Explanation of How we Teach Maths.

Hello Parents

We often get told by parents, "I just don't understand maths anymore."
If you follow this link to N.Z. Maths and then open the power point presentation, hopefully you will get a better understanding of the strategy progressions. Good luck!

http://nzmaths.co.nz/numeracy-communication-parents-and-community

Then have a look at the Families Section link on the bottom of the same page for all sorts of useful ideas you can do at home, at the shops, while baking, getting gas, etc.

More Three Sentence Narratives.

There was a little girl called Sally. She had a pet bunny, who
escaped and hopped to the zoo and Sally chased after him.
Sally picked up her bunny and the zoo closed it's doors. By Zack R.

Sally went to the zoo and a robber was escaping from prison.
An elephant stomped out of its enclosure and chased after the robber.
Sally enjoyed her zoo visit. By Hae Soo.

Sally is a zookeeper. She works at the zoo and a lion escaped from
its cage. Sally saw the lion run away, so she got some meat and led it
back into the cage. By Quinn F.

Sally visited the Auckland Zoo. She saw the Hippo cage and a
Tasmanian Devil screamed. Sally stumbled and fell into the hippo cage and
the hippo accidentally sat on her and flattened Sally. By Charlotte E.

Sally went to the awesome zoo and a crocodile swam down the stream.
So Sally swam after it and caught up with it and wrestled the crocodile
back into its cage. Sally was given a medal. By Thomas A.

Three Sentence Narratives.

We have been writing three sentence narratives which include one simple, one compound and one complex sentence.

Steve played on the X-Box. He was at his friends place
and Bob ate beef jerky. Steve was playing a game called Minecraft,
but there was a power cut, so he and his friend had to play a board game,
which they both enjoyed. By Isabel.


Bob ordered subway. The subway was yummy and Zachary was playing hockey.
Bob enjoyed the subway so much that he called up the subway man and got
another one, which filled him up. By Oliver.

Charlize was eating a doughnut. The doughnut was yummy and a girl was working at the zoo.
Her last doughnut fell on the ground, so Charlize got another one, which she ate quickly, so that it couldn't fall on the ground again. By Hae Soo.

Fred ordered a pepperoni pizza. The pizza arrived late and a fly flew past.
When Fred opened the pizza box he saw that it was not pepperoni, so he
curled up in a ball and cried until his dog came and licked his face. By Holly.

Duncan went to the shops. It was a small shop and a man was eating spaghetti.
The shop was closed, so Duncan knocked until they opened the door and let him in to do his
shopping. By Trinaty.

Snails

Enjoy a selection of creative writing about snails.

What are snails? Are they fast? No they are slow.
Who are their predators? What do they do all day long?
Snails have hard shells, a slimy foot that leaves a trail wherever it goes.
Hiding in the shadows, sliding from place to place. Munching up your garden,

By Holly Lupton.

A snail leaves his trail on the window glass, but a bird is circling around.
The bird smacks the window and the snail is gone.
Wow that was fast! Never seen that before.
Another bird comes swooping and another snail is gone.

By Josephine Saunderson

A snail leaves a slimy trail where ever it goes.
It is as slow as a bad day at school.
A sharp blade is no trouble to cross, slime will protect it.
A snail is smart. They can escape from an upside down cup.

By Isabel Pugh

A snail slides from place to place and has long eyes on its face.
Usually you can find them on the wall sleeping or hibernating.
It's up high to hide from hedgehogs, or under a rock to protect themselves from birds.
A snail goes slow, but is good at escaping!

By Zachary Nelson- Lester.

Robotics Club

We have some budding engineers in Room 1.  On Wednesdays at lunch time Mrs Marshall is running a robotics club.  Those that have signed up have been put into groups and are working on following instructions, working as a team, problem solving and eventually controlling a robot that they have constructed themselves.  Enjoy some of the pictures below.  We will post more of the completed creations!

Ukulele- Thursday 15 May 2014

We were dancing because it was a good song to  dance to. The song was Ukulele 
Heaven. It was a fun song to end the practices. with. We also had kazoo's to play along with for some song   That was fun too. We played 'Oh you beautiful doll' and 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside'. 
We made the dance up.  Molly and I decided that everyone who knew the song from last year should join in, as well as the new people.  The dance was like in a 
Chinese festival dance, snaking around like they were a dragon.
I was at the front of the line with my friends Molly, Fleur, Toby, Natalia, Damon, Levi and lots of others.  Lachlan was playing the Ukulele.  So was mummy and Lachlan's mum.

By Josephine Saunderson - Room1

Jelly - in its different states