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