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!

Swimming to Survive

Over the last two weeks we have had Tracy come to our school to teach us about staying safe in the water and what to do when someone is in danger, for example caught in a rip or out of their depth in the water. We have practised using lifejackets and forming huddles to keep ourselves warm and chains to get us moving towards the shore as a group so we don't lose anyone.

We have learnt lots of important skills from Tracy already and we can't wait until she comes back next week to teach us more. Even though this was really important, serious information we still had heaps of fun !!