How do we compare?

In room 11 we wanted to know what bug/insects have wings and what ones don't! To do this we needed to compare them. We decided that to compare something it means to look at the similarities and differences. Here is us learning to use a venn diagram to compare. 

Room 11's Bug Hunt

In the morning of Wednesday 16th May room 11 came into class to find a special letter on the board from a Nature Detective named Denzel. He needed our help to find some minibeasts and insects in our school. 

So we went out into the garden to find some. we had to write down what we saw and take pictures so we could use them later. 

We found lots of things. Have a look! 

We Miss E printed of the photos and we had to write about the insects we found. 

e.g.

• What color is it?
• How many legs does it have?
• How big is it compared to a 20c coin?
• Does it have wings?
• Where did you find it?
• How does it move?
• Is it eating anything?

Rm 11's New Maths Tubs!!!

This term we have new maths activities in our tubs for when we finish our given maths activity. Here is us learning how to use each one!!! 

Here we are working on our place value of 3 digit
numbers and ordering them from biggest to smallest
once we are finished.

Here we are working with fractions - making whole fractions
working out what fractions can make a whole.

Here we are working on our multiplication.
students have to solve the problem on the block
before putting it back on top. If they get it wrong
they have to take another one!

This is a time station - we have been working hard
telling the time these past few weeks! we are pretty good!
If you get the flashcard correct then you get to hold on to
it and the person with the most wins! 

Rm 11's Second Flood Experiment

Last Term Rm 11 learnt about Cyclone Gita. We wanted to know why the houses in Samoa and Tonga were destroyed easier then they were here in New Zealand. Here is our second experiment which is our New Zealand Experiment we included river banks, retaining walls and house foundations! They all worked! 

 

Rm 11's First Swimming Lesson!

This week we had our first swimming lessons! Rm 11 was first thing Monday morning. We got to take the bus to the Otara Pools. We got changed into our togs and had to wait for the instructors to be ready. Then it was finally swimming time, we got into three groups. We all learnt different floating techniques. Some of us were floating superstars! Check out what we got up too! 

Winter Is Coming!!

Winter is coming and Rm 11 are prepared! This term we were so lucky to get some hand knitted beanies from Miss E's mum. They are so warm and cozy! So thanks Miss E's mum!

Check us out!

                             

Room's 8 and 10 have been learning about "Algorithms" ie: complete tasks by following a set of 

rules, instructions or directions. In order for us to better understand computer algorithms we decided 

to go out and do some orienteering exercises. This turned out to be so much of fun and we learnt a 

lot about giving correct and clear instructions in order to achieve our tasks.