Writing and Maths Preparation

We have hit the ground running for our first day back. 

Today in writing we watched a video clip about a boy travelling to the moon in a rocket. We began discussing what holiday we would travel back to and throughout the week we will be sharing our diary/recount with others. Lets see what the week will bring and where in the world we will travel back to.

In the afternoon we began creating our own rockets. We will be using the rockets during maths to record how far each rocket can travel. We will be looking at mm, cm, and m. 

Who will create the best rocket?

Below are some photos showing the process of making our rockets.

Cross Country @ Manaia

On Thursday Milly, Luke and Jordan went to Manaia to participate in the MtSpa Cross Country. Well done to these three students from our class and all the other students who also ran.

A Slice of Time Open Day

Here are some photos from our recent Open Day: A Slice of Time. 

Soccer - Week 7

On Friday we had another chance at learning some more skills while playing soccer. We started the session with Wall Tag. When we understood the rules and played the game for a while we then added a soccer ball for each person. 

In the last 5 minutes of the session we were about to get into playing a soccer game with each other.

Nicholas and Keegan - Rona and the Moon

This Legend belongs to Nicholas and Keegan. The have written their own version of Rona and the Moon.

Ethan and Cameron - Rona and the Moon

Here is a Legend rewritten by Ethan and Cameron. They read different versions of Rona and the Moon and then rewrote their own version.

Rona and the Moon, Karome

This Legend was rewritten by Karome. He listened to and read different legends and then wrote his own version. 

Chaytah and Te Kapua - Rona and the Moon

This Rona and the Moon Legend belongs to Chaytah and Te Kapua. The have rewritten the Legend after listening to and reading different versions of the Legend.

Rona and the Moon by Jaree and Manix

Here is another one of our Rona and the Moon Legends. This Legend was rewritten by Jaree and Manix.

Rona and the Moon by Luke and Dorian

This 'Rona and the Moon' Legend was rewritten by Luke and Dorian.

Rona and the Moon Kupa Cayden

Here is Kupa and Cayden's 'Rona and the Moon' Legend.

Rona and the Moon Rylan and Mahlee

Here is another one of our 'Rona and the Moon' Legends. This legend was rewritten by Rylan and Mahlee.

Rona and the Moon Lexus Milly

Today we have finished another one of our 'Rona and the Moon' Legends. Here is Lexus and Milly's Legend.

Rona and the Moon - Jauntē and Zoe

Here is another one of our 'Rona and the Moon' Legends. This legend is from Zoe and Jaunte.

Rona and the Moon Isla and Savannah

Here is the second Legend of 'Rona and the Moon' rewritten by Isla and Savannah

Rona and the Moon Joe and Jordan

Here is the first of our Rona and the Moon Legends.

• Our class read lots of different versions of the Maori Legend 'Rona and the Moon'. 
• We took what we had read and rewrote our own versions of the legend.  
• Our next step was to create a poster relating to each of the stages of the legend.
• We scanned and saved our pictures onto Google Docs and shared them with each other.
• We used Explain Everything to put our legends and our pictures together.
• We then published each of our legends to YouTube.

Look out for the rest of the Legends which will be posted over the next week.

Fly Flip Multiplication

This week we have been using the Maths Strategy: Fun with Fives

We are learning to work out our times six, seven and eight tables from our times five tables.

Check out our video to see our progress.