Week 4 - Maths week in Te Ana Ako

This week, Te Ana Ako have been celebrating the annual New Zealand maths week event.  We, along with many other students around the country have participated in daily challenges.  You can find out more about these challenges at the official website here.  https://www.mathsweek.co.nz/  Below, you can see some of our students collaborating to solve these problems.

We have also been focusing on Maths in different areas of the curriculum.  In writing, we have been creating stories inspired by Tangram patterns.  A tangram is a puzzle made up of seven geometric shapes: two large triangles, two small triangles, one medium triangle, a square and a parellalogram. The shapes are then arranged to create pictures. All of the pieces have to be used.  Firstly, we explored these patterns by making the illustrations in a story that Mr Riceman created.  Below you can see Lewis' experimenting with Tangrams in our shared story.

Then we have had the chance to create and describe our own stories. Here are Lily and Londyn's examples below.

Londyn's Tangram Storyboard

Lily's Tangram storyboard

We have been using games to develop our thinking. There are many aspects of maths that can be developed through game play. It has also been a chance for us to enjoy getting to know our other class mates.  We have enjoyed draughts, dominoes, card games, and mancala. We even upcycled egg cartons to create 25 game boards which we will use to play Mancala in our class.  Check out the slideshow below of us playing and creating games and enjoying using with our other Math equipment to develop our thinking.

It has been a great week so far, we are looking forward to the remainder of the week.  We would love some of your feedback below. Please leave us a positive, thoughtful or helpful comment.