We have been learning how to measure volume by finding the area of the bottom layer and multiplying this by however many layers there are.

Or using this formula length x width x height (l x w x h). These are some photos of us making rectangular prisms to match a given number of cubic units.

Imagine this spot in 20 – 50 Years time. Our tamariki can look proudly back and say, ‘I planted some of those trees!’ How cool is that?

What other words do you know that start with the prefix peri? Learning about prefixes, root words and suffixes helps us work out the meanings of many words.

This week we have been learning about the prefix SUB. We have focused on these words. subway, submarine, submerge, subside, subtitle, subscribe, subtract, substandard.

Sub is the prefix and the rest of the word is called the base word.

Here are some of the activities we did.

THIS IS US PLAYING BINGO WITH OUR SUBWORDS.

This is us writing words with the prefix sub on our little whiteboards (calledMUBs). Then we circled the prefix and underlined the baseword.

Kia ora

Today we have been writing quality comments on class blogs around our school. First we start with a compliment, following by making a connection to the blog post and finally asking a question. (This is to start a conversation.).

Each learner has taken a screenshot of their comment and saved this on a slide. This learning is all about the write way to leave comments online and is part of our cybersmart learning.

Look at Emjae’s  positive comments she has written today..

You can watch this video that explains how to leave a comment on a blog.

We are learning how to type. There are lots of sites that help you learn. Can you position your fingers properly when you use a keyboard?

Kia ora koutou

Room 1 and 3 students from Room 3 had camp last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at TOPEC. We had a blast. Just a few photos below to show you some of the things we got up to. Tell us about your camps in ask us some questions.

camp by Merryl McAllister