Algebra

This week's maths focus has been Algebra, in particular finding rules for sequential patterns.  It has been quite challenging, but there have been a lot of great discussions happening around the class.

Here are a few shots of the what our board has been looking like at the end of our maths session:

Today (20 August)

Yesterday (19 August)

Here are some clips of our discussions and work:

AVAILLL

Room 8 has begun a new reading programme called AVAILLL.  It stands for Audio Visual Achievement In Literacy, Language, and Learning.

We "ReadWatch" a movie.  This means that while the movie is playing, we have to also read the subtitles.  Throughout the movie there are activities we have to complete, and we also read parts of the book that the movie is based on.  We have to pay a lot of attention to the subtitles to complete the activities correctly!

The first movie we have studied is "Meet the Robinsons", which is based on the book "A Day with Wilbur Robinson".

Below are a few photos and videos of Room 8 during our AVAILLL time.

 ReadWatching "Meet the Robinsons".  You can see that everyone is on task, and if you watch carefully you can see people reading the subtitles!

This activity is called Spellfast.  You can see (and hear!) that every one is on task and engaged in the activity.

The Week that was - week 4

The Week that was - term 3 week 3

Year 5 & 6 Netball

Last Thursday we sent two teams to the Franklin Year 5 & 6 Netball tournament.  Luckily the weather was brilliant and sunny!  Miss Bolton and Mr Thompson went with the teams and umpired the games.  Mrs Shea helped with transport.

Both teams played very well, and had some tough games.  The girls team came second in their pool and the boys team came fourth.

The Week that Was - Term 3 Week 2

It's been a busy start to Term 3!