'Thirtysix'

 

We've been playing the maths game 'Thirtysix' to practice our addition and subtraction skills. The winner is the player who gets the closest to 36 (for addition) or the closest to 1 (for subtraction) without going past that number! It is great to see the other partners helping by checking our adding and subtracting with materials or a 100s card.

Friday Fun...

On Friday we had Joey from PBRU visit us. He introduced us to some fun games to help us practice our large and small ball skills. We had heaps of fun, while practising our catching and throwing skills. 

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Ball Skills With Joey

 

In our Happy Place!

It was great to see the great team work that went into completing out multiplication flowers on Friday! 

We worked together to make groups of number to help solve times table equations and add the answers to our outer petals. We could use all sorts of equipment to help us - teddies, counters, beans, jovi......

Axel's Awesome Multiplication Flower

 Wow Axel this is the first multiplication flower I have seen so far and you have done a fantastic job! I wonder if it helped you to learn your 3 x tables while you were creating in? I hope so :)

Harper's Bee Poem

 I have really enjoyed reading your Honey Bee poem Harper! Bees do so many important jobs for us and for our natural environment don't they! I agree that they are 'eco savers' because without them the natural world that we love would not exist. 

Fletcher the Brave!

 Is it really that warm at your place Fletcher? I think you are super kia kaha bouncing in your togs on the trampoline while you are being sprayed by the hose! Hopefully the sun is heating you up or maybe the exercise you are getting from bouncing on the trampoline is keeping your body warm....You are a lot braver than me! 

Theo's Busy Counting Owls

 Well done Theo! You've done a great job of arranging these owls in numerical order. This is a fantastic way to learn your numbers and practice counting. What number did you get up to?

Ashley Takes Up the Challenge!

 Ashley has been busy at home, working on his 'Lego Challenge' creations. Take a look at this cool boat - the challenge was to build a boat out of square and long bricks only. I think you've done an amazing job Ashley. I enjoyed hearing you explain all the details on our Google Meet this morning!

Isaac's 3 x Tables

 It is cool to see you are busy practicing your three times tables Isaac! What a great idea to use colourful teddies to create an array. Do you know what 3 x 6 equals now?

Axel's Busy Bee!

 Axel this is an awesome picture of a bee busily pollinating flowers on a fruit tree. Your bee is drawn so accurately Axel - it has three body parts and six legs and I can see its sting pointing out the back. It's tongue looks like it is sticking out, ready to suck the nectar out of those flowers!

Lucy's Latest Learning!

 What a fantastic idea to make yourself a heart words poster for your bedroom wall Lucy! I wonder how long it will take you to remember your heart words 'off by heart'.... Heart words are so useful because they are those tricky words that have letters in them that are not making their usual sounds. It's also great to see that you have had a go at the reading activities in our learning for the week. Love your work Lucy!

Axel and Isaac's Building Project

 What a cool creation Axel and Isaac have been working on here. It looks like there has been a lot of collaboration on these projects, which is great to see! I wonder where you got your ideas from and what else you can build from these parts?

Look at Cade's Creative Kai Challenge...

Look at all the foods Cade found for his Kai Challenge in the photo above! Have a look at the list below for what he found for some of those trickier letters - 

I = Immunity tea.
Q = Quince paste.
U = Uncle Bens rice.
W = Wattie's baked beans.
X = Xtra hot sauce 
Y = Yellow food colouring.
Z = Zinc vitamin drops.

Have a read of Cade's Bacon and Egg Pie poem - I think it's fair to say Cade is a big pie fan! Love your Easter Egg delivery too!

Jono's Lego Creations

 It looks like Jono has been super busy at home working on these lego creations. One of the best things about lego is that you can design and build things however you choose to! Jono has made a military base and other cool things. I wonder where you get all your ideas from Jono?

Isaac's Yummy Creations....

 

Isaac did a lot of baking at home yesterday. He has been learning about metrics and fractions in the kitchen - what a great place to be learning maths Isaac. You will have to add that to your learning map when we get back to school! Caramel surprise muffins and orange jelly made from oranges Isaac picked off the tree at home. Aren't you lucky to have fresh fruit growing in your back garden Isaac - YUM!