P7hs have had a very busy week…

Numeracy

In Numeracy the Numeracy Ninjas got new maths Fireman books which had real life maths problems. These problems were number related which firefighters would do in real life. We had to investigate a rota and storyline and read a timetable. We worked together to solve it!

Mr Muller taught the Algebros how to calculate 5% and 2% of an amount. He taught the Mathletes how to find 10% of an amount. We learned it is important to always find 10% of an amount because it is easier to find 10% first and then calculate a different amount.

Literacy

In grammar we learned about different types of pronous. We can now uplevel our writing with a mix of pronouns.

In writing we had write a diary entry about either a school day, a happy day, a sad day, Christmas day or a day from the long weekend. We used past experiences and made sure our work was written in the past tense and in chronological order. Mrs Hastings loved reading them! 🙂 With Mr Muller we rearranged pancake instructions into chronological order and the Acrostic group had to try and include adverbs in our writing.

This week we also took part in a food technology lesson. We were making pancakes but we were just given ingredients and had to cook the pancakes with the frying pan. We worked in groups of three. 🙂

Futsal

In Futsal we played King/Queen of the ring and done a mix of games. We also played numbers. In both of these games we had to kick the other persons futsal out of the perimeter or score a goal by hitting the bench. It was lots of fun showcasing our skills.

Hello everyone,

a quick update on what P4M have been up to.

We have been making some posters for our p2-4 show.  We recreated some of the advertising posters for the Sound of Music that were created when the film came out.  Some of us also created a poster of our favourite things to go with the song!  We have been working hard on our songs for the show and learning songs from the film, The Sound of Music.

In numeracy we have been learning our 2, 5, 10, 3, 4, and 8 times tables.  We are going to be looking at 6, 7 and 9 over the coming weeks and making links between them.   In number talks we have been working on using and making landmark, friendly numbers to help us with addition.  #numberacy

In PE we played a ‘floor is lava’ game and we had to use equipment to avoid touching the floor.   If you touched the floor you had to start again, ensuring that you worked as a team.  We have teams we are working in and we earn points each week for our team.  At the end of the 6 weeks, Mrs Howard will be giving us a prize! One of the prizes could be 10 minutes extra brake or choosing time! We really enjoyed this and it really made us apply some of our skills for life such as creativity, problem solving teamwork.  Within our teams, we have different jobs.  For example, team leader, equipment manager, assesser and reporters.  The reporters are like spies looking out for people working hard in our teams!

In literacy, we have been working hard on our spelling including common words that we use regularly.  In writing, we have been writing some reports on scientists.  You would need this for the future, for example, if you saw someone doing something that they were not supposed to be doing, you might have to write a report to the police.

In STEM, through our topic, we conducted the play-dough experiment.  We used play-dough to explore push, pull and gravitational forces. We also designed and made our own parachutes to test air resistance.   We have been looking at magnets and found out and what materials are magnetic.  We found out that magnets are made of metal.

P4M have also welcomed a new person to our class and we are enjoying getting to know them =]

Thank you for reading,

P4M and Miss MacKenzie

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