We had lots of fun exploring the snow with our friends!
Clay
Today we were able to get out the clay out and start making our clay owls. We practised using the clay to make different shapes. We then started to make the clay owls themselves. Some of us found it hard to add detail without cutting all the way through the clay, or that the clay… Read more »
Fractions
We have been learning about fractions. We used multi links to make and compare fractions. We noticed that 1/2 is the same as 2/4. We also found out that 1/2 is bigger than 1/3. We then found out that 1/2 is the same as 0.5!
Twilight Event
A few pictures of tonight’s activities. More to follow soon. A big thank you to all those adults who stayed and helped out – Mr Salmon
PE – Tag Rugby
Today in tag ruby we worked on attacking and defending. Coach Jack taught us a game where we had to try and get the rugby ball from the opponents half before getting tagged. This was especially hard because the other team was doing the same thing at he same time!
Repeated subtraction
Today we practised another way to share using subtraction. We used a number line to count back in the number we were sharing. We found the number of jumps we did was the answer to the problem. This is 45 shared by 5. There are 9 yellow rods (these are worth 5) so 9 is… Read more »
Science – Light
Today we performed an experiment looking at light. We made spectroscopes help us see what light is made up from. We then looked at how light is made up of different colours that combine to a ‘white’ light that we notice around us. Finally we wrote a recount of what we did and reported on… Read more »
Reasoning
Today we continued sharing. We used chocolate to focus our minds 🙂 . In the problem we had chocolate laid out on each table. On one there were 12 pieces, another 6 and the last 3. We could choose to stand by a table and share out the chocolate on that table. The first time… Read more »
Fact Files – extra detail
Today we added extra detail to our writing. We wrote fact files about ourselves using adjectives, connectives and prepositions. Here are some of fact files in progress. Finally we looked at each other’s work and reflected on what we liked: I liked the word choices. – Caitlyn It was funny to read. – Ruby I… Read more »
Class assembly
Today we enjoyed sharing our learning with the school and parents during our class assembly. We worked together to plan and explain what we had improved at already this term.