by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Oct 24, 2018 | Grade 5
This week 5KL worked in groups of 3 to complete some maths problem solving tasks. It was our first try at problem solving this year and it came with plenty of frustrations as problem solving skills can be very different from straight mathematical ability. Here are a...
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Oct 24, 2018 | Grade 5
Do you like cats or dogs? Why do you think that? On Wednesday the class had the opportunity to express an opinion by standing somewhere on a line from “Cats are best” to “Dogs are best”. The mid point said “I like cats and dogs...
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Oct 17, 2018 | Grade 5
Grade 5KL started to investigate homophones this week. These are English words which sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things. We started with the common errors of there/their/they’re and to/too/two then, as we found or noticed other...
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Oct 11, 2018 | Grade 5
The Grade five Unit of Inquiry has the central idea: People’s quality of life is different when their rights are respected. As part of our discussions we were fortunate to have Ella van den Heuvel, a United Nations women’s rights specialist, come and speak...
by Kirsty LOTTKOWITZ | Oct 4, 2018 | Grade 5
Over the last few weeks in class we have been completing a course about internet safety. It has been lovely to see how much the students already know about digital safety and, to a great extent, what we have done has just been a nice refresher. The students have...
