Term 2 Week 6

Great news in the Mega Maths results... Room 24 raised the bar from 78% to 82%. Rumour has it we'll hit 90% this week. Let's go out with a BANG this week and really get those multiplication facts down pact.
The Science Fair projects are coming along nicely. Most of you will be getting into the testing over the next couple of weeks. For those that are testing on humans, you'll need to make sure you have shown me your parent consent forms.
We have a special guest to Room 24 - Connor's Mum 'Mrs Sutherland' to give us some tips about presenting our information onto the science fair boards.
Well done to the Room 24 students taking part in the famine this weekend to raise money for those in need overseas. I'm looking forward to hearing how you got on at school on Monday.

Word types

Today we looked at different types of words and their 'job' in sentences. Try this interactive activity to practise what you've learnt today. (We haven't covered the last two in class yet. See if you can figure them out.) Post a comment telling us how you got on.

MEGA MATHS WEEK 2

Go Room 24. Two weeks ago our average was 59%, last week we raised that to 71%. This week (drum roll please) we have climbed to 78%! The even better news is that we still have two more weeks left of May to get high up into the 80's and beyond! Keep learning those tables team.

TABLES SPEED TEST TOMORROW!!

Tomorrow will be our first Friday multiplication speed test. I'm looking forward to seeing the average score going up!

UPDATE:
From 59% to 70% in five days! What a great start!

Term 2 Week 3

Tomorrow we head off to the Eco-santuary. I'm looking forward to our visit, I'm also excited about all the great photos you will be taking. We'll put a selection up on our blogpage.

Science Fair
I am quietly impressed with some of the ideas that Room 24 are developing. Now we need to continue researching for background information and look at how we can write the information into our own words. By Monday of next week I would like to see evidence of background research, an aim and a hypothesis (what do you think is going to happen and why)

By the end of next week the method for the experiment should be completed and the actual experiment should be underway.

Mega Maths Month
We are busy with our mega maths month. Remember we need to become faster and more accurate with our times tables. Our class average is 59%. I would love to see it increase to at least 80%. So get practising!

MEGA MATH MONTH!

For the month of May, we are having a major school wide push on times tables. Over the next 4 weeks we are going to 'get stuck in' learning our times tables. Every Friday we will be tested on 100 times tables. The test will be timed, with a cut off of 3 minutes.
Down the right handside of this blog page I have listed some helpful websites for you to practise your times tables.
Tomorrow we will find out what our target score is - let's work super hard to achieve this target!!!
Leave a comment to let us know which game you tried out tonight!

The REPORTING stage

A ha - I have got the printer working so you will receive a hard copy of this tomorrow. We discussed the information below in class today - everyone should have a clear idea about what is expected.

On Friday I will collect in your ASPIRE folders.

What should your folder look like?
In your folder there should be evidence of background research; this should be notes, highlighted information, photocopies pictures for example. There may be notes from your interview, emails from people that you have emailed and any other information that shows us what you have been doing ‘behind the scenes’.

Where to now?
On Friday I will be expecting you to hand in your folder, evidence of your interview (this may be a DVD, a MP3 recording, on a cassette, written form, photo story) as well as a SUMMARY of your interview that basically pulls all the information that you have found out from your interview, your background research and it should ANSWER the big question! You will have to think hard about this.

You will present your findings to the class on Friday (Thursday if you'd rather get it done sooner). You may like to present your information on a poster, give a small speech, PowerPoint presentation etc. Remember for this ASPIRE I am most interested in the process.

Well done with your progress so far!