Geometry

Our next maths unit is on geometry.

Here is a really cool game as an introduction to angles as part of our unit.

It takes a while to load but is worth the wait!

Current Events

Today for Current Events we talked about the rugby union in Auckland that has decided to cap their rugby scores at 35. We discussed whether this should be done across all children's sports. Check out our responses below.

 

 

On Monday 13th June Mr Baylis spent the day with the Turuturu School Singers.

It was a fabulous full-on day!! Check out what we got up to below.

Tonight was the Hawera Schools Singing Festival at the AOG Church in Hawera.

I would like to say a massive CONGRATULATIONS to those that participated!! You stood tall, sung strong, and made me very proud to be your trainer!!

Our attention now turns to the 'Kids 4 Kids' concert next Monday 13th June, and "The Kids Sing' concert next Thursday 16th June so keep practising and achieving!!

Mr Baylis

Our Stuck Stories

We have been focussing on developing the depth in our writing by using the 'show don't tell' technique and by describing the setting and character.

To make things interesting we also included the problem of the character being stuck in some form.

Have a read of our work below by clicking on the image



P.S. Voting for the Road Safety songs closes next Friday so get your votes in quick!!

We are currently learning about hazards and how to stay safe. A key idea we have come to as a class is that we need to be prepared for potential hazards by knowing what to do.


We analysed 2 songs about crossing the road, one by the wiggles and one by the funky monkeys. We completed a PMI chart to find the Positive aspects, Minus aspects, and things we'd improve. 


We then used this information and created our own crossing the road songs based on the following criteria:


- It has to include 3-4 messages about how to cross the road safely.
- The tune should be based off a nursery rhyme or other basic tune.
- Where possible the song should rhyme.

To make things interesting we're running another poll to see who you think wrote the best song using the criteria.

So please click on the Road Safety Song Page at the top of the blog, check them all out and vote using our poll on the side bar under the calendar.

Key Competency

For our Key Competency learning we are continuing to Manage Ourself and Relate to Others.

The task this week is to find the answer to the following problem.

How many squares are on a chessboard?

Best of luck!!

Last Friday Mr Baylis took 3 students to a Skipping Leadership Course in New Plymouth.

It was a fun but challenging day, check out the video below to view.

We've been discussing Hazards in Room 1 lately. An interesting comment was made by one of our students that "Everything is a hazard". We then discussed at length whether this statement is true or not, for example is a window a hazard? "yes because it may smash and cut you."

So Mr Baylis asked Room 1 that if everything is a hazard then he should be wearing a safety helmet all of the time, safety glasses,  thick leather clothing and steel capped boots. This was met with a chorus of "don't be silly" "you can't live like that" etc.

So Room 1 came to the conclusion that yes there are potential hazards everywhere, but the key thing is to be prepared if one arises. By being prepared we mean knowing what to do to manage that situation.

We've taken this idea of being prepared and analysed 2 road safety songs - one by the wiggles, one by the funky monkeys. We then completed a PMI chart about the message the songs were providing. The final aspect to our task is to take our analysis and create our own road safety song. 

We'll continue working hard on them and if possible will post them on here for you to enjoy.

Our Poll Results

Our poll has now closed with 14 votes and with 64% saying no parents should not be able to call their children whatever they want to.

This has generated great discussion within the class with these key points being raised,

- There's a difference between being creative and being silly.

- Parents need to realise that the child has to grow up with that name.

- If someone doesn't like their name they can just go and change it.

- A name shouldn't matter as long as there are people to support that person.

Thankyou to those who voted.

Have a great weekend.