Maths Day!

Today Room 7 completed lots of maths with Mrs Tofa, Miss Stone and our guest maths teacher Mrs Pine.

Mrs Tofa's maths group went first and completed some multiplication problems.

Next Mrs Stones group undertook an investigation about happy numbers. To identify happy learners, Miss Stones maths group needed to square a number, then add the square of each of the answers digits.

E.g. 5 x 5 = 25.
(2 x5) + (5x5) = 35.
(3x3) + (5x5) = 36.

After morning tea (and a reading lesson) Mrs Pine came back to our class and taught all of Room 7. They worked on some mental maths problems that required the students to use a range of strategies and their times table knowledge.

What fabulous mathematicians we have in Room 7!

What is fauna and flora?

Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota.

Snag golf fun

This term we have been learning skills in the game of golf through our Kiwi Sport. It is actually called Snag Golf and it is a lot of fun. 

We have learnt how to chip, the correct posture for hitting the ball, putting the ball and following through with our strike. 

The coaches always have fun activities for us to participate in and everyone gets involved. The funniest part is when someone hits the target and has to call out SNAG really loud. When we hear the word snag we all get competitive and try to get a snag ourselves.

Here are some photos of our Snag Golf session on Tuesday.

Justin describes the tree outside our school library

It starts off with the a seed, then the roots come out. After that, the roots start to grow then the tree starts to come out.

The tree becomes brown in the inside but has mould on the outside. The tree has branches with green and yellow leaves. The yellow leaves are old and ready to fall off while the green leaves stay on for a little longer.

The tree smells as well. The smell is a refreshing smell and can also be unpleasant.

Different insects go on the tree such as crickets, spiders, flies and other insects looking for a place to hide or play.

The tree has been standing for many years. Long before I came here to this school. The leaves on the tree are still growing. They're healthy but some of the leaves are turning yellow.

The roots in the ground are growing bigger and holding the tree together. This tree gives us air and shade every year.

Can you solve these maths problems?

There were 136 players in a volleyball tournament. Each team has seven players on the court with one sub. How many teams were in the volleyball tournament?

Maara bought 120 sour lollies and she had 24 people to share them with. How many lollies would each person get?

The tree of the night

As I was standing next to the tree, it’s beautiful green and yellow leaves brushed against my skin. You can hear the little cicada humming their own lullaby. 

When you breath in it’s pure air, you feel reborn.The tree grows bigger and bigger every day.In the night the tree glows brighter than the stars connected.

The tree would often grow medicine for the sick. The medicine does not come out like you normally see it. The medicine comes as a fruit.

A flash and sparkling Nissan car

This is Mafoa's narrative writing for his homework task. 

One day my brother Thomas wanted a car because he got his licence and he was turning 18. My family had a talk and we decided he would be old enough to get a car.

My dad and my brother went to sign some papers so I looked at the car that my dad was buying for my brother it looked cool and it looked fast. When they finished signing the papers my dad gave him the keys and my brother had tears in his eyes because he was so happy.

My dad and Thomas took the car for a spin and it was really fast. My dad said the car was better than his car but my brother said "This is my car remember?". Then my dad laughed and they both laughed their way home.

When they got home everyone jumped up and said "Happy birthday Thomas" and Thomas smiled a huge smile because he was a year older and the owner of a new car.