Week 5

Wow we are half way through the term already! After a couple of very busy weeks we are all happy and settled back to our work in Rawe.  We are very proud of our ongoing achievements with Math Whizz, with several of our students taking out last weeks progress certificates.  Keep up the great work guys!  It is also lovely to see all of our children out and about with their sun hats on.  We should now all be ready for when the sun decides to come out again.  If you haven't already done so, can you please check with your child whether they have their sun hat at school ready to go. Thank you.  We are now working in groups to plan, make, fly and refine paper planes as part of our Inquiry.  We have been having a lot of great conversations about 'why' our planes have/have not flown well and what changes we could make to them to get them flying further. By the end our the week your child should have posted on their own blog, a picture and blurb of their paper plane.  Check them out and ask your child about the refinements that they made.

Sharing our Writing

Today we have been sharing our stories with a buddy so that we can give feedback to each other and make our work even better.

Sorting and Classifying Shapes

Today in our math workshops we looked at similarities and differences between different 2D shapes.  We learnt about what an Edge is and what a Vertice is. Do you know how many vertices a circle has? We do!

Shapes Shapes Shapes!

Sebastian has been working on a shape creation. Here is his camp fire creation, which is made up of a triangle, a circle and a trapezoid.

Week 4

What a busy week we have this week! Pet Day on Monday and the Zone Soccer Tournament on Wednesday. You might find that the children need a bit of a rest by the weekend.
We are working on the technology part of our inquiry this week as we see an opportunity and design a solution for this. We are making paper planes and seeing which one can fly the furtherest. You might see some amazing designs coming home.
It is great to see that so many children have their drink bottles and brain food at school as this makes it easy for them to eat and drink when they feel the need to have something.
We have been working hard on our fractions of shapes at Maths time. We know that some shapes can't be halved and that thirds of a circle is hard to find!

We had a great day on Monday. The children really enjoyed all the fun activities at the Agri kids competition. You can see Finn P about to toss a gumboot into a sack. Way to go Finn!

Technology in Action

As part of our inquiry we are planning, creating, testing and refining paper planes.