Interschool Speech Champion-Kate

last night I went to the interschool speech FINALS!

At first I was really excited but when I got to the hall I started to get a bit scared. I was told that I was the last speaker "Yay!" I thought but when I was listening to the other kids speeches I was getting a bit worried, they were really good.

When they called my name to tell me to go up, I was SO scared but when I started I got a nice calm feeling.

Then the judges went to decide, I went over to my Mum and Dad. They told me that I was really good and that I might win.

When the judges came back in I went back to my seat. Then they told everyone who came 3rd then 2nd and then 1st... I came 1st!!!!!

I went over to the judges and got the cup they also gave me a $50 gift card to Postie Plus.

We went home and I got in to bed.

"Thank gosh," I thought, "I'm glad I got that off my chest!"

This is my speech;

http://npsrm3.wikispaces.com/Kate

Jasmine, Heleni & Shaquille Science Fair

THE BIG BANG
We investigated what brand of Cola made Mentos lollies explode the biggest.

We tried Homebrand & CocaCola. We should have tested three brands so there would be three variables but we couldn't.

We discovered that Coca-cola created the biggest explosion.

Homework -Speech Making.

Homework for last week was speeches- see Homework books.

This week we are presenting our speeches. We are being assessed in three different ways! By Mrs McRobert, by ourselves and by a peer (buddy) Whew...

We are being marked on;

introduction, content (is it on track and relevant), conclusion, and delivery (eye contact, voice, use of notes, and language choices).

Can you help by listening at home and commenting on ways we are doing well and ways to improve in these areas.

Looking forward to Camp 2009 @ Marahau

Kate and Laura's science fair

Our experiment was ''How do different exercises affect your pulse and breathing rate''

Our purpose was that we wanted to know which exercise makes us burn the most calories so we can be fit!

Devonne and Tunisia Science fair

Our Experiment is "What brand of flour bakes the best chocolate cakes?".

Our Purpose was to find the best quality flour.

We descovered Pam's standard white flour is a better quality flour.

Josh and Cailan Science Fair

We did our science fair experiment to answer the question "What sugar coated chocolate melts fastest?"

We discovered that Pebbles melted the slowest and Smarties melted the fastest.

This means that if you buy these lollies in summer, Pebbles will last the longest.