reaction

If you click on the picture below it will show you a list of all the recommended items you will need.

I don’t have a survival kit so I’m going to complete the task as well. If you have already got one organised then don’t worry, you are sorted!

Pukeko class please take a photograph and bring to school. Come on everyone, lets get organised!