Story Bird with Ben and Zac

 Ben's StoryBird

Zac, a senior boy from Ongarue Seniors helped one of our junior boys named Ben with a Storybird, this is a screenshot of his story. It is about Ben going outside with his cousins to go fishing, this was the result of the story.

-Zac

Erica and Alexis Learning about Fractions

We have  been learning about fractions and we will show you it.  Pg 21 and 19 and 20.

We did a test today and it was a tie,

We have been learning how to make fractions out of pieces of paper.First we did half, then we did quarters.

We learned to find a unit fraction of a set, like 1/2 of 12 = 6


  and 1/4 of 24= 6.

10s frames and fly cards

10s frames and fly cards are very important foundation understanding in maths. We learn how to add up to and over a10 or down to and behind a 10.

Jamie wants you all to see his maths. He has been writing addition equations that match the 10s frames and fly cards. Next he will write subtraction equations that go with the cards.

Jamie is very proud of his work here on the floor.

Autumn Tree Science

This morning we spent a session doing science. We has noticed the beautiful gleditsia tree just outside our classroom clothed in its autumn finery.

We put our science thinking hats on and thought like a scientist (used our science disposition). We used,   I notice, I think, I Wonder
Here are some of the juniors science thinkings

I Notice

·       Yellow and green and orange on the one tree

·       The greens are different, the yellows are different and the oranges are different

·       Leaves are falling off the tree and are landing on the ground

·       The leaves on the ground are brown

·       There are no green leaves on the ground

·       Some of the twigs with yellow leaves are bare of leaves

·       All the twigs with green leaves still have all their leaves

·       There is a twig growing out of the main trunk

·       The yellow leaves have brown spots on them

I Think

·       The brown leaves are rotting on the ground

·       The green leaves are holding on tighter than the yellow and orange leaves

·       Did The bare yellow twigs used to have leaves on them

·       Tomorrow will there be more leaves on the ground

·       The wind is making the leaves fall down

·       The twig growing out of the trunk will have leaves on it tomorrow

·       The tree is dying

·       The tree is alive 

        I Wonder

       Is the tree dying?

       What will happen to the leaves on the ground?

       Will all the leaves fall off the tree by..........?

       Will the tree live and grow?

       Will the green leaves turn yellow?

       Will the small branch grow into a big trunk?

Alexis' writing about budgies

Budgies are a type of bird that are easy to take care of. It is important for you to spend time with your Budgies. Male Budgies have blue cere and female Budgies have brown cere. Budgies have to be six weeks old before you  get them.You buy Budgies at the end of summer, that is when you will have most choice.

Budgies eat different grasses. Millet is a sure favorite of a Budgies’ family. Wild Budgies have very different lifestyles from pet Budgies.

Wild Budgies	Pet Budgies
Fly Free	Live in cages
get to see sun	don’t get to see sun
Live Outside	Live Inside
need to get food	don’t need to get food
not Trained	Are Trained

First Day Term2

Today we spent the afternoon learning how to use 3 apps that we thought might be useful in class. We used maths slide and Chatterpix and Chatterkids which appear to be different versions of the same thing. It is amazing how intuitive the kids are, they just seem to understand how to do things in this new digital world.