Our Worms are finding new homes

Today we wrote an explanation as to why we have a worm farm and how it works. Some of the children in the class are going to to make their own worm farms at home

Jake with his own worm farm

Lincoln looking for worms for his new wormfarm

The worms in their new home, off to Lincoln's house

Maths problem of the week

Well done again Baillie, Hannah and Estelle for successfully completing last weeks problem, you girls really have your thinking caps on

This weeks problem
Grandpa has some yummy surprises in his pockets, I wonder how many there are?

Grandpa's Chocolates

Grandpa has five pockets in his jacket. In one pocket he has one chocolate. In another pocket he has two chocolates. In another he
has double that many chocolates. In yet another he has double that many and in the fifth pocket he has double that many again.
How many chocolates does Grandpa have in his jacket?

1. The Problem
2, Working it out
3. The solution
4. Reflection

Good Luck

Problem Solving

We are beginning to turn into problem solvers

Going further in Inquiry

Children picking their own paths based on their developing knowledge and interest in our inquiry about gold

Our resident clown

We are very proud of you Leah

Movie making

We made a start on our class movie, a long way to go.

Group Projects, Gold its uses as a result of its properties

Harrison, Hannah, Maddy and Reagan

Sophie, Leah, James and Anthony

Jacob, Lachie and Jack

Estelle, Baillie and Sam

Molly, Millie and Lincoln


Well done guys. This is co-operative learning. Look what you can produce when you work together. Two more projects to come. Watch this space.

Maths Problem of the week

Well done to Baillie, Hannah and Caleb for successfully completing last weeks problem of the week. Top effort guys

This weeks problem
PIGS AND DUCKS

Pigs and Ducks
Jennie the old sheep dog is lazing around in the paddock near the house.

She counts the number of animals in the paddock. There are 11 of them, pigs and ducks. Then her eye runs over the legs. She sees 28 legs. How many ducks are there?


Remember
1. The Problem
2. Working it out (show all your workings)
3. The solution (answer the question)
4. Reflection (What strategy did you use?)

hint: I would try guess and check and maybe drawing a picture. I would ask myself how
many legs does a pig have? and how many does a duck have? I wonder???

Good Luck

Gold interactive activity

http://www.nma.gov.au/interactives/tlf/gold_rush_5-6/index.html

Working cooperatively, Inquiry learning, science project gold

Try our slideshow creator at Animoto.

Fun at lunch

Make a video of your own at Animoto.

Kahurangi performance

Kahurangi performance

Drama with Evelyn Mann

Maths problem of the week

Just like our Friday optional letter homework you can choose to solve this problem or not. If you choose to solve it, bring it completed to school on Friday. Remember the steps
1. The problem
2. Working it out
3. The solution
4. Reflection

GOOD LUCK

Here is a 3-section matchstick fence.
How many matchsticks would it take to make an 8-section
fence?

Soccer with room 2

Pre soccer warm up

Having fun at lunch time

Emma and Ben from room 9 came to our class at lunchtime for a blogging session. This turned out to be a lot of fun. After being inspired by room 3's 'blog baby' the guys along with Lincoln and Jacob explored voki to create Bananas the monkey. Now we just need to learn to put it into our gadgets... next weeks learning guys

Les (Goldsmith) sharing his knowledge

Thank you so much Les Riddell for giving up your time and bringing your knowledge and tools along to share with us

The Goldfields Mining Centre

Trip to The Goldfields Mining Centre

How to pan for gold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ957FBqbSk

Custom Glitter Text

Dave and Karla share their ideas and skills about movie making, how lucky are we?

Movie Making with Dave and Karla

Today a small group of children worked on movie making skills