Across the school, children are busily preparing to participate in World Math Day which will take place on Tuesday 1st March, during our Math Week. Our aim is that all the children from Kindergarten to Year 6 will have a turn to play live games of mental arithmetic against other children around the world, adding points to the World Maths Day Mathometer – uniting people in numbers.
If you want to do some extra practise at home, simply go to www.worldmathday.com and sign in using you regular Mathletics login and password. For those of you with iphones, itouches and ipads, here is a link to a free app to download on itunes.
Since adopting the Mathletics online Maths programme last term we have seen many children taking full advantage of this resource and practising their mathematics skills at home. All the children from K to 6 have a weekly opportunity to use Mathletics at school, and teachers have seen the benefits of being able to assign tasks to children to review topics followed at school and to support individual needs. The children have really taken to this programme and we have already seen some silver awards being achieved by children.
Want some extra spelling homework? There’s also a World Spelling Day on Wednesday 3rd March and you can practise and complete using your Mathletics login and there’s even an app to download for that too!
A big thank you to everyone who helped support our Year 6 Bake Sale. What a delicious choice of cakes and cookies there were. We certainly have some talented bakers and generous cake buyers in our community.
After a restful break, Year 6 have come back raring to go! With a ton of school entrance exams coming their way, the children are eager to raise the necessary funds for an end of year trip as celebration/ reward for completing a tough final year at primary school. Parents very kindly donated their time to detailed discussion of how to reach this end goal. The result of which was a plan for a smorgasbord of fundraising fun!
This term during our Literacy lessons, Year 4 and 5 have been learning about Greek Myths. A myth is a story with a purpose. It tries to explain the way the world is. Greek Myths also try to explain the relationship between Gods and humans. The class has read, watched and heard tales about Hercules and Theseus and the Minotaur, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Perseus and Medusa and many more. They have designed their own ferocious monsters and are presently creating fact sheets about each playful God. Their aim, when they are ready, is to write their own exciting Greek myth. They hope to publish some of these here on our blog – so watch this space!
Year 6 took part in a festive bag-pack at IGA on Tuesday the 14th of December. On a quest to raise money for a trip to Washington D.C in the summer, the children have been racking their brains for as many different fund-raising ideas as possible. The trip is a once in a lifetime chance for the children to visit some of the most important historical sites in U.S.A. history as well as being a well-deserved treat after all their hard work in numerous exams this year.
