Week 4 - Maths Week Ponder

Kia Ora Bloggers,

This week we are participating in Primary Science Maths week.  You can find out more by visiting this website: www.mathsweek.co.nz.   There are heaps of exciting activities and challenges to complete.  The books that we are reading this week will also look at different parts of Maths.  

Today, we started the article Amazing Algorithms.  It got us thinking about what algorithms are and how often we use Maths every day.  This week, our blog ponder is to think about the times that we use Maths during our day.  

Have a think and add your ideas to our blog ponder. Remember to think carefully, add your ideas in one post in a Cybersmart way and then get a buddy to check your comment before you post.  We look forward to reading your ideas

Cross Country Learning

Talofa lava bloggers,

For the past two weeks, we have been focusing our reading on the theme of Cross Country, exercise and fitness.  We have read lots used this to create new understanding.  Firstly, we connected and explained important words about this topic. You can look at the connections Rayhan made here.

We read about the positives and negatives of running and Cross Country.  With this in mind, we added our own ideas to our class padlet. Check out our ideas.

Finally, we thought about what we had read to create an infographic about Cross Country or Exercise. This was a great way to summarise what we had been learning. Have a look at our DLO creations below.


We'd appreciate a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment below.

Week 10 - Cross Country Blog Ponder

This week we are reading about exercising, cross country and keeping fit and healthy.  Our school Cross Country is coming up next week.  Read the ponder and then add your personal connection to our class discussion.

Week 8 and 9 - Precious Water

Kia Ora Bloggers,

Did you know that the greater Auckland region is currently facing water restrictions?  As part of our reading programme, we have been exploring water, the way we use water and what happens in droughts.  We started by sharing what we already know to our class padlet.

This week we investigated these water saving tips.  Our challenge was to classify the tips. We had to decide if each idea was something that we understood and could do or something that we would need to find out more about.  Once the sorting was finished, we connected to one tip and described how we could make this work.

 

The water restrictions also mean that the use of outdoor hoses is banned.  To bring all of our learning together we had a creative session.  Our challenge was to design and create a device that we could use to collect rainwater and use in our class watering can.  You can see our creative class members in action below.

 

Term One Week 8 Insects ponder

Last week, during reading, we read lots of about insects and the ways they can help or harm us. We were trying to find out what would happen if there were no more insects left in the world. With this information in mind, we have a question for you to respond to...

Remember to check that your comment answers the ponder, is written in full sentences, has correct punctuation and makes sense.

Week 5 - Sea Week

We celebrated Sea Week at school last week.  Our literacy and numeracy learning was based around experiences related to the sea.  We investigated the theme for sea week which was Connecting With Our Seas and the whakatauki: Ko au te moana, ko te moana ko au  –  I am the sea, the sea is me. You can find out more here.  

On Monday, we experimented with the filter feeders mussels.  Mussels do a super job of filtering seawater.  You can find out more about mussels and the important job they do here.  Unfortunately, our experiment wasn't very successful but we hope to have a go another time.

Following that, we completed some shared reading, looking at the Science Hub website and also investigating the story Kutai in the school journal.  From all of this knowledge, we started to create some infographics, explaining what mussels are and why they are important for healthy seas.  You can see our experiment in action, and some of our infographics in the slideshow below.

We would love to hear what you think.  Please leave us a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment.