Science - What's Up?

Braydon you participated well in all our learning in this unit. It was great to see you at the Matariki Celebration on Tuesday using your lantern.

Writing - Term 2

Braydon is learning to re-read to check his writing and add detail to his work.

Maths - Term 2

Addition and Subtraction

Braydon is learning to add by partitioning numbers.  

Braydon can 'borrow' numbers from one side to make a tidy ten on the other.  

This makes solving the problem easier.

Braydon's next step is to apply this to subtraction problems.

P.E

P.E - Large Balls

LG: to pass and catch large balls

To pass we had to look at the person we were passing to with our hands in W shape. To catch we had our hands up ready.

Maori

LG: to know our personal mihi

Technology

We are learning to:

• Define specifications (features/ properties) for a boat that will float
• Design a boat that floats
• Create a boat and test/observe whether it floats
• Reflect on the results and discuss any changes you would make

We designed a boat using what we had learned in science about floating and sinking. We looked carefully at the materials we used, as we wanted the materials to be light and waterproof, so that they wouldn’t soak up water and sink. 

Science

Floating and Sinking

WALT: to make predictions and then test our predictions

Braydon chose an object from the classroom.

He then

• asked the question; will it sink or will it float?
• made a hypothesis stating what he thought would happen
• tested his hypothesis by placing his object in the water
• observed what happened and reflected on his hypothesis