Athletics Day

Congratulations to our finalists in running events on windy Athletics Day...Ruby, Danielle, Brodie and Jessica. 

In the finals Danielle came 3rd in the 100 metre race and 4th in the 80 metre race.

Brodie came 3rd in the 80 metre race and 4th in the 100 metre race.

Ruby came 5th in the 100 metre race.

Wind Storms by Danielle

Wind Storms

Last week Hurricane Florence struck in the United States of America causing flooding and destruction. Typhoon Mangkut caused havoc in the Philippines. We decided to research wind storms. Here is Danielle's Report which she wrote using her research notes.

Wind storms can be very dangerous. Wind storms can rip houses roofs off and take people off the ground.

Types of wind storms:

There are different wind storms like… Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Cyclones, Twisters, Typhoons, often accompanied by Thunderstorms and Lightning.

Hurricanes:

Hurricanes can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds spiralling inward and upward at speeds of 70 to 200 mph. Hurricanes can usually lasts for over a week.

Tornadoes:

Tornadoes can appear as a traditional funnel shape, or in a slender rope-like form. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of up to 300 mph. Most tornadoes form from Thunderstorms.

Cyclones:

Cyclones are a powerful spinning storm that contains strong winds and storms. Cyclones are the same storms as Hurricanes and Typhoons. The different names have to do with where the storms form. Cyclones form in the South Pacific and Indian ocean,which is the ocean that borders Northeast Australia.

In the United States people were asked to leave their homes because Hurricane Florence was coming there way.

By Danielle

A Measuring Problem

Today the triangles maths group looked carefully at a measurement problem.   This problem came from the NZMaths website... 

We made our own metre rulers using our 30cm classroom rulers to help us.  We noticed that our rulers weren't quite the right length.  We discovered that we needed to add three strips plus a bit more to get to a metre.  We talked about how 100cm is the same as 1 metre.  

Then Mrs Lee challenged us to think about how many strips we might need to make different lengths of rulers.  We had to think about what other knowledge we could use to help us to work this out.  Some of us worked out that our three times table was very useful for solving these problems.  We also worked out that we could use the answer to a previous problem to help us to work out the answer to the next problem. 

There was lots of talking about how we reached our answer for each problem and what might be an easier to way to get the answer for the next problem.  

Photo of the Day

Rebecca and Ruby are having fun reading the school books.

From Danielle

Autumn Tree Art

We observed and sketched Autumn trees before making our bigger versions. On a large piece of paper we drew our trees and leaves with chalk. Next we  coloured our trees with crayon.

For the background, we used a variety of materials for effect. Some of us used the classroom carpet, some used the deck and some used fabrics for texture. Aren't they amazing?

Showtime in Room 18 with Eric, Zoey, Ruby, Danielle and Rebecca

Thank you Eric and Zoey for playing your violins to entertain us. You are both clever violinists!

Wow...we enjoyed you dancing Rebecca, Ruby and Danielle! Can you add some more movements to make it into a longer dance?

Kauri Syndicate Room 18 Awards to Danielle and Ryan

Congratulations to Danielle!

Danielle is an enthusiastic learner in Room 18 and she is becoming more confident when problem solving at Maths time...well done!

Congratulations to Ryan!

Ryan is an enthusiastic learner and he is making pleasing progress with his schoolwork...well done Ryan!