Maths in ‘real life’.

We have been thinking about why we learn maths. Is it just to ‘get better’ or are we practicing skills that we will really need to use? When we thought about it we realized that maths is all around us! Here are some of our ideas. . .

How the Zebra got his Stripes

This week we started our new Unit of Inquiry. We are looking into the elements of story and how stories are passed down through generations. This weeks story was How the Zebra got his Stripes. We retold the story, looked at the elements of the story and made story...

We are thinkers.

We have been using our thinking skills to help our learning. Problem solving at maths time: What information do we already know? What do we want to find out? Will we use; ‘guess and check’, ‘act it out’ with equipment, or ‘draw it’ with a picture or diagram to look...

Wadi Hilti

We had a very successful trip to Wadi Hilti this week where the students were fishing for tadpoles and fish to stock the school pond.