The CBS Culture Parade

It is interesting to discover how many different ethnicities we have at Cockle Bay School.  Students come from a vast number of different countries.  To celebrate this, it was decided to have a Culture Parade.  Everyone, students and teachers, could come to school dressed in ways to demonstrate country.  After we had shared our cultures in our classrooms, the whole school had a parade around the filed before morning tea.

Later on, in Maths we did cultural statistics.  We collected our data, displayed on a bar chart as well as a pice chart, and then wrote sensible sentences about what we could see.

The CBS Robot Challenge

To finish the Robots Rule theme, every class completed a robot challenge.  The robot challenge in Room 18 was to design and build a robot that could carry a Christmas card to a buddy.  We worked in small groups, and used recycled materials from home, simple circuit equipment such as battery packs, motors, buzzers, fans and leads.  Some people also used conductive play dough and LED lights,

After we had designed, built and tested our robots, we were able to walk around the school and visit other classes to see what they had done.

Robot Demonstration

We were very lucky in Rooms 18 and 19, because we were the only people in the whole school who had a robot demonstration.  Mr McCloughen brought a robot from his factory and set it up in Room 18  to show us how it worked.  

Through questions and answers, we found out that more and more robots are being used in different industries to do all sorts repetitive dangerous or difficult jobs that help humans, such as lifting heavy boxes and fitting precise fixtures in place over, and over and over again.  

The hard part for humans is to make computer programmes that are precise enough to instruct the robot exactly what to do.  It was interesting to think that robots can work all night in the dark and can send a text to their human supervisor on their mobile phone if they have a technical problem.  

After his demonstration, some people were able to have a go at instructing it themselves.  

Electrical Circuits

In our theme, Robots Rule, was have been learning about electrical circuits and robotics.  We have been learning that circuits need to be closed so that the electrical charge can flow.

We made our own simple electrical circuits using the components from Brain Box and squidgy circuits, where you use conductive play dough instead of electrical wire.

Cockle Bay Fun Run

Everyone at Cockle Bay ran in the Fun Run.  We were very lucky in Room 18 because Ruby took most of these photos for us.

Even the teachers could fit through the hoops!

Class running relays

After the Senior Athletes Day was abandoned because of the rain, we had to wait a whole week to do the class running relays on the field at Cockle Bay.

The girls' class relay team

The boys' class relay team

And the girls are off!

Finn running strongly on his leg of the relay.

Ayan running as fast as he can.

Ella working hard to catch up

Kabel pumping those legs!

Afterwards, we watched the other year groups race - but some people were not watching as attentively as others!

Senior Athletics Day

Years 3 - 6 had Senior Athletics Day on 27th October at Howick College.  Unfortunately, it was a rainy day so the high jump was moved to under the dome at Cockle Bay for safety. 

Fantastic jump by Kayden L

Kate O clears the bar.

Elsie prepares to land

Ella caught mid flight on camera!

Isabel ready to launch herself

Awesome landing, Brooke!

Kyan is up and over!

Finn's best jump

Luka's run up . . . ready to spring into action!