Probability- Maths!

Over the last few weeks we have been learning about 'Probability' We have done lots of activities and writing to help us understand the concepts of Probability. 

We started off by playing a game of rock, paper and scissors. We had to record our results on a tally chart. We had to think about how often a rock, paper or scissors would appear. 

Another activity we did was talking about the chance of colours coming out of a bag. We got given a paper bag with red, green, blue and yellow teddy bears in it. We had to take turns with our learning buddies to take a colour out of the bag with our eyes closed. We had to use a tally chart to record our answers. 

We should now know what impossible, certain, never, likely and unlikely means. 

Our Winter Poems

This week we have been writing all about WINTER! 

We read two winter poems. Then we wrote a poem as a whole class. After that we wrote our own winter poems. Miss Rowe was soooooo proud of us because they turned out amazing! We have put them up on our wall so that everybody can see our fantastic writing. 

Our Milk Experiment

Riley- The food colouring swirled like a tornado. It rolled around the milk like a ball.

Jordan- It swirled together like a rainbow 

Alana- The food colouring made different shapes in the milk. The milk was deep like a pool. 

Freya- The colours all mixed together 

Maia- I noticed that all the house colours were mixing together

Levi- The colours were moving around 

Zoe- The colour was moving really fast when the dish washing liquid went in

Bucket Fillers

In MR Class we have been learning all about 'bucket fillers' 

We want to make sure everybody feels comfortable and happy in MR Class so we want to fill BUCKETS! 

We write little notes and pop them into our class friends buckets throughout the day. By doing this, we can make sure that everybody feels really good in MR Class.

We have three books in the classroom that describe who and what bucket fillers are... Come and have a read! 

Netball Skills

We have been learning some new Netball skills over the past couple of weeks. We have learnt lots of different kinds of passes. I wonder if you can remember how to do the different passes and what the passes are called? We are looking forward to tomorrows session where we get to have a game of netball! 

Matariki

Matariki

We have been learning all about Matariki in MR Class. We read a book called ‘Matariki’ that taught us lots of new information. I wonder if you can answer the questions from the story:

What is the name for the Maori New Year?

When do the stars appear and disappear?

What are the names of the seven stars?

What are some ways we can celebrate Matariki?

In MR Class we made kites to celebrate Matariki. Everyone brought in some items from home to stick on their kite. They turned out really neat!

We also made some goals to celebrate Matariki. We had a think about what we need to get better at. Miss Rowe gave us a little guidance to help us but we all got to choose our own goals. See if you can tell your parents and friends your goals. 

The Fun Bus

This week for shared reading MR Class have been reading the book "The Fun Bus!" 

We designed our own buses and then wrote some great descriptions about our bus. We were learning to use adjectives (describing words) in our writing. We also acted out the story and made our own fun bus in the classroom! Check out our movie here: