Gymnastics

Last term we did Dancing with Kiwisports. This term we are lucky because we are going to be doing gymnastics in the our school hall with Rod. He showed us some really important moves that will help keep us safe when we do gymnastics. He showed three different shapes- L shape, we stretch our legs out together and stretch our arms up towards the ceiling, tuck shape- we have to tuck our chin down into our neck and the next on was motorbike/landing shape. We do this shape whenever we jump.

We did some stretching first to prepare our bodies and then we played a game of tiger tag. Rod had set up two circuits. He had three very important rules that we had to follow. We had to do everything properly, we couldn't skip any part of the circuit and we HAD to have FUN.

We thoroughly enjoyed our session and can't wait for the next one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statistics- Sorting Objects into groups

This term we are doing Statistics for our Maths strand. This week we worked on how to sort objects into groups. We had lots of discussions around what and how we could do this, what other ways can we sort them into, how many groups can we make etc. We then broke into groups of three and worked together to do the sorting.

 

 

 
 

ANZAC Day

 They shall grow not old, 

As we that are left grow old; 

Age shall not weary them, 

Nor the years condemn; 

At the going down of the sun 

And in the morning 

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. 

WHEELS DAY

Yesterday was a really fun day for everyone at Waikowhai Primary. We got to wear mufti and bring our wheels to school. Some people brought in their bikes, rollerblades, skateboards and scooters. Someone even brought a little car that he could drive around in. A huge thank you to Ms Sands and the leaders for their hard work in organising and running this day.

Learning to find the halves of shapes and objects

We have been doing lots of hands on experiences to help us learn how to find the halves of 2D shapes and the halves of a set of objects. To find the half of the shapes, we first traced different 2D shapes onto coloured paper. Then we cut them out and folded them in the middle. We had to make sure that both sides were the same. Then we cut the shape into two equal parts to show the two halves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we worked on finding the halves of a set of objects. First we had to count and make a set. Next we divided them into two groups to find the half. We had to make sure that we were being fair by putting the same number of cubes in both the groups.