It was great to see the returning Year 8 students and new Yr 7 and 8 faces join us this week. And also great to meet the many parents on Thursday night who dropped in to say hello.
Mathletes Update:
The focus this week was on exploring activities that required use of a number of skills that mathematicians use, regardless of the content or context:
- asking questions
- communicating understandings using mathematical language
- thinking creatively - more than one way or one solution
- thinking critically - double checking responses
- working together to solve problems
The students also discovered that an activity could lead to different new learnings for each student, in addition to the intended goals. For example, the use of 4 fours to creatively create the numbers 1 to 20 also resulted in learnings about factorials, BEDMAS, cube roots and fourth roots.
Ext(reme) Writing Update:
A focus on poetic writing started off with 'Poetry Poker" followed by the use of metaphors to create imagery about a colour. Substitutions of the colour were then made to create a new context for the poem. (photo to follow).
Roxy5 Film Group
Ideation is well underway after identifying the audience and criteria for a successful movie. The 'Film in a Can' group explored using a decision making matrix to critique their shortlist. And, of course, we watched more short films (!).
Kapowai
Great get-together to see how things are going in new rooms and new teams. A new name for the group was decided on...Kapowai (dragonfly). Our next focus will be on supporting new members to the group, especially the Year 7s.
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