The Big Day Out: Learning through Fun

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The splash

In term one we had a swim demonstration. Whaea Aroha said, "It was excellent swimming." We swam Freestyle and backstroke. Then the teacher thought it was to great so we did it again.

Triathalon

In Term 1 Mapua School had an amazing triathlon. Wooosh! We zoomed of into the distance. We speed around the cones 2 times. Then we hopped on our bikes and zoomed around the track. The year 4 boys raced to the pool filled with icy cold water. They swam like sharks trying to catch it's dinner. Then they leaped out of the pool and sprinted to the finish line. Ethan came first, Travies came second and Reece came third. In the year 4 girls race Sierra came first, Sasha came second and Venka came third.

It was great practice for the Weet-Bix Tryathlon.

The Big Day Out

In term one, the Middle Syndicate zoomed around Mapua Village completing all sorts of different activities for the Big Day Out.

First we we went to the Oreienteering activity. We followed the clues to get to the special surprise at the end which was an ice-cream at Hamish's.

Then we fished off the Mapua wharf but we only caught seaweed.

Next we visited the Aquarium. Some people touched the baby shark and some people touched the starfish that moved.

After that we rocketed to Survival Skills and made a hut out of a rope and a big piece of plastic. Toasting mashmallows, making people pyramids, playing in the leaves and boat building were part of the fun too.

Then we dashed to the Blind Fold Challenge.We had to work with a buddy. One was blind folded and one guided them around the playground.

I felt relieved that I had completed all the activities and looked at all the stickers on my Big Day Out Licence. I felt proud. (Georgina)

I liked the Aquarium because of all the colourful fish. (Travis)

It felt really really fun. (Bejamin)

Maths in Room 6

Maths is fun in Room 6 because we made Lolly Making Machines. The challenge was to carry out a Statistical Investigation.

Step 1: Ask a question

Step 2: Record the information/data on a Tally Chart.

Step 3: Graph it.

Step 4: Answer the question.

We had a problem. We had 4 new lolly ideas but we only had enough money to make one lolly making machine. So we needed to find out which lolly was the most popular.

We found out the Alien lolly was the most popular for our group.(Georgina)

We found out the Spider lolly was the most popular for our group.(Travis)

So then we could make our lolly making machines!