Geometry Map

This will record what we're learning for transformation of objects.

Our New Efolio 2008

Here's a link to our 2008 Efolio we have started.

The first things I've added are our video's of the latest qnews for our 'Time and Temperature' topics.

Week 2 Highlights

Here are to some pics from our Market Day today. It's great to see some new products after the holidays! Mitchell's spiders were a real hit today, especially as he sold out! He has applied and been successful with a patent for these little creations.

Dominic is bartering with Stephanie and Diana over some of their 'One Stop Craft Shop' products.
We've been working hard on our 'weighing machines' for maths this term. On Wednesday the groups used their machines to make some salt dough for art. They found it really challenging to use their own weights and capacity measurments to get the dough just right.

Room 12 is making some 'Talking Books' using powerpoint this term. We have been crafting some stories in writing and these stories will be illustrated using a diarama. Shaun's is coming along... can you tell what his story might be about?

Week 1 Highlights

Here are some highlights from this week.
Our Senior Team has started to measure our heart rates during exercise. This is 15 minutes of fast paced action! Can you see the determination to get fit?
Our maths unit this week is all about weight and capacity. In teams of three the students have to make a measuring device to weigh grams and measure volume. Next week we will be mixing some salt dough to make Koru necklaces. Stephanie is weighing some sand to create her own weight device. Her team found out that 1 litre weighs the same as 1 kg!
Samuel's team have created this weighing machine after many trial and errors! Their next step is to create some weights.
Zain is continuing with his 'Piece of Riverdale' picture. Our Connected 'big idea' is about symbols and how they represent ideas and concepts. We are creating some art that represents our Suburb by designing some symbols - birds, the river, the mountains, bushes - that symbolise Riverdale. Below you can see some of his sketch ideas that he got from researching other designs in a Maori 'style' on the Internet.


I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product - watch this space!

Thinking Boards

We're coming to the end of our time with Multiplication and Division. These pictures show us using a 'Thinking Board' to show our understanding of all the different ways a mult question can be thought of.

Have your student's mult / div skills improved this term?