Viper Snakes by George Williams

George has been learning about vipers.  Here is some of the writing he has done about them:

Great independent writing George, and I know that if I asked you about vipers, you would be able to tell me everything I wanted to know! Ka pai :)

Mathletes of the Week - 5/8/2013 to 11/8/2013

This weeks top 5 Mathletes!

1. Finn Meikle              2407 Points  (Bronze Award)  - Great job Finn!

2. Luv Nawani             1346 Points (Bronze Award) - Great job Luv!

3. Cerys Lewis             926 Points - Great to see you here Cerys!
4. Lucy Carrington       566 Points
5. Kaitlin McGlinchey 549 Points

Mathletes of the Week - 29/07/2013 to 04/07/2013

This weeks top 5 Mathletes!

1. Conor Mills                       1300 Points  (Bronze Award)  - Great job Conor!

2. Ben Scott                           1200 Points (Bronze Award) - Great job Ben!

3. Oliver Kenning                  948 Points
4. Kaitlin McGlinchey           658 Points - Great to see you in the Top 5 Kaitlin!
5. Arthur Werner                    507 Points

Maths Basic Facts

Hi all,

The class has done a great job of progressing through the Basic Facts ladder so far this year.  It was fantastic to see more rungs highlighted in their snapshot folders.

I would like to see more of a instant recall of some of the basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.  It's a bit old school, but I have decided to have a timed basic facts of 50 random mixed operation facts every Monday morning.  I will supply the test questions for them to practise 3 times between Mondays.  They can practise at home or school, but they must have their sheets available for the test on Monday.

The target for this test is 50 questions in 2 minutes with 96% accuracy.  Once the students have hit that target, they have "graduated" from having to do this test, and can extend themselves on the iPads or Mathletics.

We'll see how it goes, but I'm encouraged by the overall engagement to hit those targets.

Mathletes of the Week - 15 July to 21 July

This weeks top 4 Mathletes!

1. Ben Scott                 1250 Points  (Bronze Award)  - Great job Ben!

2. Arthur Werner          210 Points

3. Fionna Munro          74 Points
4. Sneha Wevita           50 Points