Week 6

Kia ora koutou!

What a wonderful weekend we had for the 125th Reunion, despite the downpour just as we started the Haka Powhiri. The children did an amazing job and I know many people were moved by the stirring welcome.

GAMELAN PERFORMANCE

We were very fortunate to see the group Sekaa Selonding Semeton from Bali on Friday.
Selonding is an ancient Balinese ensemble that has never before performed in New Zealand. Vaughan and Evie Hatch (a Kiwi-Balinese couple) have brought a newly constructed replica set of instruments to Wellington with their family-based group of performers. This includes their 8-year old son who plays, composes and dances and 5-year old son who also plays.

You can see a clip of them performing here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6mDbOjJZFE 

FRACTIONS

It is easy to forget how tricky a concept used to be before you understood it. Understanding fractions is not an easy task for most young people. Even though they use the words half and quarter everyday the concepts when applied to different shapes and groups of objects takes a while to grasp.

This week we have been talking about fractions and how we write them. Many children still need practice in saying 1/2 = one half (rather than a twoth), 1/4 = a quarter (not a fourth) and 1/3 = a third (not one-line-three).

It would be great if you could talk with your children and share with them times when you are using fractions in real life. e.g. sharing things, cutting up food etc and practise using the language of fractions.

Working in a cooperative group to sort out information from a book we'd read about different kinds of maths.

 INQUIRY

Who Uses Maths Anyway? Is the title of our unit. We have been finding out about the different branches of mathematics and learning to identify them in real life. This week we have been focusing on algebra in the form of patterns.

Look at the patterns on the monarch. This one found Tom's shirt very appealing

STAR STUDENT

This week's star student is Felicity. Felicity is a very kind and diligent student who is helpful to others. She asks great questions and is dedicated to producing quality work. Well done Felicity.

Peace to you, Felicity

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS

These will be held Monday 23rd March and Wednesday 25th March.  If you have any issues booking a time you can see the lovely office staff or please chat with me if you need a time outside of these dates. Looking forward to seeing you.