The Camping Trip

For three days a boy called Sam went to a camp called Cooba. Sam went to Cooba with a school group. He was in a cabin with seven friends. On Sam’s first day he was going to an activity of Earth ball. We had a big ball shaped as the earth. It weighed about 25kg. Sam’s Group carried this easily. They had to pick the ball up and walk to the end of the tennis court and back then throw it over the net. The opposing team had to catch the ball. If they let the ball fall then Sam’s Team got a point. At the end Sam’s team lost.

Then Sam Walked back up to the camp to have some free time. Sam enjoyed this because he could go and lie on his bed and rest. After free time Sam went to have dinner. For dinner there was baked beans on toast and lasagne. After dinner Sam had a trivia night. The questions were quite hard. Then Sam went to sleep. The next day was when Farrer arrived. The activities this day were Dune Buggies, Archery and the big swing. First Sam had the dune buggies.

They were hard to drive. Next we had Archery. First there was a circle then we had to try and shoot arrows into. Next there was a target. Sam had to count our points as he went. The team at the end had 129 points. At the end Sam had a large red mark on his arm from where the string of the bow hit him. Next was the big swing. He had joined the front of the line. But Sam went on second. The swing went about 50ft. Sam had the most fun he had ever had at Cooba.

Pirate Haiku

You are a pirate
If you like to sail the seas
You are a pirate

Stalactites and Stalagmites

What you need to make stalactites:
two glass jars
two fishing sinkers
Epsom salts
string
a small plate

What to do:
1. Fill the glass jars with hot water from the tap and stir in about one tablespoon of Epsom salts. 2. Wet a piece of 18 inch long string, tie a sinker to either end and hang it in the water.
3. Leave it undisturbed in a warm place for about a week.
4. Come back daily and check it out, but dont touch it.

Stalactite and Stalagmite Word Bank

Icicle, water, cave, underground, dissolve, cold, epsom salt, frozen, Stalacltite, Stalagmite, frozen, snow, Winter, long, drip

Jolly Jelly!

What you need to make a jelly rainbow:

Measuring jug
Boiling water
125 mls Cold water
125 mls
Packets of different colored jelly

Directions:

1. Empty jelly crystals into a measuring jug.
2. Add half a cup of boiling water. Get an adult to do this.
3. When it is stirred together, add a half cup of cold water.
4. Stir until the jelly crystals are completely dissolved.
5. Pour into a container and refrigerate until it is almost set.
6. Do steps one to five several times using different colors of jell7.
7. Use a glass container to layer the many colors of jelly to make a rainbow effect. Refrigerate until it is set hard.

Questions:Did you ever drink unset jelly? Try it, you might like it!

Did you ever try to make a jelly sculpture?

Facts:
In 1845, industrialist Peter Cooper (who built the first American steam-powered locomotive, the Tom Thumb), obtained a patent for making powdered gelatin.- Some discontinued flavors are: Italian salad, pickle and bubble gum.

The lyrics for the Aeroplane Jelly Song:

I like Aeroplane Jelly, Aeroplane Jelly for me.
I like it for dinner, I like it for tea,
A little each day is a good recipe!
The quality's high, as the name will imply,
It's made from pure fruit - one more good reason why

I like Aeroplane Jelly, Aeroplane Jelly for me!

Rainbows

Rainbows are made from water and sun light. Rarely you might see a rainbow that has red on the inside and violet on the outside.

Where you can find a rainbow:

On a fish tank
At the beach
Somewhere it's raining

Colours of the rainbow:
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
indigo
violet

Vicious Volcanoes

A volcano is a mountain that has a giant hole in the top. There is a tunnel going from the hole to the centre of the Earth. Whenever a volcano erupts some magma escapes from the Earth and bursts out the hole.

Some famous volcanoes:


Mt. Vesuvius
Krakatoa
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Saint Helens Volcano
Mt. Rinjani
Diamond Head

Pancake Palace!

Ingredients:

1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup milk
1 egg

Method:

1. Pre-heat a large non-stick frying pan.
2. Add all ingredients into a bowl and mix until combined.
3. Lightly grease the pan with butter or cooking spray.
4. Cook large spoonfuls of batter until bubbles burst on top and the edges start to go dry.
5. Turn and cook other side until golden.

Have you tried these toppings?

Maple syrup, lemon juice and sugar, jam.

Seahorses have a secret..

And the secret is the male the eggs. Seahorses live in small compacted places. They like to eat shrimp and lots of other small kinds of fish. The eggs are in their for nine days then they hatch. Some Seahorses hatch 2-3,000 eggs. There are 32 different species of seahorses. They live from three to five years in the wild. The latin name for a seahorse is hippocampus.