Chalk Art

Conner

Madisyn

Alphie

Matthew

Reia

Reilly

Conner fighting above lava.

Wiremu with his sword.

Ayjae and a whale.

Bob riding a dinosaur.

Nicole surfing the waves.

Molly the butterfly.

Patterns

We are learning to make a repeating patterns using shapes.  

Check out the planes we made following a pattern too.  We had to do lots of good problem-solving to achieve the final result:

We see patterns every day.  What patterns can you find outside?

Thursday Afternoon at the Movies...

This afternoon we watched the recording of our production of Peter Pan.  With popcorn and Fruit Bursts on hand, we enjoyed watching ourselves - super stars at Tokomaru School!

Watching ourselves on the big screen.

That finale song gets us on our feet every time!

What Are We Making?

What will our next step be?

Adopt a Turbo!

Welcome back to Valentino Mapapalangi from the Turbos, going through some training drills with Room 2 this morning.

What did you learn from today's training?

Peter Pan Rehearsal and Backstage Photos

I look at these photos and see all the hard work and effort put in by so many people and the pride that the students have in themselves at putting on an amazing show.  Well done, Tokomaru School! You are fabulous!

Peter Pan Rehearsal and Backstage Photos

Maths - Learning About Fractions

Nicole counts the lollies first.

Hollie records her thinking.

Nevaeh tries a different strategy to work out the problem.

Layton makes sure he counted right the first time.

Bob and Roland help each other.

Inquiry - Questioning

As part of our Inquiry we are learning to ask questions. I gave the students an example statement and they had to think of questions they had in relation to the statement.

Here are the questions we had:

Statement: Every child in New Zealand should learn to swim.

What are some questions you would ask?

Peter Pan Production - 15th September

Build a Bridge...

A challenge was set: build a bridge in a team that can support the weight of a 2L bottle of glue using only the provided materials.  "Easy!" shouted Room 2.  

Materials given to each group:

- 30 hotdog sticks

- 2 chopsticks

- 4 pipe cleaners

- roll of tape

- 2 pairs of scissors

- 2 polystyrene cups

- 1 pencil and piece of paper

And go!

Nevaeh, Scarlett and Molly plan their bridge...

Wiremu and Conner get straight into it...

Bob and Ben figure out their strategy.

We did it!  Check out our bridges:

Madisyn, Nicole, Isabel and Reia.

Hayden, Conner, Ronon and Wiremu.

Matthew, Roland, Ayjae and Layton.

Molly, Scarlett and Nevaeh.

Can you set us another building challenge?

What would you do differently if you had the same materials?