Solutions to holiday problems

SOLUTIONS TO HOLIDAY PROBLEMS:
thanks to the NZMaths website

STILL MORE LOLLIES

PETER'S STRING

DOMINOES

TENNIS AND GOLF PLAYERS

Research Reports

Manuka's Research Reports

In Manuka we have been doing individual research projects.  The children have being reading for research using books from the town library and learning how to do useful Internet searches.  They have looked for key words and skimmed to find information.  They took notes and then organised them into detailed plans on large sheets of paper.  The writing focus was on detailed planning and sentence structure.

Here are the subjects the children have covered. You are welcome to check out their blogs, read their reports and leave comments.

Maria- plant growth

Tim -  the Middle Ages

Charlie - swimming

Saluni – trip to Nelson

Cody – Moving from Tauranga

Ardan – Mechanics and Machines

Tyler – World War II, and Surviving in the Woods

Mannix – swimming, also great pictures of the class at work

Daniel - surfing

Zach – The Arizona

Samuel – German Shepherds

Ben B – The Ancient Greek Spartan Warriors

Niveek – The School Production

Aarran – archery

Tannah – Casey Kopua and Laura Langman

Tess – Rainbows

Laura – The Scream Painting

Utu – Planets

Abigail – Appaloosas

Nina – The Twin Towers

Alyssa – The Guitar

Maddison – Nenana to Nome

A day in the life of a BYOD classroom

How do children communicate when they use technology?

How do children communicate when they use technology?

Today this group of children worked on their blogs.  They were all completely engaged with their blogs, with one choosing to write on paper.  While they were working they talked constantly.  They were talking about the content of what they were putting on and they were teaching each other how to do things to make the most of their blogs.  Punctuation and spelling were also discussed as they made sure they got things right.  All of the conversation was about learning.  In the meantime they had another level of conversation going on through gmail.  The children rated their communication during the hour they were working and agreed it was at a level of 8 to 10 (with 10 being total communication and 0 being none).

Book review by Niveek

PIPPI  LONGSTOCKING

This non fiction book is about a nine year old girl called Pippi Longstocking, who lives in Villekulla Cottage with only her Monkey and Horse.  This amazing book was written by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Tony Ross.

This book is about a nine year old girl called Pippi Longstocking who lives on her own with her Monkey and Horse. She has no parents as her Mother died when she was just a baby and her Father when missing at sea. So she has nobody to boss her around and tell her what to do.

Pippi is a free spirited girl and is not afraid to do anything.  She is extremely strong and she has so many wild ideas. She seems to always be getting herself into trouble.

I liked this book because I think I am quite a lot like Pippi, like her I'm not afraid to take risks, I'm out going and free spirited and I go with the flow just like her.  What wasn't so good about this book was that a few things dragged on and if things drag on to long sometimes you start to lose interest.

I think the theme of this book was just to have fun and don't be afraid about things, give everything a go. I think the point of writing this book was to try and tell people to make the most of life and don't waste it, just have fun and be happy. That's the message I got form the book and I think that is what people should take on board.

Overall I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it for people to read, It was funny with a bit of craziness.