Stories, Inquiry and Swimming

This week Theresa has been reading us a story after lunch each day. So far we have read 'The Last Resort' by J.Patrick Lewis and Roberto Innocenti, 'My Uncle is a Hunkle' by Lauren Child, 'The Whisper' by Nick Butterworth, and 'Billy' by Kate De Goldi. They were all very different from each other.

On Thursday, some children went to the Central Zone swimming sports.

The people from our class who went were Asia, Hannah, Jessica, Jackson, Charquera and Daniel. Jackson got into the Inter-Zone. Jude taught us for the day because Theresa took them.

The students have been giving their Inquiry Presentations to the class.

It has been very interesting as the students asked some very good questions to research and have found a great deal of information about life on the Nile, both past and present. Well done guys! (Theresa)

Next week will be Book Week. We will be having a teacher come into our class every day after lunch to read us a book. On Friday, students are asked to dress up as a favourite book character. We hope EVERYONE will participate in dressing up.

We will also be visited by two children's authors on Thursday, Janice Marriott and Jan Farr. Have a look at Janice's website to learn about what she has written. http://www.janicemarriott.com/ (Theresa)

Also next week, a lot of people are going to the Winter Sports Festival with Theresa. They will be doing soccer, netball, mini-ball or hockey.

It has been a great week!

By Asia and Olive

Maths Week

This week has been so fantastic!

We have been doing a lot of maths and went to an art gallery.

We used the laptops every day for Maths Week (as well as our normal maths).


We did a Survivor Series and a Daily Challenge on the Maths Week website.


At the end of the week, the clues we found on the website questions gave us words that led us to the secret spot in the classroom to find the Maths Week Prize Tickets!


On Friday we took Room Ten (the five year olds) down to to Real Art Roadshow that was in a big caravan outside parliament.

It was really amazing.

You can look at some of the other pictures we saw and more on their website by clicking on this link http://www.realartroadshow.co.nz/

Have a great week!

By Eleanor and Dylan

Maths Week Link

This week is Maths week in New Zealand/Aotearoa.

Click on the link below to register yourself for the Daily Challenges and the Survivor Series.

There are prizes to be won and a lot of fun learning along the way.

We will take 30 minutes after morning tea each day to complete some of the activities on this page. If you are keen on winning prizes, I suggest you spend time at home exploring more mathematical situations on this great website.

I also encourage you to get your family involved at least one night this week with the daily Family Fun challenges.

http://www.mathsweek.org.nz/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Remember, you have to register yourself first and then log in to take part.