Mathematicians in Room 29!

In Room 29 we have been doing problem solving based learning in maths. We have learned how mathematicians work together to solve problems First they need to find the key information, think about what the problem is asking, next they give it a go the they share their thinking or strategy to others and prove their answer. 

We know that good mathmeticians...

....give it a go...sometimes disagree but that's ok...never give up but say "this isn't working i'll try something else"...take risks...share their thinking...prove their answers...make connections...work together...make mistakes...check their answers....know problems can have more than one answer!

Check out some of the problems we have been working on...

Ahmed used cubes to make a rod four cubes long:

How many cubes did he need to make a rod twice the length of that one?

How many cubes did he need to make one three times the length?

How many cubes did he need to make one four times the length?

One is a snail, ten is a crab 

We read the book One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab and had to find different ways to show numbers using the number of legs different animals in the story had, a snail has 1 leg, a person has 2 legs, a dog has 4 legs... a crab has 10 legs!

By Jiah and India

Look at all of our different solutions.

By James and Rico

By Harry and Lawson

How many different ways can you make 25, click here for the full story.

Room 5 always busy.

DAFFODIL DAY

We are wearing yellow because it was daffodil day. We were raising money for people who have cancer.

We made daffodils. We painted both sides of the top yellow. We painted the stem green. Mrs Ison stapled and hot glued the pieces together.

We are having pizza to celebrate 100 days of learning at school. The pizzas tasted really good. We have been great learners.

We are busy learners in Room 5. We are looking forward to performing in the Sneetches. See you there!

Skipping with our buddies

We had great fun skipping with our buddies from Room 22.

Our Fabulous "P" Party!

We had a wonderful time dressing up on Friday in our costumes. We all dressed as a character beginning with "p". Can you guess what we all are?

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Number fun with Room 22.

Room 4 are really lucky to have a fantastic buddy class: Room 22.
Here are some photos of Room 4 practising their number knowledge with our buddies in Room 22.

Then and Now - our trip to Howick Historical Village

We all enjoyed our trip to Howick Historical Village and found out all about the olden days. Everything was so different. We thought we would rather live now than back then because the children have more fun now.

 The toys in the olden days are wooden. These ones can be moved by pulling on the cord below.

 This is a house from the olden days. When we walked inside we could see old furniture and carpet.

 We learnt some nursery rhymes. Some of them we knew but some of them we hadn't heard before. It was interesting hearing the stories about why nursery rhymes were invented.

 We even did some movements to the words of nursery rhymes!

Room 5 visits a classroom from a long time ago.

At Howick Historical Village the small children had to line up first, bigger children at the back because they had only one classroom for big and little children.

The teacher wore a bonnet and a cloak. She thought the adults had come to school in their underwear.

The girls go first. Hands in front. Boys go last hands behind backs.

Boys had to be the gentlemen and bowed. The girls did a curtsy. Then we sat down.

We had to sit up straight and have our hands on our laps.

The teacher is inspecting our hands to see if they are clean.

Azaria and Bentley are writing on slates like they did in the olden days.