Geometry - Transformation

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/icy_slides_flips_turns/
Complete this activity first. It will ensure you know the differences between some of the terms we use when talking about Transfomation - slide, flip and turn.


Transformation
http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/transformation-game.html

Bathroom Tiles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/bathroom.html

Have fun!!
:)

** Party with LC14 **

Our party with LC14 was a fabulous way to end our term looking at Values and Belonging. Take a look at some of our videos and photos. Thanks to our committee for all the hard work they put in. This was a very successful event.

3 weeks to go....

With only 3 weeks till the end of the school year, LC11 the children are working hard on a number of projects. We are busy learning about values, making a movie on "Belonging to Riverdale School", organising a party with our LC14 buddies and even fitting in time to improve our skills at Softball.

Come in and see what we're working on. We'd love to see you!

Algebra Maths Games

Solving Equations
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/06-solving-equations/index.html

Postman Phil
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/postie.html

Planet Hop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/planethop.html

Planet Blaster
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/PlanetBlast/index.html

Logo Competition

As part of their Visual Arts programme, LC11 had a competition to create a logo for their class. Kevin from Speedy Signs was nice enough to speak to the class about what a good logo had and made the winning logo for the class. Mitchell Kinghorn's logo was selected as the best. A big thank you to Kevin for the time he spent working with us.

Survey Link

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=s_2bbV2S5OXUuNms5mpD_2bf5g_3d_3d

Please click on this link and complete this survey.
Thank you.

Potato Brains

As part of our Connected Curriculum topic on Brain, Body and Belonging, LC11 decided to make our own brains using potato flakes, salt and water.

Adjective Quiz

Cick on the following link to see how much you know about adjectives.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/adjectives/quiz.shtml

Sergeant Major McDonald

A big thanks to Sergeant Major McDonld for coming in and reading "Always Arthur" to us today. He even had time for a quick game of Seaweed and to teach the class how to "Leopard Crawl" on the courts.

World Literacy Day - Jets Basketball

Kaine Hokianga from the Jets basketball team came in yesterday and helped us celebrate World Literacy Day. He read us "Razza the Rat and his amazing adventures". What a great story! Funny! After this he took us out and taught us some ball skills.

Turbos

LC11 was very fortunate to have Kurt Baker and Mitchell Croswell from the Manawatu Turbos come into class today. They read us some new books from the Riverdale School library and then took us out for game of rugby.

"They were awesome" - Devin

"Meanage" - Hadley

"I had good fun" - Courtenay

Maths - Smart Kiddies

Check out this new website to help with your math work.
www.smartkiddies.com.au

Gumboot Challenge WINNERS!!!

LC11 are now the proud owners of the Senior Skyscrapers Gumboot. We had a great win against LC13 in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors on Friday.

Comprehension - Inference Games

http://www.quia.com/ba/41785.html
Inference Battleship

Decimal Place Maths Games

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/numbers.htm

http://www.gamequarium.com/decimals.html

http://themathgames.com/our-games/decimal-games/place-value/decimal-place-value-math-game

Massey Trip

The Senior Skyscrapers had a fantastic trip to Massey University yesterday. Thank you to all our parent helpers - Allan McBride, Tracey Cronin, Wendy Christophers, Betty Bailey, and Rachael Offord for attending the trip with us.

Maths Problem Solving

The class had a go at some more problem solving in maths yesterday. Our aim was to make Aunty a necklace BUT it had to have certain coloured beads, a pattern and each bead was worth a certain amout and you couldn't go over that amount. Take a look at some of their work.

Quiddage

Our first Quiddage market was a huge success. The children had some fantastic things to sell.

Thanks to all the parents who helped out at home.

Devin is showing the hacky sacks he purchased.

Sam the Dog

We had large visitor to the class today - Sam the dog.

Sam visited our class as part of Libby's Personal Investigation on Dogs.

Maths Week

To celebrate Maths Week the following website has been created to enable you to play games relating to your maths learning. Click on the following link to log in using your own User Id and Password.
http://www.mathsweek.org.nz/

Year 5 User Id and Passwords
http://www.mathsweek.org.nz/index.php?option=com_registration&controller=class&task=view&id=639

Year 6 User Id and Passwords
http://www.mathsweek.org.nz/index.php?option=com_registration&controller=class&task=view&id=640

Biotechnology

Click on the following link to get to your groups Biotechnology Focus Story.

http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/

Fractions

If you are on the computer to use the fraction games - make sure you pick from the following list.

http://www.visualfractions.com/Games.htm - Cookies for Grampy

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/#Fractions

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/turkey-terminator-math-game.php

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

Reading Comprehension

Click on this link to get to the reading comprhension page.
www.reading.ecb.org/student

Our focus areas are:
Week 4 - Prior knowledge
Week 5 - Making connections
Week 6 - Questioning
Week 7 - Visualizing
Week 8 - Inferring
Week 9 - Summarizing

Maths in LC11 - Children Survey

Click Here to take survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=uQY9wuV4vzVhzIGy5Zm_2bog_3d_3d

Welcome back to Term 3

Kia ora. We have an exciting term this term so I was pleased to see everyone excited to be back yesterday. I think biotechnology, gymnastics, logo designing, winter sports and fractions are going to make for a very busy Term 3.
Welcome back to school everyone!!

Science Expo

Click on the link below to see the Powerpoint presentations from LC11.
http://www.slideshare.net/my-slidespace

Basic Facts Maths

http://basicfactslinks.blogspot.com/
Click on the above link to complete some of your basic facts at home. Come and see me when you have mastered a step and I will test you.

Assembly

New Date - 2nd July

For all those working parents out there, I just wanted to let you know that Room 11 will be running the School Assembly on Thursday 2nd July at 12.30. We hope to see some of our fabulous parents there. Mrs Kenyon

Blind Foundation

Today, Devon from the Blind Foundation came in to visit. She talked to us about blindness and the resources available to the visually impaired. Devon showed us a talking clock, let us read Braille and typed our names in Braille for us.
Did you know the Blind Foundation has 12,000 members in New Zealand BUT there are only 400 working Guide Dogs in NZ?

Baking Day

We had a great day yesterday when Mr and Mrs Carnaby came in and taught us how to make bread (and how the yeast works) and sugar candy. Yummy!!

Mr Kirk

On Friday, Mr Kirk came to visit the class and share his fantastic 'arthropoda" collection with us.

Take a look at our new friend.

Graduation 2009

Mrs Kenyon had a fabulous day at her Graduation.

Take a look at the photo of some of our class when she visited.

Massey News

Massey University have published an article on their website about our science visitors. Click on this link to read it.
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-us/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=school-pupils-get-science-lesson-from-the-experts-12-05-2009

Congratulations Libby

Congratulations to Libby for her excellent results in the weekends singing competition. Check out the You Tube video of her singing "A Dream is a Wish".

Massey Univeristy Guest Speakers

Last week the Senior Skyscrapers had Dr. Pete Hutton and Dr. Sarah Pain come to school to talk to us about some aspects of Science.

We had so much fun (especially making a mess with the iodene... ah boys!).

Take a look at our photos.

Room 11

In Room 11 this term we are integrating most of our work with our Connected Curriculum topic of "Successful Science Investigators".

Today we looked at the Water Cycle. Wow!!! Evaporation, condensation, percepitation..... All these new big words we learnt. We're going to try and run this experiment again at home to see if we can teach Mum and Dad a thing or two and see if we can find a different way of investigating the topic of Water Cycle.

I wonder how everyone will go ......................... WATCH THIS SPACE!