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Friday 27th October

Maths- Baking

Over the past couple of weeks in Maths, we have been looking at Mass, Volume, and Capacity. Today we got to use some of the things we have learned to do some baking. We looked at measuring the ingredients using kilograms, grams, teaspoons, and milliliters. We used some Halloween cutters to create the shapes of the biscuits. We then got to ice them in fun and colourful ways and then finally eat them! It was a fun way to finish off our Maths unit.

Tuesday 24th October

Maths

Lately in Maths we have been looking at Mass, Volume, and Capacity. Today we did a fun activity where we had to design a boat only using tinfoil. The aim was to see which boat would hold the most marbles before sinking. It was interesting to see the different shapes and designs of the boats. We found out the boats that held the most were the lighter boats with larger surface areas. The boats lasted longer if the marbles were evenly distributed throughout the boat. It was a fun activity that we all enjoyed.

Building the boat

Thinking about the design

James had a good design!

Lincoln's boat finally sinking after holding a lot

This boat held plenty!

Thursday 6th July

Maths

For the last couple of weeks, we have been looking at angles. We learned that a right angle is 90°, an acute angle is anything less than 90°, and an obtuse angle is any angle more than 90° but less than 180°. We practiced measuring several different angles using protractors which proved to be quite difficult! We also measured the angles that the letters in our names provide. It was pretty cool to be able to design some artwork that involved maths!

Friday 12th May

Maori

In the past couple of weeks in Maori our focus has been numbers. We started looking at numbers 1-10 and found that if we learnt these well it is much easier to do higher numbers. Today we even looked at number 100 and 1000! We played a game where we had to match up the cards with the correct Maori word and English number or picture card. Last week we also played a game of bingo which was quite tricky. We are getting very good with our Maori numbers.

All of our pairs matched up!

Monday 3rd April

Maths

Over the last couple of weeks for Maths we have been learning about Measurement, in particular length and area. Everyone has been very independent and have been working through tasks like measuring how many people can squeeze into a cube, how long different objects around the classroom are and working out what the perfect chair would be for your height. It has been great to see the children so engaged with their learning.

Wednesday 12th October

Maths- Statistics

Lately in Maths we have been learning about statistics. Everyone had to plan and conduct an investigation based around sports questions. Some questions posed were:

How many sit ups can the Middle Room do in a minute?

How many skips in a minute can you do?

How long can you hang from the monkey bars?

How much does your breathing change before and after exercise?

What is the average height of gymnastic bridges in the Middle Room?

We have been collecting this information this week and although it was hard at times, it was great to integrate some fitness into our maths. We have been having a discussion about things that can affect our data and what this would do to our results and findings. Our next step will be to analyse the data and write a report about what we find.

How many sit ups can we do?

Push ups are hard!

Taylor and Julienne skipping hard!

Running hard!

How long can we hang from the bars?

Esther measuring Courtney's bridge.

Thursday 22nd September

Sports Activator

We have has a busy last week at school. We had a great day for Greer to visit to have another session of touch skills. We start off with some warm-up games which were a lot of fun. Then it was time to practice our skills especially passing and stepping. We round off with a quick game which was very fast paced. We are all improving so much each time Greer visits. These lessons are going to help many of us with our after school touch.

Practicing our passing.

Keep an eye on the ball.

Rats and Rabbits!

Testing our reactions.

Georgia on the run!

George stepping.

Baking

The past few weeks for Maths we have been learning about fractions. We have all worked hard and learned a lot. For our reward for working hard this term Miss Chapman let us do some baking! We had to deal with lots of measurements like ½ cup, ⅓ cup and tsp. The class split into two groups and made lolly cake and russian fudge. They both tasted so yum! Unfortunately we didn’t take any photos of the end products as they were gobbled up so quickly!

James checking Bree has measured correctly.

Flynn stirring the fudge. It was delicious!

Oral Presentation Day

This term our inquiry has been focussed around Then and Now. We have looked at things from the past to what they are like now. These included transport, household items, clothes, and schools. We have worked really hard to produce a speech about a topic we are passionate about. Today was the day we presented them to the whole school, parents and friends of the school. We were all very nervous but everyone of us did a fantastic job. Then it was time to perform our dances we have been learning with Kayleigh Broad after lunch on Thursdays. These were performed down at the hall and we got a big crowd watching us. We got a lot of great feedback that we did an awesome job! Check out some photos of us delivering our speeches and our Then and Now dance performance.