An Interview with Mr Upston

Mr Upston is the student teacher in our class this term. He is learning to be a teacher and is practising his skills in our class for 5 weeks.

We think he is really cool!

The interviewers and camera operators are Natalia and Nikau. This is their first attempt at interviewing.

"It's raining in Room 2 ."

We made rain in Room 2 today. We put some water in a bowl and heated it up just as the sun heats up the water in the lake. We put a plate with ice on it on top of the bowl to represent the very cold clouds. We waited for a few minutes and watched. Very soon the warm steam rose up and hit the cold cloud and condensed into rain drops of liquid water. We saw some drop back into the "lake" below.

Lava lamps in Room2

As part of our science studies we made a lava lamp in Room 3. We learned that oil and water don't mix.

Mother's Day in Auckland

Here I am in Auckland spending Mother's Day with one of my daughters and one of my sons as well as the grandchildren. Lovely presents this morning and morning tea. Off to the cafe called Catroux where my granddaughter works to have a coffee before I hop on the bus to go back to Rotorua . See you all in Room 2 (14) tomorrow!