Last week as part of our Living World Science Inquiry, we were lucky enough to have some representatives from Bay Bush Action come to visit Nga Motu. They taught us about the Kiwi and other Native birds and their predators. They also left us a Kiwi nesting box to decorate - it will go into the Opua Forest for Kiwi to lay their eggs in.

Geo board - Explain Everything

Using apps for Geometry

Maui and the Sun - Writing

         We have been learning to write two sentences, and focusing on getting our full stops and capital letters in the right place.  Mrs Ritchie helped us write these stories about Maui and the Sun.

In writing, the Koalas have been practicing our fast words. We have also been learning how to construct a sentence. We know we need a capital letter at the beginning, a full stop at the end, and it needs to make sense.

Every Friday we do math problem solving in class. We get into mixed groups and are given a maths problem to solve. It is really important that we work together, talk to each other and ask questions and of course listen to our group members' response. It is really tricky sometimes but it is a fun way to learn new strategies and teach each other. When we have finished we come together to talk about the math strategies we used, for example skip counting and the different materials and ways that we used this strategy. It is really interesting to see all the different ways people solve problems. Today we had a problem about a frog stuck in a well. Please ask us about how we solved this problem when we get home.

The Marble Challenge

We had ten straws, a paper clip and a marble. The challenge was to make a tower that would hold the marble.  It was really tricky, but we all worked together!