Science Fair Winners

Oakura School Year 4 to 6 team won the $500 prize for the most entries at the recent science fair. All the students worked very hard to create their poster boards and models related to energy in Taranaki. We are proud of each and every one of them. Special mention to Holly for coming 4th and Sam and Robert for winning best poster board. Awesome effort!

Science Fair Success

Holly won 4th prize at the Science Fair last week with her poster board and model that explained how solar energy works. She created a fantastic model of a classroom and even hand painted the students and teacher that feature in her model. A well deserved result Holly. Proud of you.

Year 6 Amazing Race

All the Year 6 students from Oamata School, Coastal Taranaki School and Oakura School met this afternoon at Oakura School to take part in the Amazing Race. All students had a great time in their teams, meeting new people and completing a range of activities. A fun afternoon for everyone.

Drama

Students are really enjoying their drama sessions with their drama leaders. Thanks so much - loads of fun.

Chemistry - Acids and Bases

Room 7 have been learning about acids and bases. We learnt that pH stands for power of hydrogen. We also learnt that the pH scale goes from 0 to 14 with 1 being very acidic and 14 being a high base. Liquids at either end of the scale can be very damaging to skin etc. Liquids with a pH of 7 are neutral - such as distilled water (water that's been boiled and the condensation collected).

Human Power Generator

Today Room 7 students used the human power generator so they could identify the different amount of power required to run a traditional light bulb that uses filaments compared with a LED light bulb.

Cycle Skills

Room 7 students enjoyed a day with the experts from Sports Taranaki who taught them all about how to be safe when out and about on their bikes.