Saturday 30 April 2016

Scitech Excursion - Year 5

On May 18th, the Year 5s will be heading to Scitech for an excursion.  We will be focusing on Science Investigation Skills (and solving a crime)!  The transport survey sent out last term showed that the majority of respondents wanted the school to use a bus for the excursion.  The total cost of the excursion will be $20 per child.  Please look out for the information/permission letter which will be issued this week.

Square Numbers!

Last week we started looking at the properties of square numbers.  The children were asked to get into groups of varying numbers and then they had to form a square.  Easy when the number is 4, but not so easy for 9 and impossible for 3 (although they tried hard)!  It was great to watch the children link the mathematical concept to their actions, especially as the numbers got larger.