STOP THE CLOCK

This week our topic in maths is MEASURING TIME. Please practise your clock times at home using the STOP THE CLOCK game which is linked to our blog. Have Fun. From Miss Jeffery

Our Famous Mathletes in Action

In class we have been going on the computers. On the computers we have been going on Mathelitcs and there are lots of things on Mathletics. There are tests, live Mathletics which is where you play online, you can make a character and earn credits. Our best is third on the 50 top classes in the world.

Maths with Miss Marshall

We have been doing a lot of maths work with Miss Marshall. The work we have been doing is addition and subraction which is a lot of fun. The other day the class did a work sheet called 'Secret Code Maths' which was when we had to answer the formal subraction but in codes but up the top it said the number and then the picture to show what the number was. I thought that I was doing it correctly but I wasn't borrowing from the bigger number which made the answer wrong. Then the next day I went on the floor with Ruby because she didn't get it either. Then we worked with Miss Marshall and did some more formal subtraction with MAB and figured out the work sheet. After we finished the work sheet we did some extra formal subtraction in our maths books. Then Ruby and I got it and found it fun.

Addition Game

This week's topic for maths is addition and subtraction. Here's an addition activity for you to try.

CRAZY HAIR DAY!!!!!

We had a crazy hair day. The money raised went to the leukaemia foundation. In one junior school council meeting, Jeremy and I decided we should have a crazy hair day! I was shocked that they actually listened to us. We had a crazy assembly! I think that Sara and Miss Jeffery had the craziest hair. Miss Jeffery and Mr Chaffer swapped wigs and Deji thought that Miss Jeffery was growing a beard but that was Mr Chaffer!

Designer Babies Debate

On Wednesday the 13th we watched BTN which stands for Behind the News. Our online poll was designer babies. Some of us thought it was OK to change the eye and hair colour of the baby, but others thought it wasn't OK! The people who thought changing the hair and eye colour was OK got outvoted! We had a wonderful time voting and wacthing BTN.

Today in class Miss Marshall got us into two groups to do a debate. One group had to think of arguments FOR designer babies and the other group had to think of arguments AGAINST designer babies. Our group had to think of arguments for designer babies. In real life I think it's a bad idea so it was hard to think of arguments. In the end we did the debate. We had to sit at two tables and say the ideas we came up with. It was fun.

Welcome Miss Marshall

On Monday we got a student teacher called Miss Marshall. Miss Marshall is a really clever and nice person. She has been teaching us about communication. She came up with an idea about making a communication timeline by putting the oldest type of communication at the start of the timeline and the most new type of communication at the end. Miss Marshall is a great student teacher.