Saturday 19 May 2018

Week 3 update

Mathletes:
We'd like to welcome the new students to the Mathletes group!
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    • pre-assessments are now completed and analysed
    • Students have identified their next learning steps
    • Their new learning is now underway:
      • Team 1: Statistics
      • Team 2: Number Knowledge and Strategies
      • Teams 3-5: Geometry & Measurement
Ext(reme) Writers
    • students are now underway with ideation for their own Slam Poem.  
    • Some students are preparing for entry into the Elsie Locke Writing Prize
    • We have heard that one of our students is to be published in the upcoming anthology for the Young NZ Writers - stay tuned for a post on that one>>>
Roxy5 Film students
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    • attended the Premiere Screening of all Wellington Primary School entries at Victoria University.  Their acheivments were celebrated by all, with parenta and students enjoying the films, pizza, chips and drinks.  Thanks to Roxy5 for making us all feel special!  The teams did not win a place to the finals but see the next post.... 
 Manawanui
    • We reflected our goal from the previous week - to find a time that we were experiencing a thinking trap and name it for what it was.  Some very insightful and mature discussions were had.
 Science Fair 
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    • students are planning, researching and hypothesising their way towards "testing times" - lots of fun and discovering ahead!


Raroa Chess Teams trials were started...and Tournament of Minds Teams were selected...
Otago Maths Problem-Solving Set 1 was completed...
A busy but rewarding week!

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