Learning about Measurement through Volume

Soccer Skills

Today 4 students in Middle S ran a soccer clinic as our PE lesson. These students have a great number of skills between them and were quite keen to share them with the rest of our class. They planned the activities and organised the equipment themselves. With support they helped everyone to get into groups and practise the skills they had chosen.
 
I thought it was really fun and I liked the drills. My favourite was when you called out a number and it was familiar because of basketball – Dan
I liked that they did soccer drills because it’s a bit different and I really had fun – Laura
It was a well set out activity for sport and the game at the end was good because it made it a bit more fun – Matt
I enjoyed the soccer and also the game when you yelled out numbers – Adam
I liked how you knew what you wanted us to do and when –Luke
I liked how you did the activity for us because we hadn’t done it for a while - Travis
I liked how you were really well organised and I liked how you did drills so we could learn different things – Amber
How you set it all out and how you made a game of it – Ben
I thought it was really fun because you had it all set out so we didn’t have to wait - Tessa
I like the game with then numbers and I liked how you did not have just a game but also drills – Chloe
I think everyone did a really good job, even if they don’t play soccer, they were more like you guys – Amelia I reckon everyone did a good job since not everyone uses their feet in sport – Gemma
I think you did really well for beginners – Ciaran
I thought you did really well and if you didn't know what to do you tried your best and didn’t give up – Will You all did really well even if you don’t play soccer – Connor

Reflections on Learning in Maths

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Gemma - I really enjoyed doing it because I'm not used to saying things in front of a whole bunch of people and it was ok.
Amber - I really enjoyed presenting and listening to other people's presentations. I learnt lots.
Riley - I enjoyed doing a poster because I could do it all myself. I thought it was a bit nerve racking thinking about what I had to say, but it was very fun.
Rosie - I was scared the first time and once I started talking I got used to it.
Matt - I loved listening to people's presentations. I thought that everyone included lots of information and detail into their presentation or poster or prezi or extranormal. I think everyone worked really hard on their project and they did a really good job.
James - I enjoyed it because I liked watching people's presentation.
Daniel - I really enjoyed watching other people's presentations because they were really interesting and I got a lot of facts. Also, my powerpoint went really well, but I had a couple of muck ups but it was really fun.
Tessa - I thought it was really fun, because we all got to share what we had learnt.
Ciaran - It was really fun because we learnt new facts about exercise and all the other topics. I think I did quite well on my powerpoint and next time I will try to look at the class more.
Chloe - I though doing presentations was a really good idea because we learnt new things from other people and it was really fun.
Will - I enjoyed listening to other peoples' presentations because I like learning new things and I think I need to work on looking at the class a bit more.

Fraction Experts

We have been learning about fractions over the last 2 weeks. Today we got into groups based on an area of fractions we wanted to explore more. We shared our knowledge with each other and thought of some questions.
Now we have some question for you:

Can you do vertical addition with groups of fractions or other fractions? – Luke
How high can a number can get with fractions? – Amber & Patrick
Can you do fractions with everything? – Dan
How do you add 3 fractions together? – Joe
Can you do fractions with division, multiplication, addition and subtraction? – Ciaran
What other fractions can you do? – Natasha
What is the middle line called in fractions? – Madeleine
Do fractions have to be about Maths? – Chloe
3/6 + 6/6 = ??? - Will
What is another way of saying ¼? – Nick
Can fractions be used in a story, like a fairy tale? – Laura
Does the object have to be the same in collections of fractions – Ben
How many fractions can you use? - Rosie
How are fractions related to numbers? – Amelia
What does fraction have to do with numbers – Stephanie
Is the shape equal every time? – Connor
How can people learn fractions? – Ava
How does fractions relate to Maths? – Tessa
How can you use fractions? – Bassy
Why are fractions so important? – James

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Better Buddies Day

Here are Middle S and Junior S getting to know each other better by 'buddying up' and making Buddy Cubes, (from a net drawn on paper with each face labeled with each student's favourite things).